I first discovered the alternative band Lifehouse in 2001 when I heard their single Hanging By a Moment. I loved the song and Jason Wade’s voice so much that I had to buy their album, No Name Face. Usually an album has one or two songs that I do …

Me & Bobby McGee is a cover performed by The Grateful Dead which appears on their live album entitled Grateful Dead, otherwise known as Skull And Roses due to the iconic cover art of the record. The track starts off with a clean guitar pattern primarily in the right …

Wesley Willis is one of those weird musicians that I’ve heard. He was a guy who made random albums over a five year period using mostly keyboard sampling. There pretty funny because most of them sound similar and they use beats that sound the same. He also uses …

You just never know what you can find on CD, including this musical contribution from western actor, Robert Fuller. Now before you ask what a cowboy is doing singing German songs, a bit a background is important.
Fuller actually began as a song and dance man as part of …

The Eagles made a comeback album called “Hell Freezes Over” and it absolutely proved just how great the group really is. They are an easy listening type rock band that had long retired when they came back together for this tour turned album. Their talent shines through with songs …

I did not really know much about Meg & Dia until I heard one of their songs while on MySpace. That is where they became popular initially. They won the MySpace band award for Warped a few years back. Meg & Dia are two sisters who released two albums …

Overview - Blonde On Blonde, Bob Dylan’s seventh effort, is the first of Dylan’s albums to follow his commercially successful album, Like A Rolling Stone. After listening to Like A Rolling Stone I honestly wondered how Dylan would ever top that masterpiece, and to this day I don’t believe …

Christmas Cheers CD of Connie Francis is already out of production. I’ve been looking for it in the market because my previous file has been lost but could not find any new releases. Nevertheless I am thankful I found MP3 download of this very same CD …

My dad bought this for about $74.99, and he is a classic fan of Guys and Dolls, no matter his age. I was browsing through some of his old records CD, and I found this Guys And Dolls by Musical Repertory.
I started to listen to it, and I …

One genre of music that I feel is hugely underrated and underdeveloped is jazz/rock. It seems that rarely will I find a good jazz/rock combination band, despite the fact that the two styles of music compliment each other so well. The Reign of Kindo is a band that stands …

Over the Holidays, one of my presents I received from my mom is the Valveking 212 tube combo amp. I was so excited to see what this amp had to offer, when I plugged it in along with my Ibanez RG 770DX guitar and I checked out the distortion …

Besides their other huge album Cherry pie. The 80’s Glam Rock band Warrant also achieved alot of success with the Album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. This album had huge power Ballad hits like Sometimes She Cries and Heaven that mostly had a big following with the younger women. …

There is a stereotype going around that Hip Hop is all guns, loose woman, and the deft pursuit of all things money and BLING. Add on top of that the piss poor imagery that most commercial rappers portray via MTV and through the radio, that of money hungry, woman …

I Know Jack is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record The System Has Failed. Something to take note of about this song is that it’s an incredibly short track and doesn’t have all that much to it, it really doesn’t even follow the traditional structure of …

Opeth have always been a band of new beginnings, and on their fifth release “Blackwater Park”, they change it all up again.
Opeth are critically acclaimed for their re-invention of Death Metal back in the early Ninties. Fusing Folk and Death Metal and creating music that almost borders on the …

It’s FOPP not FLOP. The third studio released album from Soundgarden, Screaming Life/FOPP, was the album that started the buzz-mill. Though not as good as previous albums in my opinion, this third installment in the Garden’s legacy is still a winner.
The straight-forward, no nonsense approach the band takes in …

When I was younger, even though they released most of their hits songs in the nineteen eighties, one of my favourite bands was “Toto”. How I became familiar with them was not through my parents , but I’d hear their songs play from time to time on the radio, …

Sometimes I watch a performance of live music and you have to wonder whether you are being asked to buy into the song, or the looks of the artist. I asked myself this when watching the X-Factor Final and Rhianna came out to perform.
She was singing her new song, …

If there is one song that moves me and transports me to a different place in time, that song would be ‘Peach, Plum, Pear’ by Joanna Newsom.
I have to admit that I could not stand this song the first fifty or so times that I had it crammed down …

Overview - Killers, the second album by Iron maiden and last to feature Paul Di’Anno, expands on some of the more technical sides that they introduced on their self titled debut album and also incorporates more use of harmony, a crucial aspect of their music that Maiden became known …

I first heard this song on the radio, I was not sure what it was called- Today I found out it was this song!! Soo glad about that… this song is incredible. Unlike Jason’s other songs it is not consumed by the whole auto-tuned aspect, it is pure vocals …

I enjoy listening to all types of music but I have a special interest in Rock. It’s hard to find new bands these days that offer quality music that keeps you interested. One of my friends recommended Flyleaf and their self titles album, Flyleaf. I was …

Escape, one of the final tracks for Muse’s debut record Showbiz, is yet another one of Muse’s tracks which I’ve been listening to a lot recently along with Apocalypse Please. The first few bits of Escape open up with a very melodic sound with Bellamy leading the track …

I very clearly remember the first time I heard “Vision of Love” on the radio. I heard those first few notes on my local radio station and stopped everything I was doing. I just listened. I remember thinking at first it was Whitney Houston but then …

One of my favorite song by Boston is the song Foreplay/Long time. It is off their debut album anf Foreplay is sort of an instrumental that eludes into the track Long time. I have to say Tom Sholz is a genius for writing that instrumental. He even recorded the …

Three Wooden Crosses is a country music song sung and made famous by Randy Travis. It is a song about four people from different backgrounds that take a bus ride in which three of them die. The fourth one was a hooker and does not quite understand why she …

I first heard this song in a club in March. I had never heard of Santogold but was struck by how this thumping electro-synth track was being played - and being very well received, too, I might add in a club that is almost exclusively the domain …

You need not be a die hard Mary J. Blige fan to appreciate some the rare gems on her albums. On the “Mary” album released in 1999, there is one song in particular that really caught my ear. It’s called “Beautiful Ones” (not to be confused with …

I have always been a fan of Lana Del Rey. She has an incredibly, one of a kind voice, a sexy and sultry style, and meaningful lyrics. “Ultraviolence” is her third album, and as a fan, I was not disappointed. I have heard all of her previous work so …

Television’s Greatest Hits - Volume 4: The 50’s and 60’s is the black and white classic theme songs on CD. This volume, as do all in the series, celebrate the sounds and music we grew up hearing on TV, from all genres of TV programming, including cartoons. …

Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik - two of the world’s biggest popstars today has made a new collaboration for the highly anticipated erotic film “Fifty Shades Darker”. When I heard this news the first thing that came to my mind was, “Seriously? Their voices will not blend well, what …

The Coffee Song is a song by Cream which appears on their debut record, Fresh Cream. The song opens up with a very dreamy atmosphere due to the vocal delivery and also the subtle guitar lines played behind the vocals. As with many of the songs by Cream, …

The Collector is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album With Teeth. The track opens up with a very simple drum pattern which is prominent throughout the song and is soon joined by an equally simple bass rhythm. Despite the simplicity that Reznor has going …

One of the best songs I ever heard. This side of Katy Perry, which is somewhat serious, is very surprising. Katy Perry is a bold artist writing songs about realities in life. One of these songs is Thinking of You.
Its lyrics talks about losing a loved one and the …

Jay Z is getting ready to release his new album which will be called “American Gangster” much like the movie that is currently playing and he will attempt to recover from the bad performance he gave us in him last album but making somgs on this album to fit …

Jack’s Mannequin has done it again. Lead singer and pianist Andrew McMahon has delivered another great album for fans everywhere. This album has many strong points and the lyrics create a beautiful picture for listeners.
Track one: Crashin’ has a great guitar/piano intro that blends into the …

Deer Dance is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their second album, Toxicity. The track opens up with an extremely heavy rhythm from Malakian’s guitar and the drums and bass further add to this heavy riff. The track then goes into this sort of sliding …

Ghost is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their second release, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. Opening with a quick acoustic guitar strumming pattern, a fuzzy rhythm soon enters the mix which gives Ghost a slightly heavier feeling and a more interesting rhythm compared to …

Elvis Presley is no longer with us but he certainly is still a name that everyone recognizes. I remember as a child, listening to Elvis on my mother’s stereo. He was still alive and well, but he had gained quite a bit of weight by the time he passed …

October 28th saw the release of Ryan Adams 11th album since his split in 99′ from alt country pioneers ‘Whiskeytown’, it is also his 3rd full length album with his current backing band ‘The Cardinals.’
The Cardinals appear to have been the catalyst for Adams’ more surefooted outings of late …

Digging Up Bones is one of the songs that Randy Travis does that really hits home with me. You see, to me the song is about a love that has ended but that I was not ready to end. When I was sixteen I met a man that was …

Whiplash Smile is Billy Idol’s third solo album, and (at least until 2005’s highly disappointing Devil’s Playground) the final Idol album to feature both guitarist Steve Stevens and producer Keith Forsey. While not quite up to the level set by the preceding Rebel Yell (what is, really?), it’s still …

This song is such a feel good dance song. I originally looked it up because one of my favourite music artist said it was his current favourite song. Now I look way past that and question why I did not know this song before! It is a combination between …

I bought Kerplunk a few years ago, wanting to explore more of Green Day’s earlier music. And I’m very glad I did. Years later, I still listen to the CD and enjoy the wonderful music on it.
Released in 1992, I believe that Kerplunk has a different vibe to many …

Overview - Magical Mystery Tour is an album to contain some of The Beatles’ better known songs and even one of my favorite songs of their whole career. Magical Mystery Tour incorporates the use of a lot of extra musicians to bring instruments such as violins, cellos, trumpets, flutes, …

Winter Winds is a song by Mumford and Sons which appears on their debut record, Sigh No More. Like with most of the tracks on this record, the song opens up with the very characteristic sound of Mumford and Sons which is comprised of instrumentation which generally does not …

I like these guys. I am so glad to hear how they’ve matured from album to album. Please don’t hesitate to pick up their new album; it may surprise you. The lyrics are more mature; they’ve gone away from the teeny bopper-ish phase, which I couldn’t stand, to this …

Grim Dylan is an all girl punk trio from the Midlands region of the UK. Consisting of Vicky tearing up the guitar, Ro keeping the pace with her powerful drum rhythms, and Suki providing hypnotizing vocals and bass riffs. Although the band has been together a little over …

Splinter is the seventh studio album by The Offspring, produced by Brendan O’brien and released in 2003, three years after the bands last album Conspiracy Of One. The album is a welcome step away from the last album, and I am really pleased to see the band’s return to …

I have downloaded every song from Linkin Parks new album “Minutes to Midnight” off of iTunes and even though their new style of music is far from their old I think that this is still a good album. Most of the songs on this newer album are a slower …