Mississippi-sown, barrel-aged in Tennessee, and finally cultivated in the marsh of the Carolina low country, 26-year-old songwriter Cary Ann Hearst is pleased to present her first full-length album… CAH: Dust and Bones. Recorded in the basement studio, Rebellion Road, the production of CAH was a collaborative effort between Hearst, bass… Read more...
FAMILY MOVES TO ITS OWN BEAT ON ABC SERIES “SONS & DAUGHTERS” COURTESY OF SONGWRITERS BILL BERRY AND ADAM GORGONI Merging music with kin, Los Angeles songwriters Bill Berry and Adam Gorgoni have created a unique musical voice for the new ABC series “Sons and Daughters.” Debuting Tuesday,… Read more...
There are two words that describe Héctor Crisantes’ life: earth and music. “At home, conversations were always about agriculture and music, that’s what we ate,” says the Mexican-American singer/songwriter. “And that’s literally speaking.” Héctor was raised between Nogales, Arizona, and Culiacán, Sinaloa (Mexico), with the certainty that his best… Read more...
Allee Willis is a bona fide renaissance woman: not only a Grammy Award-winning songwriter who can boast more than 50,000,000 records sold — her catalogue includes “I’ll Be There For You” (the “Friends” theme), The Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance,” Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” and “Boogie Wonderland,”… Read more...
Bacilos, literally translated from Spanish, may refer to a disease-causing microorganism, but for this adventurous trio, catchy grooves, witty lyrical innuendo and spirited musical performances are the only symptoms. Puerto Rican-born percussionist, Jose Javier Freire, Jorge Villamizar, a Colombian singer/songwriter/guitarist, and bassist/vocalist André… Read more...
For years, hip-hop’s East and West coasts hogged the headlines. But thanks to such gifted street poets as Atlanta’s Outkast and Detroit’s Eminem, the rap world has become a far more geographically diverse place in recent years. Kentucky’s Nappy Roots is currently adding… Read more...
“Omnipresent” doesn’t even begin to tell the story of The Neptunes, the hot production team from Virginia Beach, VA. The ubiquitous pair has worked with everyone from hip-hop heavy hitters Jay-Z, Noreaga and Mystikal to rockers No Doubt, Marilyn Manson and Garbage, not to… Read more...
“My world's upside down/And I wouldn't change a thing,” sings 22-year-old Jason Wade on “Spin,” the first single from his band Lifehouse's sophomore album, Stanley Climbfall (DreamWorks), and you'd think he was talking about the group's dizzying trip to the top of the pop heap. After all,… Read more...
"There's something really sexy about sad," Ryan Adams recently told Elle, and he ought to know. The much-touted 26-year-old troubadour has won reams of acclaim lately by plumbing the depths of hurt, heartbreak and healing to make resonant music that seems likely to win him the commercial… Read more...
The Bitch is back . . . With 34 gold record certifications, 24 platinum albums, and Grammys, Tonys and Oscars to his credit, no one could accuse Elton John of resting on his laurels. But critics and fans agree that Elton's new CD is a phenomenal… Read more...
