There are only so many songs an artist can squeeze onto an album. Justin Vernon juiced every note and chord out of For Emma, Forever Ago for one of the best crafted album of this decade. This is no small feat since it was also his debut. To follow such...

Karen P’s ...Broadcasting (released in June) is one of the best compilations I’ve heard in a LONG time. Then again, all I can personally compare it to are Jock Jams and the NOW series. I’m not trying to hate on those (yes I am) but this is a lot better. ...

Sometimes a passion for music requires a deeper passion for something else -- or someone else -- like God. Remedy Drive, a four-piece band made up of four brothers, David, Philip, Paul and Dan Zach uses their music to focus on their love for God. Their debut album Daylight is...

Richie Havens is an American original who will go down in history as a great interpreter of music. Forget about his iconic performance at Woodstock. Forget about his bohemian sound and protest lyrics. Those are mere particles of this legendary music man. When considering Havens, consider him as a whole:...

In the 1980’s there were tons of bands trying to make new and exciting music they could call their own. Hoboken, New Jersey produced several strange and wonderful bands including The Bongos, the db’s, and probably one of the most influential The Individuals. Their entire career spanned only two years,...

It was almost impossible in the late 1950s and early 1960s to listen to country radio and not hear something by the Louvin Brothers, Ira and Charlie. Though the duo broke up in the early 1960s, and Ira was killed in car crash in 1965, their influence lives on. The...

“Madame George” by Van Morrison remains one of my favorite pieces of music, nigh on forty years. Coming near the end of Morrison’s ASTRAL WEEKS project (that would be Side Two, Cut Two, for those who remember what LPs are) it was an eight minute plus dream opus which still...

I did not know what to expect from a band that describes themselves on their MySpace page as a thrash punk band. Thrash descriptions are usually associated with lighting fast guitar riffs in a pyre causing an infusion of confusion. I was greeted instead with more of the punk rock...

There is one segment of the music industry that is showing growth: Christian rock. There is a great deal happening in the genre, one which was ignored until The Fray got to be the 900 pound gorilla in the room that could no longer be ignored. Toby Mack, now headlining...