This is The Twelve Days of Christmas with a dark British spin. It starts off with harmless gifts being sent from a female friend to this British comedic genius. First she sends the usual gift of a partridge in a pear tree. Second was two turtle doves who had …

A great album that gave Rush its 80s style, sound and looks was the release of Moving Pictures. This album features a more radio friendly format with Hits such as Tom Sawyer co written by Max Webster. It originated from a soundcheck jam when Geddy Lee was messing around …

Only Of You is a song by Green Day which appears on their debut album, 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. The track opens up with all of the instruments wasting no time and starting up right away with Armstrong’s guitar leading the sound with the traditional power-chord riffs which you …

Overview —“ Showbiz, the debut album by Muse is my first time really listening to the band. I’ve heard various tracks from scattered albums but I’ve never really sat down and actually listened to a Muse record —“ after listening to this one, I’m glad I did. I enjoyed …

Chris Norman may not exactly be a household name these days, but let me assure you that no matter who you are there is a good chance that you have heard at least one or two of his songs in your life. The main one would be LIVING NEXT …

Empty Heart is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on the EP Five By Five. Empty Heart opens up with a guitar riff along with a simple moving drum rhythm which gives the track a pretty traditional rock and roll sound and this is only reinforced once …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: No, No, No (Part 1)
Album: Destiny’s Child
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
“No, No, No (Part 1)” was the very first single and music video from the female R&B quartet Destiny’s Child, right off of their self-titled debut album. Watching this music video after all of these years …

Overview —“ Down In It, the first single and music video released by Nine Inch Nails for their debut record, Pretty Hate Machine, takes the chaos of the song and matches it with a video. Although this sounds appealing, at least to me, the execution in the music video …

One, the fourth track of And Justice For All, marks the third ballad released by Metallica and yet another song which this band would soon become pretty heavily associated with. Another thing to note is that the first music video which Metallica ever released was for One which ended …

Overview - Metallica’s debut album, Kill ‘Em All, is an album that I would consider to be a break through for thrash metal and an extremely innovative album. Despite this, the album is far from perfect and extremely far from what Metallica was truly capable of, as they proved …

Keith Jarrett who was a saxophone player, kicked off the music industry by releasing an album in June 1999. The album’s title is very simple, Simply Said and released under the label Warner Bros. This album is the fifth album, the results of cooperation with the recording company, …

My kids think I’m old school because I mostly prefer country music now days. However every now and them I shock them when I listen to songs like ‘Stair Way to Heaven’ by Led Zeppelin. What they don�t realize is I was a kid once too. That I …

Devil’s Dance is a track by Metallica which appears on their second half of the double-record, Reload. I will be honest and admit that for the most part, I don’t like too many of the tracks on either Load or Reload, but I will say that I believe Devil’s …

Overview —“ Apocalyptica a Finnish rock band released their debut album which was filled with nothing Metallica covers, but the twist is, all of these covers are played on cellos. I mean the idea of a group releasing an album of Metallica covers doesn’t sound special or unique at …

Operator is a song by the Grateful Dead which appears on their album American Beauty. Opening up with a light guitar rhythm and a background rhythm, the song immediately has a fairly country-like feel to it and this is only reinforced once the vocals come in. I should mention …

Jay-Z
“Who You Wit”
“Sprung” Motion Picture Soundtrack
Warner Bros. Records/Qwest Records
Jay-Z’s song “Who You Wit” is a single off of the motion picture soundtrack for the 1997 romantic comedy film “Sprung”. The song samples Jeff Lorber Fusion’s “Night Love”. The music video has one of the main cast members from the …

Need You Now is the second CD by country artist Lady Antebellum. I am not surprised by the way this effort hung on to the top of the charts for more than a year. It is a success from start to finish.
Lady Antebellum has truly outdone themselves …

Released in November 2012, “Music From Another Dimension!” is Aerosmith’s 15th studio album and the first since their last album released back in 2004 titled “Honkin’ On Bobo”. This latest album features 15 brand new songs and is full of great material that I think will be …

Blizzard of Oz features the astounding guitar work of Randy Rhoads.This album sounds completely different from any other Ozzy album because of one man.This album features Randy in all of his artistic glory.The songs on the album are rocking and extremely well performed.It’s sad that such a prodigy was …

Distance is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad and is the fifth song on their 2011 release, Knife Man. Opening up with a fast and aggressive rhythm guitar part, the song reminds me far more of the second track on the record, The Gift Of The Magi 2, far …

Date Rape is a song by Sublime and the eighteenth song to appear on their debut release, 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening up with some outside instrumentation such as a group of saxophones, Nowell comes in with the vocals fairly quickly and delivers the lyrics in the form of …

Uno is a song by Muse which appears on their debut record, Showbiz. The song opens up with some guitar feedback which gradually fades into the track before starting the opening riff of the track which has quite an aggressive and heavy sound to it. A lead guitar along …

The American Idiot album sparked up alot of controversy because of its political messages. Many people think they won’t like it because of this. However, if just once you listen to the album, you will immediately change your mind.
While the first three songs (American Idiot, Jesus of …

Me and you from Cassie is one of my favorite RnB song. Everytime I listen it, I never bored and wanna dance though just move a little of my hands or my foot.
The song is very clear on the tempo, it’s not too up but not too low, just …

I don’t even know why I ever liked this song. It is pretty ridiculous. I guess at the time I was an emotional wreck and I would listen to anything that made me feel a little bit better about myself. But this song, now that I listen to it …

I learned about Leona Lewis in the middle of 2008. The song of her, Bleeding Love was popular in our country during that time. I never thought that she is the one who won in the television show called The X Factor. Well, based on her voice she deserves …

If you have been listening to top 40 radio, you have no doubt heard about Miley Cyrus! This is Billy Ray Cyrus’s daughter, who has made millions for the Walt Disney Company. I have to say, I kinda like her. The music isn’t overly pop filled with nonsense, it’s …

I like all the songs from Fergie, its so good to listen and sing, and the most its really represent all my feeling. Like in this song, ‘All That I Got’, everytime I listen to this song, my heart feels so undescrible, happy, full of love, have spirit, fragile, …

Overview - Garage Inc., an album filled entire of covers showcases Metallica’s diversity in musical talents and where their influences came from. Released in 1998, the album has two discs to it: the fist disc contains newly recorded covers while the second disc is a compilation of previously recorded …

Vein Of Stars is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their album At War With The Mystics. The song opens up in a melodic fashion and has an airy and free atmosphere created by the basic instrumentation present. A guitar chord pattern soon comes in which …

Stick with you is one of the Pussycat Dolls’s song that has a low melodic tempo if usually Pussycat dolls is known as the energic of every song, so do with their move in dance, in ’stick with you’ Pussycat Dolls explore the soft side of the girl.
The lyrics …

The Vox AC15 CC is a 15watt class A tube amp that is something of an amalagam of previous AC 15 models. The amp is fairly big, and very heavy, weighing something in the neighborhood of 80 pounds, but it’s still easier lugging around than a halfstack.
The AC15 CC …

Let the Ground Know Who’s Standing On Him is the 2004 debut album of American singer/songwriter Anousheh Khalili. The album was a great find via Internet radio service Pandora.com. Running just over a half-hour in length, it takes the listener through a spectrum of emotion with soft piano ballads, …

U2 is an Irish rick band and they brought out an album a while back named “How to dismantle and atomic bomb.” Interesting title if I do say so myself.
I bought the album for one of the songs in particular but other songs from it has grown on …

This is the fourth album by the international successful pop group the Backstreet Boys. This is also their last album before the group broke up (before the current re-union). I have really waited for that album, thinking about how wonderful it was going to be. I must mention that …

Ciara
“Like A Boy”
Ciara: The Evolution
LaFace Records
Director: Diane Martel
Ciara reunites with director Diane Martel for her third single and music video from “Ciara: The Evolution”, titled “Like A Boy” which is about the double standards of men and women in society (men being able to do certain things whereas when …

Coldplay is a British band specializing in the Alternative rock genre.
One of my favourite songs from them is named “What If” from their X & Y album release.
I like how this song begins with a piano playing and the singer, Chris Martin, immediately begins to sing after the first …

Andy Williams is one of my favorite singers. He has a warm and tender voice that can lull me to sleep or take me away to unknown parts of the world. I can sing along with him, or just let him serenade me. His voice is …

Justin Bieber’s re-invention proved to be really a success. Ever since he dropped his big ego and spoiled-boy personality, hype built up around him until it was big enough for people to check out his music again.
For all we know, only teens were here for him before his comeback …

Alicia Keys is the R&B songstress that won the MTV ” Artist Of The Year” award in 1999 for bringing you hits like “A Womens Worth”, “You Don’t Know My Name”, “Fallin” and “Karma” and in 2005 MTV released the cd “Alicia Keys Unplugged” which is a live …

Piece Of Me by Brittney Spears is a song about how the press makes her look in the magazines and papers. I like this song because she is talking about her self but explaining it by saying all they want is to be her and they just want a …

The Nomad is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their album Brave New World. Something great about Brave New World is that it is the first album with Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson back in the band after a disastrous period with Blaze Bayley, although this is …

Billy 1 is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his soundtrack for Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid. The song starts off with a nice acoustic guitar pattern as a bass line, another acoustic guitar, and a harmonica soon join in which gives the track a very …

I love this song so much! I think it is so perfect. Since the beginning, it has a different appeal to me. It has a different feel. It’s so 1970’s but it’s so different. It feels like a song you can listen in the morning, in the evening, anytime …

Though my affection to country music is quite minimal, there has always been a few artists that sprout up and hold my attention in the genre. Johnny Cash is one, Paul Thorn is another and recently ex Hootie & The Blowfish vocalist Darius Rucker released a great country tinged …

The Dean Boca 12 String Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar (wow that’s a long name) is my favorite 12 string guitar, after the Rickenbacker. I ordered it online from Musicians Friend. A lot of 12 strings have a nice sound but lack that classic 60’s quality that is …

Before purchasing “What We Saw from the Cheap Seats,” my exposure to Regina Spektor had mostly been listening to her songs on YouTube and, later, purchasing them on iTunes. As someone who had only listened to her light and happy songs, I was pleasantly surprised when I put the …

Indian Ocean, A band of Indian guys who have composed not more than 50 songs in last 15 years of their existence but trust me each and every one of their song is a treat to the ears.They search for folk music across India and then this music is …

Freight Train Blues is a song performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his self-titled debut record. The track opens up with a fairly hectic harmonica section and I will say right away that compared to other songs on Dylan’s debut album, Freight Train Blues has a bit more …

Lump Sum is a track by Bon Iver which is the second track on the band’s debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago. The track opens up with an airy atmosphere before an acoustic guitar comes in and establishes a more definitive rhythm, though some background voices help to maintain …