Starting with dcTalk, and then going solo when the group disbanded in 2000, TobyMac still clings to such notions as hard work, persistence, patience and the power of music, which he insists is still what keeps him going. Tonight is easily the most anticipated new album of the new decade, and is truly amazing and [...]
When it comes to love and romance, you can’t hide, and you can’t hide from The Delfonics.They took their sound from the doo-wop tradition.Lead singer and chief songwriter William Hart was heavily influenced by Frankie Lymon and Eddie Kendricks.But he went on to himself influence other high tenors like Russell Thompkins (of the Stylistics) and [...]
I started listening to Hot Chip shortly after The Warning came out, in 2006, and I fell in love with the band’s knack for writing catchy, melodic, and danceable tunes. The album had a brilliant balance of hard and fast dance tracks and slower, smoother ballads and pop songs. When Made in the Dark came [...]
Hard to believe . . . but come this August, Tony Bennett turns 80. Even harder to conceive . . .Tony’s`ageless’ arranger/conductor for this “2006 Grammy award-winning album” – Johnny Mandel– turns 81 this year.Even more incredibly, both men are doing their finest work! Witness this album, an exquisitely beautiful collection of love songs – [...]
Starting with dcTalk, and then going solo when the group disbanded in 2000, TobyMac still clings to such notions as hard work, persistence, patience and the power of music, which he insists is still what keeps him going. Tonight is easily the most anticipated new album of the new decade, and is truly amazing and [...]
Massive Attack albums are rarely immediate. Same with Heligoland: at first, the synths at the beginning of “Splitting The Atom” and “Flat Of The Blade” sound off-key and simplistic. I heard the three-note lead in “Paradise Circus” and wondered how on earth that simple sound could sustain a five-minute song.
But when I listened to “Paradise [...]
Sadly…This album was just a little bit of a let down,This coming from one of the Biggest Fans of CC borderline obsessive.I know every song from every album by heart.I was in love with Citizen Cope years before anyone knew who he was….I saw him perform at Center Stage in Central Park just before his [...]