Dying Days is a song by The Screaming Trees. This song can be found on their album “Dust” and their greatest hits album. I find it kind of ironic that the Screaming Trees have a greatest hits album because they really seem to be an underrated band. Nevertheless I …

This song is so delicate to me and it is so sweet in some ways it makes me want to cry. This song is about how a young girl feels lost and wishes she could be the same as some one else. The world is bigger than any of …

Krs-One is a song by Sublime and the twentieth song on their first release, 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening with an acoustic guitar pattern, Nowell comes in with the vocals of the track and sings with a tone that actually sounds significantly different than any of his other deliveries …

Andy Williams has a divine singing voice. He wasn’t my generation, but they didn’t matter. He had heart and substance to every song he crooned. His voice stayed with him a very long time before age took a bit of a toll. Andy Williams: 16 …

Rowdy Country is a music video that stars George Jones, Mickey Gilley, Mel McDaniel and Moe Bandy. George Jones performs the song The one I Loved Back Then which is also known as the corvette song. I like this one because it is so funny to think that the …

Overview - Highway 61 Revisited, Dylan’s sixth effort and his first to feature a full backing band, is filled with brilliant songwriting and excellent lyrics, something I’ve always expected of Dylan after hearing a lot of his work. This album contains some of Dylan’s most well known songs of …

Crack A Bottle is a song by Eminem which appears on his album Relapse. Opening up with a boxing style announcement, Crack A Bottle has an incredibly catchy rhythm which thankfully stays constant throughout the rest of the track. What I like about Crack A Bottle is the rhythm …

The song Try Me is a ballad by the english hard rock melodic band UFO. It is off the album Lights out released in 1977 and in my opinion one of the bands best ballads along with Love to Love. The song starts out with a piano intro …

When released, Barbra Streisand: One Voice CD got a lot of attention and for good reason. It’s not everyday that this amazing singer gives a concert. This was back in 1987, before her big concert tours of the 90’s. Barbra gave a concert in her backyard, …

Whenever there is a singing contest it never happen that there is no Whitney song that the contestant will not sing. It is always present. Maybe because Whitney has the best vocal range among the singer in the US and if you can be able to sing her song …

Long before the fiasco of Milli Vanilli, producer Frank Farian gathered Liz Mitchell, Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams and Bobby Farrell together to form Boney M. Boney M was one of the most prominent Euro Disco bands of the 1970’s and 1980’s, particularly in Britain. While Mitchell and Barrett did …

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 …

Overview - Piece Of Mind, Iron Maiden’s fourth effort, continues to showcase the band’s great talent as well as Steve Harris’ brilliant songwriting. Piece Of Mind features one of Iron Maiden’s best known songs of all time, The Trooper, but also contains quite a few other good tracks. This …

As I write this, it’s Elvis Presley’s birthday. Had he lived longer, today would have been his 75th birthday. Death has not dimensioned his legacy or place on this earth, and that’s why there will always be new Elvis to buy. They’ll just keep repackaging the …

I usually pull out A Soap Opera Christmas CD to play at least once during the Christmas season. These particular compilation includes songs sung by cast members of As the World Turns, General Hospital, One Live to Live, Another World, The Young and the Restless, The Bold and …

The Luniz album Operation Stackola is probably one of the best bay area albums to ever come out. This album is great and it is the album that has the hit song I Got 5 on It. This song was big on the radio and everywhere that people heard it. …

Hot Fuss by The Killers has been a regular feature on my stereo for over two years now and it still sounds as fresh and innovative as the first time I heard it. Starting with the track ‘Jenny was a Friend of Mine’ the album delivers something that most …

I never thought that In Flames would ever change up some of their style(i.e the cheesy guitar riffs and the drums), and they did just that. Also, with the added keyboardist, added some atmosphere to their music, which is nice.
THEY ADDED A GROOVE! I have always wanted In Flames …

Jay-Z
“Dead Presidents”
Reasonable Doubt
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Abdul Malik Abbott
Jay-Z returned after his debut single and music video “In My Lifetime” about a year later with his very first album titled “Reasonable Doubt”. This is the first single and music video from that album, “Dead Presidents”. The song concerns the underworld of …

Taproot is a band from Michigan that has made it into the mainstream, but I’ve never been sure how popular they really are outside of their home state. They’re definitely worth a listen, though. “Poem” is the most well-known song off of this CD, and for good …

Kellie Pickler pokes fun at a man who has dropped her for someone else only to realize that life isn’t as great as he thought it was going to be with the new girl. It is an awesome song for women who have been treated in exactly this same …

Iron Maiden is a force to be reckoned with.This band is still touring and releasing music today.The Number Of The Beast was Bruce Dickinson’s first album.The band, the sound, and their mascot Eddie are icons of the Heavy metal genre.I first picked this album up when it was still …

A Time To Love(A Time 2 Love) was released by Stevie Wonder in 2005 and won him a Grammy Award in 2006.It contains fifteen tracks and I think it is an absolutely amazing album.Very smooth,melodious and mellow,I believe it is what true RnB should sound like.The standout tracks include …

To be honest I have mixed feelings about this album. There are certain aspects of this music that I really enjoy, that I truly appreciate. I think that the Killers moved onto a brand-new level that is worth praise. But at the same time there are those aspects of …

This is the 9th installment of DJ Chuck T’s “Down South Slangin Countdown” series. In this mixtape he showcases the top played tracks around the nation that are getting heavy spins at the moment. He has tracks mixed from various artists including Flo-Rida, Rick Ross, Lil’ Wayne & many …

For those who do not know who JR Writer is he is a young artist singed to Cam’ron under Diplomat Records.That built a buzz with Hip Hop fans by releasing several mixtapes including “Block Work 2″ which featured the hits “Pushing” and “Cold As Ice”.While his mixtape “Block Work …

Let It Loose is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Exile On Main St. Let It Loose opens up with a very melodic feel with a clean guitar part and then Jagger delicately coming in with his vocal delivery. As this slower part continues …

Starting with the album title, this CD has all the markings of a band that is representing a 12-step program. But, do not let that deter you from one of the best albums ever. Yes, I said ever.
Opening with “The Package”, Maynard (the lead singer), …

Jay-Z ft. Amil & Beanie Sigel
“Do It Again”
Volume 3… The Life and Times of Shawn Carter
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Dave Meyers
“Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)” is Jay-Z’s first single and music video off of his fourth album titled “Volume 3… The Life and Times of Shawn Carter”. Jay-Z reunites …

One Of The Boys is an album from Katy Perry one of my new favorite singers. The following are sone songs you’ve probably heard before because they are the sigles from the album. They are as follows: I Kissed A Girl, Hot N Cold, Thinking Of You, …

“Green Machine” is the second song on Kyuss album “Blues For The Red Sun”. This critically acclaimed album was released 1992 and single-handedly defined the “stoner rock” and “desert rock” genres. The song itself was written by the bands drummer Brant Bjork and appears as one of two singles …

Ciara ft. Missy Elliott
“1, 2 Step”
Goodies
LaFace Records
Director: Benny Boom
“1, 2 Step” is Ciara’s follow-up single and music video to “Goodies” off of the album of the same name, “Goodies”. The song is obviously inspired (extremely inspired, I might add) by 1980s electronic music. In the lyrics, Ciara often describes …

Chains is a cover performed by The Beatles which appears on their debut record, Please Please Me. The track opens up with a simple guitar riff with a harmonica lead played over it before quickly giving way to the vocals of this track with Harrison on lead and then …

Pink’s Raise Your Glass single is I daresay, the artist’s best so far. No doubt about it, she has had so many hits before, but as a huge Pink fan, I think this single is the one that sticks in memory the most. I can …

I have used Yamaha PSR290 Keyboard while learning to play but as it didn’t have one touch voice change, and the price of Roland XP50 had gone down since the introduction of XP60 series, I bought a used Roland XP50 workstation for 100 pounds on e-bay. I had heard …

Breaking Benjamin released their third studio album on August 8, 2006. I had been a fan of Breaking Benjamin for a long time. I think that they are great. One of my top favorite bands with more melody. Now this CD is pretty awesome with the single release of …

Homesick is another solid offering from the pioneers of so called “Moshcore”: A Day To Remember.
ADTR have gone through significant changes in terms of musical style over the period of time they have existed, some good, some bad. Homesick is somewhere in between. Right from the very first chugging …

Why Jennifer Lopez has gone in producing this video with only her as the star, I do not know. What I can tell, is that she could have made more sales with this awesome track (as it really has some interesting new beats!) if she would have featured other …

Undercover Of The Night is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Undercover. I’m not exactly sure how to adequately describe the introduction of this song, it sort of has a disco rhythm to it or sort of a funk rhythm, whatever it is, it’s …

As my friend and I were griping about it the other night, I realized it might be interesting to offer a perspective on one of the most popular songs of the past year, “Empire State of Mind,” from rapper Jay-Z’s album “The Blueprint 3″ (released in late 2009) which …

Native Belle is a song by Animal Collective and is the opening track of their fourth studio release, Here Comes The Indian. Returning the band to their more experimental sound that was present on their first and second releases, Native Belle has a sound which is incredibly different than …

Mercyful Fate is a medley which Metallica chose to include on their cover record, Garage, Inc. and is obviously a medley of songs from the band Mercyful Fate. For those of you who know and have heard Mercyful Fate you’ll obviously be able to point them out just by …

I really like air supply’s music. I have heard “I Can’t let go” before but I did not know who sang that song. Until one time a friend of ours sang this song. I was really amazed because of the lyrics it gives. The song is really beautiful. Since …

White 2 is the fourth album from drone metal pioneers Sunn O))) and most probably their most ambient based work.
In contrast to White 1 which had a lot of spoken dialogue and discernible riffs, White 2 steers clear of this in preference to long sustained crescendos with next to …

I bought this Ibanez RG 550 BK two years ago,it was my second guitar with floating bridge (floy rose) system.I needed a backup guitar with floating bridge because my covers band plays songs from hard rock guitarrists like Van Halen,Pantera,Joe Satriani and all of these guitarists have this type …

The Changeling is a song by The Doors which appears on their album L.A. Woman. The track starts off with a nice organ part which has this very catchy rhythm and Morrison just sort of grunting some noises which at least adds some character to the track. A lead …

Everyone - I’m excited to review a new music group that includes Alaina Whitaker, Andrea Young, and Erin James; yup, Alaina is the Alaina from American Idol ! I wouldn’t compare them to the Dixie Chicks; though they have a similar name and numbers in the group. Alaina has …

When Did You Leave Heaven is a cover performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Down In The Groove. The song opens up with a drum rhythm along with some synthesizers which is a sound that Dylan rarely ever experiments with. Thus far the overall sound of …

Exile is a song by Slayer which starts out in an extremely heavy fashion, as most Slayer songs do, before Araya comes in with the vocals of the track. Now typically I like Slayer a bit and think they’re a good metal band but the sound on Exile is …

‘Abbey Road’ was the final great Beatles album, and was actually an album quite light in tone, and one which gave little indication of the forthcoming break-up of the world’s greatest-ever rock and pop group - especially with an opening rocker entitled ‘Come Together’. John Lennon, well into the …