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Album Review: Magnolia Memoir - Pale Fire (Score: 8/10)
Driven by the vision of graceful, cinematic-voiced Mela Lee and multi-faceted key-boardist Alexander Burke, this ever-evolving L.A. based ensemble draws equally from its quirky, soulful jazz roots and fascination for ... -
Album Review: Eric Johnson & Mike Stern - Eclectic (Score: 9/10)
You’ve got two titans from the guitar world; Johnson is the Grammy-winning progressive rocker from Texas and Stern is the epitome of modern New York City jazz and cool. This, ... -
Album Review: Risa Binder - Nashville (Score: 8/10)
This is a strong cross-section of contempo- rary country that embraces traditional roots as well. A native of Maryland—by way of N.Y.C.—vocalist Risa Binder claims to be a city girl ... -
ASCAP Writers Rule Castle
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) invited 18 top songwriters and producers to write the hits of tomorrow at its fourth annual songwriters retreat in France. Château ... -
Producers Guild Pressures Industry To Give Credit Where It’s Due
To highlight the lack of production/engineering credit since the dawn of digital music, the Music Producers Guild has enlisted the help of producers such as Trevor Horn, Tony Visconti, Nigel ... -
Album Review: Dave Davies – Rippin’ Up Time (Score: 7/10)
God bless Dave Davies! He is touted as the inventor of grungy, feedback-driven rock & roll when all he wanted to do was create good songs. Which he does, and ... -
Album Review: Theophilus London – Vibes (Score: 5/10)
Releases like this put writers like myself in quite a quandary. Theophilus London, one of Warner’s up-and-coming hip-hop/pop phenoms, hit a home run in 2011 with Timez Are Weird These ... -
Album Review: The Bloodhounds – Let Loose! (Score: 8/10)
East Los Angeles has a long and proud tradition of bands and fans that create and love good old American rock & roll. East L.A.’s the Bloodhounds are true to ... -
Album Review: Jim White vs. Packway Handle Band – Take it Like a Man (Score: ...
Jim White is a southern-born poet, philosopher, singer-songwriter and now, producer. White has a dry and somewhat acerbic wit that he often pens in a lot of his material. In ... -
Album Review: T.I. – Paperwork (Score: 7/10)
Paperwork, T.I.’s ninth studio album, is a plea to his audience to validate his hood credibility. At this point in his career, shouldn’t the expectation be musical expansion, and less ...