Changing the Face of Country Music The Way Carrie Underwood Does It

by Greg Shuey Ever since she won the much-coveted Idol crown in 2005, Carrie Underwood has enjoyed a very beautiful music career which turned her into a country music superstar. When she first sang in front of the show’s judges, she immediately earned their admiration. Her rendition of Bonnie Rait’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” was enough to earn her a golden ticket to Hollywood and make it all the way to the finals of the hit reality show. Each week, her stellar performances propelled her to

DVD Review: Phil Kline – Around the World in a Daze
One of this era’s most fearlessly relevant composers, Phil Kline’s oeuvre ranges from the iconic moving “boombox symphony” Unsilent Night (a response to Bush I’s gulf war) to the Zippo Songs suite inspired by the words and phrases American GI’s in Vietnam inscribed on their lighters. Sonically, Kline’s work tends to be gamelanesque, upper-register textures meticulously manipulated and processed into a rippling, reverberating pool of sound. This new two-DVD set - recorded in surround soun

New Found Glory’s Don’t You (Forget About Me) Cover - A Music Review
New Found Glory’s cover album From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II included a version of the 1980’s hit song Don’t You (Forget About Me). The song, which was made theme of the movie The Breakfast Club, was originally recorded by the new wave band Simple Minds.

Music Review: John Coltrane - Coltrane
John Coltrane’s First Outing As A Bandleader is Remixed and Remastered

Blink 182’s Take Off Your Pants and Jacket is Not a Sell Out
by Stevie Sanchez If you’re one of those music lovers who dig fun, funky, feel-good music and likes to have their serving of green humor as well, then you would like Blink 182’s Take Off Your Pants and Jacket album. This is their fourth studio album, released on June 12, 2001. Following the success of Enema of the State and The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show, the American pop-punk band has once again hit gold with this record. It has spawned hit singles like The Rock Show, First Date, and Sta

Music Review: Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone - Thin Air
They have a secret.