Plus One’s debut album, The Promise, was really, really bad. The CD was filled with poorly written songs, cheesy synthesized beats, and over-produced vocals. It’s a wonder that I wanted to buy their sophomore album, Obvious, but I remember purchasing it when it was released…
Garden State was a movie that grew on me. The first time I watched it, I remember shrugging and thinking, “Yeah, so what?” The media, and even my friends, had hyped it up to be this great, life-changing film, but I didn’t really see what…
My journey with Ben Folds all began with an animated children’s movie, Over The Hedge. While watching the cartoon, I couldn’t help but focus on the music playing in the background. It wasn’t a Disney movie, so there was no Randy Newman, but who was…
I was watching The Tonight Show with Jay Leno one evening when he introduced a new artist from the UK, Corinne Bailey Rae. I was immediately captivated by the soft vocals and catchy beat that made up her single, Put Your Records On. That same…
Chances are you heard the song Collide at least twenty times last summer. Howie Day’s single seemed to be on every radio station and music video channel, and was even heard in the background of TV shows and commercials.
I never paid much attention to Fiona Apple in the past. I remembered hearing her single, Criminal, on the radio, and writing her off as another one of the many female singer-songwriters of the time. It wasn’t until my friend, Danny, recommended her third album…
Josh Groban is probably one of the most talented singers to have been discovered in the past years. His strong baritone voice, amazing vocals, and his ability to sing beautiful songs, not only in English, but in foreign languages like Italian, French, and Spanish, has…
Charlotte Church first arrived with her debut album, A Voice Of An Angel. Though she was only thirteen years old at the time, she had the voice of a mature soprano as she tackled such classics as Pie Jesu,Ave Maria and Danny Boy. She followed…
The name intrigued me. Was it the title of a band? Or a strange nickname? Aqualung’s CD was sitting in the Breakout Artists section at my local Target, but I decided to give the album a second look just because of the strange name. I…
I remember when I first heard of Olivia the Band. It was earlier this spring, and I was at my one of my best friend, Olivia’s (no relation to the band) house, and she put on their self-titled debut and made me listen to it….