After several graph compositions and early pattern pieces with jazz ensembles in the late '50s
and early '60s (see Concert for Two Pianists and Tape Recorders and Ear Piece in La Monte Young's book An Anthology), Riley invented a whole ...
There were some who felt that Vandross suffered a slight slump when this album only
reached the platinum level after two consecutive double-platinum winners. But Here And Now was a huge smash, and by now the pop crowd was fully ...
By 2008, Australian singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd established himself as a world-touring itinerant musician
who broke most of the rules of the music biz and got away with it. Traveling the world with his multitude of instruments (including three ...
Continuing their prolific output since the recruitment of dc Talk frontman Michael Tait, God's Not
Dead is the third release from Aussie Christian rock outfit Newsboys in less than 18 months, following 2010's double whammy of Born Again and their ...
EMI's Greatest Hits collection doesn't stray too far from the play list that graced 1997's
excellent Divinyls compilation Make You Happy 1981-1993. Both anthologies offer undeniable proof of the Aussie rock group's range and pop acumen, both of which never ...
The debut album from the Aussie Brit-pop revivalists, Hills End's influences are obvious and many,
but DMA's deliver the goods with enough vitality and pure pop acumen to temper some of the obvious criticisms that their obvious affinity for all ...
AC/DC was fast becoming one of rock's top live acts by the late '70s. Few
others could match the band's electrifying live performances: Angus Young's never-ending energy and wise-ass antics, Bon Scott's whiskey-soaked vocals, and the rest of the band's ...
Love Is the Message: The Best of MFSB is an extensive, 16-track career summary for
Philadelphia soul's greatest instrumental outfit. Despite all the strings and horns coloring its orchestrations, MFSB managed to remain fairly funky, and along with Barry White's ...