Besides composing,arranging and even singing in his music. Frank Zappa was also a very good improviser when it came to jamming on the guitar. He may have not been the fastest and technical, which is why he hired Steve Vai for some fast parts he couldn’t play, but His …

Sonic Youth is a remarkable band. As an experienced fan I have kind of gotten to taking their music for granted, being well familiar with it. But when I take a step aside and take a more analytic look at their music, I sometimes begin to feel a little …

George Michael is a musical legend who first gained his success in the band Wham! I was a big fan of Wham, and still listen to most of their work to date. However, I am a bigger fan of George Michael�s Solo work, most notably, Spinning the Wheel and …

Gavin DeGraw is an American singer which specializes in the rock and pop rock genres of music. He is a very talented individual as far as I am concerned and his new song entitled “In Love with a Girl” seems to be very popular.
The first time I heard this …

Valentimes Is Serious Times is a song by Sledding With Tigers and the final track on their third record, The Arrested Cats. Opening up with probably the most energetic sound the band has had on the entire record, Valentimes Is Serious Times seems to return the band to the …

How To Disappear Completely (And Never Be Found Again) is a song by Radiohead which appears on their record Kid A. Before I begin this review, I want to say that although this track may not be immediately appealing, I strongly recommend listening to it multiple times before making …

It has been long awaited for Hova aka Jay-Z to get back on ball with his flow. This album is a must have for any Jay-Z fan. This album is a definite must add to the Hova collection. Compared to his previous album “Kingdom Come” this album reigns supreme. …

Blackout is the fifth studio album by Britney Spears. It is one of her most successful studio albums. It has more r&b and urban sound with the collobration of Danja.
I think Blackout is the darkest and most depressive album of Britney Spears. I can feel the effects of …

Don’t blink by Kenny Chesney is a song about how if you blink your whole life can go faster than you think. It’s like telling you not to waste a minute of your life because you never know what you may miss and you don’t want to miss a …

This is another of Chris Cornell’s solo albums but very different from anything he has ever done before. He worked with Timbaland on this, so already you’ll know it doesn’t sound like Soundgarden, Audioslave or even his other previous solo work.
I’m a huge Chris Cornell fan, so I …

Portugal. The Man has been a favorite of mine ever since Waitor: You Vultures, and I consider them one of the most fluid bands around. By fluid, I mean they change a hell of a lot from album to album. American Ghetto is definitely no exception. It starts off …

Rapper Cassidy recently put out his third solo cd which was his first cd released after comming home from jail and as a fan I was very excitied about hearing this cd. However, I was very dissapointed in this effort he put into this cd, I previously thought he …

Rihanna has always been very bold throughout her music career but this just puts the icing on the cake. This song shows women can be powerful too, she puts a huge commanding vocal on throughout the whole song. She sells the point she is trying to make with this …

SRV is the special musician who comes along very so often to reveal to the world the power of music and artistic expression.To me Stevie put a new spin on the idea of emotional music.His guitar playing is in tune with his mind and spirit.In Step is a beautiful …

Chewin The Apple Of Your Eye is a song by The Flaming Lips and the fifth song on their album Transmissions From The Satellite Heart. Opening up with a light guitar part with an effect placed on it, Coyne enters the mix with his vocals somewhat abruptly for my …

Honey Bunny is a track by MGMT which appears on their record Climbing To New Lows, the first album they released. Returning to the traditional song structure of earlier track son this album like Hot Love Drama and Money To Burn, Honey Bunny is one of my favorite tracks …

I am not personally a big fan of Avril Lavigne, I don’t enjoy the way she jumps from ‘punk rock princess’ to ‘pop queen’ every ten minutes, it gets annoying after a while. She should stick to the genre in which she is best at, that being new age …

Artist: Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
Video: “Crazy in Love”
Album: Dangerously in Love
Label: Columbia
Director: Jake Nava
The Beyonce Knowles that used to be, wow, those were the days. This is the Beyonce whom we all know and love but, unfortunately, she doesn’t have it in her anymore, she’s been totally incapable of creating …

Wisconsin Death Trip is Static-X’s first album, it was released in 1999 on Warner Bros records and produced by Ulrich Wild and Static-X. The album is really a heavy album, they call it industrial, I guess you could call it that, the singles are Push It, I’m With Stupid, …

“Man in the Box” is the song that garnered Alice in Chains attention in the early 90’s. The song was released on their 1990 album “Facelift” but was released as a single in 1991. Alice in Chains without a doubt is considered the heaviest band out of the Big …

Alanis Morrisette’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ album is by far one of the most popular and enduring albums to have debuted in the mid to late 90s.
The album is one of the most recognizable pop girl angst albums ever written. ‘Jagged Little Pill’ features the strong “in your face” song, …

Now I have never been known to be a proper fan of rock music, but recently I came across a Dire Straits album, titled —˜Brothers In Arms’, that somehow enticed me to pop it in and give it a listen, purely because of the profound title and I was …

I would like to retract my perhaps harsh previous review of Madonna. I found myself glancing at the top 20 billboard chard for 2008 so far and decided to buy the full album and listen to it in its entirety; I had previously heard quite a bit of it, …

This is System Of A Down’s second album again produced by Rick Rubin and released in September of 2001. This was the band’s breakthrough album and it debuted at number 1 on US and Canadian charts with the help of single Chop Suey! this album did great, not to …

Wow! What can I say? This music video in my opinion is one of the best music videos I’ve ever seen. It’s just so unique and fun and it’s everything. First of all, WOW! I could never in a million years thought that this would be the type of …

This album is a huge disappointment. I appreciate so many Cypress Hill records that I still, to this day, can’t believe that the band who recorded the groundbreaking rap albums in the early 1990s, the band that recorded Cypress Hill IV, Skull and Bones and Stoned Raiders, the marvelous …

Original of the species is one of the songs featured on the “How to dismantle an atomic bomb: CD which was released by the Irish rock band, u2. I just loves the way this song begins with just a drum and the piano in background. This is also another …

Altar of Plague came from Ireland and their play epic atmospheric black metal very beautiful, and also very cold. Their debut album, White Tomb containing 3 songs with duration of more than 10 minutes, and only 1 song that has a duration of 9 minutes. The band is enough …

Mykel and Carli is a song by Weezer which strays away from their typical power-pop sound and strikes me as being a bit more developed. Opening up in a very acoustic fashion with just an acoustic guitar and a simple harmonica pattern, the rest of the band soon comes …

This is Nirvana’s debut album released in 1989 on Sub Pop Records and produced by Jack Endino who also produced the album Screaming Life by Soundgarden. The album takes it’s name from an AIDS campaign telling heroin users to bleach their needles. Bleach is a good album, it features …

Grass is a song by Animal Collective and is the second track on their album Feels. Opening up with an energetic guitar part similar to that which opened up Did You See The Words, Animal Collective waste absolutely no time in establishing a definitive rhythm and an excellent mood …

Lucky Ali is one of the good soulful composer than we have in Indipop world. His debut album Sunoh (which means ‘listen’) is a nice collection of melodic songs. There are songs on different subjects, and all of them have been blended beautifully by soulful melodic music. Ali has …

Brave As A Noun is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad which appears on their record People That Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World. The band goes through the song quickly and keeps the structure very simple but Andrew Jackson Jihad definitely maintains their characteristic …

I went to see Mark Knopfler, the ex Dire Straits guitar supremo, last Wednesday in the O2 Arena in Dublin. In a word it was magic ! I am quite a critical person but this gig just ticked all my boxes and it just got better as the night …

I discovered the folk metal band Eluveitie who are from Switzerland when one of their songs was playing on a heavy metal radio station used to listen to a lot some years ago. At the time, it was my first encounter with folk metal, and I liked what I …

Crazy Miranda is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on the album Bark. The track starts out in a very melancholy fashion with a piano primarily leading the track with Grace Slick joining in with the vocals. I’m not exactly sure, but to be completely honest, I think …

The CD Wynton Marsalis: Mr Jezzy Lord- Standard Time Vol. 6 is a CD of jazz music with trumpet as the dominant instrument. My favorite songs include Red Hot Pepper, The Pearls, and the New Orleans Bump. The CD has a great jazzy upbeat feel throughout. …

I was looking for a wedding song for my cousin because she asked me to do so. I just love music so my cousin relied on me in which song could be appropriate for her wedding reception.
Then I searched the internet. I just want to find good songs with …

Saturday’s Warrior is probably my favorite play ever because of the joy it invokes within the soul. That said, it was a play I went to a tad reluctantly at first, and then when I did go, I was wowed by it. I couldn’t wait to get …

“Play Hard” is a song by David Guetta on his album “Nothing but the Beat 2.0″. The album is fairly new being released less than 2 months ago and already there is a billion different remixes of it because artists these days milk the general public of everything they …

Everything’s Explodin’ is a song by The Flaming Lips and the opening track of their second release, Oh My Gawd. Opening up with a heavy guitar riff, the percussion violently enters the mix as the song begins to establish its main rhythm. To be honest, I was not personally …

Mastermind is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album Cryptic Writings. The song opens up with a heavy guitar part before giving way to a nice bass fill with the guitar rhythm coming back in and out. The guitar itself soon doubles up on this bass fill …

The Prince of Egypt was a very popular animated movie and it inspired a few different soundtracks done by different genres. The Prince of Egypt - Nashville CD includes some of the best talents of the day singing the songs from the movie.
Probably the most well known …

Man Of Peace is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Infidels. The song start off with a pretty generic rhythm played by drums along with a guitar and an organ. Like many of the other tracks that Dylan wrote around this time period, the lyrics …

He’s an actor and a comedian, but Andy Griffith is also a singer and he loves gospel music. That’s why we have Andy Griffith: Precious Memories CD, a group of 33 songs. It’s pure gold because it’s Andy, some harmonic background vocals, and great instrumentals to back …

The first time I saw John Tesh was as the co-host of Entertainment Tonight. Slowly, his musical talent began to be discussed on the show, and then he started doing recording. The rest is history for the pianist. I’m not big time into instrumentals, but every …

Avril Lavigne has been in the music industry for quite a while now. I remember when her first hit single —˜Complicated’ was released and I can also remember singing along to it! I heard it on the radio today and it brought this album to the front of my mind …

Dear Doctor is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Beggars Banquet. The vocals start in right away along with an acoustic guitar part and a slight harmonica as well which gives it somewhat of a folk rock sound in my opinion. Jagger’s vocal melody …

Overview - Side I of The Wall, Pink Floyd’s most complex and detailed concept record, introduces the main character of this record and also explains a bit about him. Surprisingly, after re-listening to this side of the record I’d honestly have to say that for the most part, it …

Minstrel Boy is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Self Portrait. The song opens up with some background noise before a group of voices come in with the first vocal section in sort of a harmonized gospel-like sound, it’s an interesting idea but the sound …