LeAnn Rimes has built her kingdom with Remnants. Country with soul, soul with rock, and beautiful ballads are all contained within this album. The consistency of love is the theme here, and can be perhaps overdone at times. But, the…
Brad Paisley is quite the showman. In his first live concert DVD, Life Amplified World Tour: Live From WVU, Paisley pleases the West Virginia University crowd. Shot with 20 cameras in front of over 20,000 people on the WVU campus, the…
Although her last album, the concept project ARTPOP, didn’t exactly wow diehards, one of the exceptions being The Music Universe, Joanne takes another turn musically for Lady Gaga. Always known for her hi-tech pop sounding tunes that always had a…
The “metal” in Metallica’s name is back! After an eight year gap in between studio albums, the band has proven it can still write and perform heavy metal like it once did. Fans got a taste of new music in…
To call Get Off Easy by Savage Henry and The Infamous One Pounders punk porn as some have described it, is an injustice. Rebellious, energetic, fast, loud, those are all the things that make Get Off Easy rock and roll,…
After two years, Garth Brooks returns with his brand new album Gunslinger. The album is “stupid fun,” as Brooks states. It’s full of new anthems, ballads and concert staples, and will sure to please your ears. “Here it is, the only album in…
It’s taken me awhile, but I have finally accepted that Bon Jovi are never going back to their hard rock days. Their last great album — These Days — was delivered more than 20 years ago and they have a few…
When the Kentucky Headhunters released their debut album, Pickin’ On Nashville, in 1989, they pioneered a new southern rock and modern country sound that took over the airwaves for the next decade. With hits like “Dumas Walker,” “Walk Softly On This…
Who knew that Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Kiefer Sutherland, best known for his starring role on the Fox series 24, and movies like Stand By Me, The Lost Boys, Young Guns and more, could actually sing and play music? The…
As a music journalist, I get pitched new music everyday. Usually it’s from random musicians or bands who just want a chance to be heard. I can relate to that, but I don’t have time to listen to everything and…
Eric Anders has been creating really inspiring music for over a decade. Amazingly, this talented singer/songwriter began his musical journey later in life than most yet still managed to create a catalog of great songs, enough for a greatest hits…
I’ve always been a fan of Confederate Railroad’s (CRR) blend of southern rock and country. Danny Shirley’s raspy southern drawl isn’t hard to distinguish and the band’s instrumentation immediately draws you in. A lot has changed on the musical front…