6/27/2006
The sophomore album "Men & Mascara" by country jem Julie Roberts, is a collection of 12 emotion-filled tracks, four of which Roberts co-wrote. "Paint And Pillows," "Smile," "Too Damm Young," "Men & Mascara," "First To Never Know," "A Bridge That's Burning," "That Ain't A Crime", the lovely...
6/26/2006
The soundtrack to "Friends with Money" a Sundance film starring Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Joan Cusack and Catherine Keener; and scored by Craig Richey, a humble and sensationally tender and compelling songwriter is one of the most inspiring, insightful and complete sounding soundtracks I...
6/26/2006
Want laughter in your life? OK then, get yourself Jim Gaffigan's "Beyond the Pale" and you'll be laughing into silly, silly land; so much so, that your friends might commit you, if they, themselves, haven't been already. Jim Gaffigan is also an accomplished actor who has starred in television and...
6/26/2006
Yo Yo Ma is an extraordinary cellist. So who more appropriate to take on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, one of the masters of classical music?Step inside a world of beauty; where for a magical time, we too, can envision what it might have felt like to be an ear-witness to Johann Sebastian Bach...
6/26/2006
Grammy-nominated, India Arie's third album "Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship" is gripping with personal insight into her world. Sung fluidly with a soulful, sexy, golden-rich, honey-smooth voice, India Arie is a goddess of R& B music."Loving (intro)," "These Eyes" and "Living (...
6/26/2006
Singer and songwriter Marilyn Scott's latest "Innocent of Nothing" invites the sounds of jazz, blues and soul; nuzzled quite nicely with a bit of contemporary pop."Round & Round," "Round Midnight," "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most," "Moods," "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" and "...
6/26/2006
All right folks, this album, right below you, is a serious one---seriously jamming with ferrous high-energy bluesy artistic expression, and passion so beyond the norm of incredible, you're going to be skewered and smoked by what you hear in Walter Trout and Friends "Full Circle." Walter's friends...
6/26/2006
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts are back---can't you hear your neighbor's windows close faster than when a rainstorm hits? Joan's voice is unmistakable. She's as original as a snowflake and just as non-conforming. Love this lady's smarty-ass attitude, and the powerful hook she has of bringing...
6/25/2006
Keane, one of my favorite bands have a new album "Under the Iron Sea," a steel garden in bloom with edginess, mystique, pain, loss and hopefulness. The dark mind of the lyrical canvas soaked in the soul of water-colored melodies and ethereal vocals, inundates exceptional storytelling and emotion...
6/25/2006
Madison Park's pop-oriented and smoking dance grooves off its sophomore album "In the Stars" will have you seeing pretty, shiny, silver disco balls, multi-colored strobe lights and a heat fog from all the glistening perspiration dripping off your body."When Alive is Alive," "I'm Listening," "Right...
