8 Best Paul McCartney Collaborations Over the Years
June 9, 2019
From Johnny Cash to Stevie Wonder to Tony Bennett, Paul McCartney has teamed up with some of the world’s most iconic singers and musicians during his 40+-year solo career. And while 1999’s collaboration with his now ex-wife Heather Mills and of course his duet
15 Hit Singles Artists Regret Making
May 25, 2019
We’ve all been there. We’ve written or said something we instantly regretted. These moments make us thankful we aren’t under the blinding spotlight of fame. Once an artist releases a song, however, there’s no taking it back. Here are some artists who hate or
5 Megastars Whose Career Started as a Backup Singer
May 10, 2019
Started at the bottom, now they’re here. There are more artists than I can count on both hands that started out in the background of the music industry, whether as backing dancers, jobbing studio musicians, or acting as a sarcastic secretary with a heart
Looking at the Themes of Leonard Cohen’s Music
May 1, 2019
“All I’ve got to put in a song is my own experience,” folk music legend Leonard Cohen told The Guardian in January 2012, the month his album Old Ideas was released. Old Ideas was a striking album that encouraged all types of listeners, young
How the Blues Influenced the Rolling Stones?
April 15, 2019
The Rolling Stones have always been labeled as a rock ‘n’ roll band, an easy classification considering their various entries into pop, folk, reggae, and even disco. Especially by the mid ‘70s, the band was willing to embrace several stylistic outlets. But an appreciation
Can You Afford For Your Favorite Band to Play Your Party?
March 25, 2017
We’ve all idly fantasized about it, whether we’d like to admit it or not — everyone would secretly love to have their favorite band or musician pop up at their birthday bash and rock out. But how viable is that option? A recently-released “price
9 Cover Songs That Were More Successful Than the Original
March 12, 2017
Sometimes, a song just won’t turn out right the first go around. And that’s where covers come into their own: when a certain song just doesn’t live up to all it’s potential its first turn up to bat, another artist will leap in with
10 Popular Songs with Discreetly Unsettling Lyrics
February 27, 2017
Admit it. You have mindlessly sung along to songs without realizing what they were about. It’s okay, we’ve all been there. A few years back, I was singing along with Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” (so damn catchy!), then realized I had been
Ten Negative Reviews of Now Classic Albums
February 14, 2017
It has famously been said that, “writing about music is like dancing about architecture,” and rightfully so. Music is unwieldy, notoriously anarchic, and devilishly moody, making it an incredibly difficult topic to tackle. Rock ‘n’ roll journalists made it their calling to take on
10 Reasons Ozzy Osbourne Should Be Dead
February 1, 2017
Ozzy Osbourne. Is there another name that so completely defies what science is trying to prove? How exactly has the lead singer of Black Sabbath managed to cheat death for this long? It’s about time somebody genuinely examined the facts — and someone is.
