Various artists
As any good soundtrack should, Honeydripper helps bring the movie to life by creating, along with the scenery and the actors, the atmosphere that...
Snowbyrd
Loyalty to home and love for departed friends are themes that resonate at my house, which is what motivated me to repeatedly spin this...
Anne Feeney
Anne Feeney’s If I Can’t Dance ranges from traditional folk to rock ’n’ roll to rap to a Spanish ballad.
Mix it all together...
Nudity / Priestess
There are basically two kinds of retro bands — ones that hew closely to the old school, and ones that occasionally flip the script.
Nudity...
Bullet For My Valentine
Bullet For My Valentine's Scream Aim Fire is either a disastrous attempt by a Welsh metal band to sound as Californian as possible or...
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Under the baton of Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra has become a vital musical force in the Southwest, challenging even the Dallas Symphony...
Daymond Callahan
Apparently more determined to explore than to hew to genre, Daymond Callahan’s Music Society is focused on inspired, professional orchestration.
The dynamic, polished pianist...
The Roots
The Roots’ live prowess and artistic versatility have never been fully harnessed on any of the hip-hop band’s several studio albums. Taken together, the...
The Derailers
My philosophy on tribute albums: When covering popular songs, a band should make its own artistic statement rather than mimicking the original.
It pisses me...
Guns ’N Roses
Chinese Democracy(Geffen Records)
By Justin Press
The era of the idealistic and insane rock star is dead, so music lovers who still cling to sincere,...
