The nominees for the 2012 American Music Awards were announced earlier today, and the 20 categories are dotted by the likes of Rihanna and Nicki Minaj. The two West Indian divas lead the pack with four nominations each. Rihanna has continued her str…
Man, what can’t Adele do? 2011 saw the British soulstress release her sophomore album, 21, winning six Grammys, spending 79 weeks in Billboard‘s Top 10 (24 of them at No. 1) and selling nine million copies in the U.S. (an unheard of …
Cher Lloyd is the latest pop challenger from across the pond. Will her American debut, “Sticks & Stones,” catapult the “X-Factor” contestant to the top of the charts?
Plucky…that’s the word I’d like to use in reference to Solange Knowles. She could’ve been content to bask in the afterglow of the aura created by her sister, multi-hyphenate Beyonce. However, Little Sis is determined to make…
Scottish hitmakers Mumford & Sons are back with another agreeable, hooky collection of stomping folk-rock. How does “Babel” stack up to “Sigh No More”?
The first compilation containing the original versions of Whitney Houston’s classics is scheduled for release in November, and we’ve got the track listing!
One of our favorites, singer/songwriter Matthew Ryan, returns with “She’s a Sparrow.” It’s the first taste of music from his upcoming album, “In the Dusk of Everything.”
How can I not select a Stevie Wonder song? After all, this column is named after one of his best selling albums… As I look back on my life I can’t help but to laugh. It’s funny how we make attempts at certain things in hopes that it will b…
In the realm of swaying, stomping, harmonic pop-folk, The Avett Brothers stand only in the shadow of Mumford & Sons, a recent success story that, perhaps not-coincidentally, the long-running North Carolina brother-band is starting…
We got a chance to sit down with a hip-hop legend. Dres of Black Sheep fame talks to us about the Native Tongues as well as his new project, EvitaN. Their album “Speed of Life” drops today!