Jamie Cullum first came out the gate in 2003, marketing himself as a modern jazz artist. I was a fan right from the start; I fell in love with Cullum’s updated brand of jazz, his quietly reflective lyrics, and his exuberant live performances (many of which…
When I saw Get Him To The Greek in 2010, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed both the film and the music performed in it. I was already a fan of the main character, Aldous Snow (played by Russell Brand), from his…
I’ve owned Damian Rice‘s debut CD, O, for several years now. The Irish singer-songwriter’s music appealed to me after hearing his songs on various films and TV shows. I thought I’d love his brand of sensitive, acoustic guitar ballads, but the disc has instead ended…
I’d never heard of British singer-songwriter, Emeli Sandé, until last summer, when I randomly happened upon one of her songs on Spotify. I was instantly captivated by Sandé’s gorgeous vocals, and after listening to her song, Heaven, on repeat for most of the summer, I picked up Sandé’s…
The 2011 release of the awesome The Muppets film led me on a trip down memory lane, revisiting some of my favourite childhood characters and shows. I grew up in the early 90’s so my Muppets history mainly contains the late 80’s/early 90’s cartoon, Muppet Babies…
I fell in love with British singer-songwriter, Mika, from the moment I heard his first album in 2007. Mika’s debut CD was based around the idea that he was going to be a pop artist, but not the standard one on the radio. He wrote…
It’s sad to see the slow decline of an artist you once loved. I’m not sure if Josh Groban’s music has really gotten worse over the years, or maybe I’ve moved past loving his brand of classical pop music, but either way, I’ve found myself…
One of my best friends handed me Janelle Monáe‘s CD last year and said, “Listen to this- you’ll like it, it’s the kind of stuff you like.” The kind of “stuff” I like? That could mean anything. I had no idea what to expect of…
Before I moved to Australia, and my boyfriend and I were doing the whole long distance thing, one of the ways we tried to connect from afar was by sending each other music. We sent each other mixtapes all the time, but between mixtapes, my…
Daft Punk is easily at the top of the electronic music scene. French musicians, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, have created several big hits in the techno-pop world, including “One More Time” and “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” (the latter of which was famously sampled by rapper,…