Naomi Striemer’s indie S debut topped charts in her native Canada in December, thanks to a free MSN.ca.com download of the poetic single “Cars.” The song sketches an allegory of counting passing vehicles in the search for love, featuring a solo from Carlos Santana. Through the heft of 17 tracks, the stunning 23-year-old delivers consummate […]
It’s been 17 years since David Bromberg’s last new album, during which time he’s been comfortable with his violin shop in Delaware and his occasional gigs with the Angel Band. The veteran Dylan sideman sounds plenty comfortable on “Try Me One More Time,” too, a true solo outing that showcases Bromberg’s subtly virtuosic acoustic […]
. For Daryle Singletary’s hand-picked collection of country-classic covers, he has chosen some songs that are so closely linked to stars of yesteryear that they’re tough to do justice to — but Singletary isn’t trying to top the originals. He’s merely paying tribute, and in that respect he succeeds. Highlights include his duet with Ricky […]
No one can say that Slim Thug isn’t a hustler. With several businesses, including his own record label and group, Boss Hogg Outlawz, Slim doesn’t miss any opportunity to make money. “Serve and Collect,” out via hip-hop’s favorite indie label, Koch, will serve local fans while he preps his sophomore album. From a business […]
Money Mark Ramos-Nishita helped orchestrate the renaissance of the Beastie Boys in 1992 with “Check Your Head,” outfitting the group’s evolving rhyme schemes with dirty funk, trashy garage sounds, Cuban twists and whatever else happened to be lying around. This solo disc, however, finds him taking the singer/songwriter road, with decidedly less adventurous results. […]
This collection of popular contemporary Latin songs marks Montaner’s first covers album. But instead of reaching into the deep recesses of the Latin pop catalog, Montaner revisits tracks from the ’60s onward. They include dramatic ballads like the single “Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti” (originally recorded by Miguel Gallardo) and “Procuro Olvidarte,” along with […]
British pop star Lily Allen has shocked young fans by boasting how she trashed a dressing room in a drunken frenzy.
The ‘Smile’ singer has posted photos of the wrecked room - used during a recent Australian tour - on her MySpace internet page.
She writes of the Sydney antics: “We got pretty drunk, went to […]
Stacie Orrico has enraged the organisers of an Australian music festival by cancelling her tour of the country.
The ‘Stuck’ singer was due to headline the Australian Gospel Music Festival (AGMF) in April, but has postponed her Southern hemisphere dates and performance at the event in Toowoobma, southern Queensland.
Organisers hope to find a replacement, but […]
Powderfinger front man Bernard Fanning secretly married his Spanish girlfriend Andrea Portela Moreno over the New Year holidays.
The rocker and Moreno tied the knot in Fanning’s hometown of Brisbane, Australia.
The couple reportedly met in Spain in 2005 when Fanning was visiting in between writing and recording his debut solo album ‘Tea & Sympathy.’
October last year after successfully overcoming his drink and drug problems in rehab, and prompted speculation the band had been dropped by their label Atlantic records.
However, the three remaining members of the rock act have announced they’ve begun work recording a new album.
The material will be released by the band under a different name […]
Another week, another hopeful British singer/songwriter — but newcomer James Morrison boasts a grit and edge that puts contemporaries like James Blunt and Paolo Nutini in the shade. A Brit Award-winning sensation back home — where “Undiscovered” is certified triple-platinum (900,000 units) — Morrison may lack a surefire “You’re Beautiful”-style radio hit, but his […]
Jennifer Pena knows what a catchy hook sounds like. At just 23, the singer/actress already has been on a musical odyssey on the Tejano circuit, as a pop star and now writer and producer of her own material. With the help of her Latin Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter boyfriend, Obie Bermudez, and pop-rock hitmaker Sebastian […]
Taylor continues his extraordinary string of recordings with “Definition of a Circle,” his seventh album in as many years. His music grows from a distinctively personal vision that is at once mindful of the blues tradition and thoroughly unencumbered by it. He has returned the banjo to the blues idiom — he plays the […]
Recently relocated to XL, ex-Def Jux-er RJD2 trades in his icy indie production for what’s being pitched as a more pop-oriented record but ends up sounding light-years removed from what most folks would call pop. “The Third Hand” does find RJD2 indulging a newfound interest in cinematic melody, especially on the vaguely creepy […]
