I had never heard of Sufjan Stevens until sometime this fall. I was ready to listen to some new music and asked a few friends for recommendations. Several of my friends on Last.Fm (a music scrobbling site that I frequent) unanimously told me to give…
The idea of reworking old Nirvana, Madonna, The Police and Elton John songs and placing them in a musical sounds pretty horrible, but somehow Moulin Rouge! makes it work. Baz Luhrmann’s lavish musical (released in 2001) tells the story of a poor British poet, Christian…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third movie in the Harry Potter series. The movie, based on the book by J.K. Rowling, follows Harry during his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as he faces the mysterious wizard Sirius…
As you may have noticed, one of my favorite singers is Jamie Cullum. The British jazz star appeals to me on several levels; his unique blend of jazz music and pop, his extraordinary vocal talent, and his quirky live performances are just a few of…
Note: This review reveals minor details of the musical’s plot. Who’d have thought that a musical about puppets would make it onto Broadway and win a Tony Award for Best Musical? I suppose writers Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez, believed that Avenue Q, a show…
Usually, I let an album “sink in” for about two weeks before reviewing it. Usually, I haven’t listened to the album repeatedly since its release date. Usually, the tracks on the album aren’t the most played tracks on iTunes, even though they’ve only been…
I became a fan of Howie Day’s after buying his sophomore release Stop All The World. After falling in love with that CD, I decided to go back and take a listen to some of Day’s earlier work.
We last heard from John Mayer with his second album, Heavier Things. After taking a brief touring hiatus, he returned with a new live album, Try! featuring himself, drummer Steve Jordon (Bruce Springsteen, The Stones) and bassist Pino Palladino (Phil Collins)- also known as the…
I never quite bought into the hype of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie. The concept of a movie based on a theme park ride was a bit ridiculous in my mind, but at 11:59 pm on Thursday night, I found myself in a…
What happens when you mix Harry Connick Jr., Frank Sinatra, Norah Jones, and put in a hint of pop/rock flavoring? You get Jamie Cullum!