Category: Interviews

Who can forget the Pop music scene at the turn of the 21st century? Artists such as *NSync, The BackStreet Boys and Britney Spears dominated MTV, and there was a slue of boy bands popping up at every turn. If you paid attention to pop music at that time, or you were a 16 year…

tes-ti-fy : To express or declare a strong belief, especially to make a declaration of faith. With their fourth Atlantic Records release, San Diego multi-platinum hard rockers P.O.D. are ready to Testify. Testify to the power of rock; to the sway of perseverance and sweat; to the valor of hard work; to the might of…

Straight from Forty Projects on the Southside of Jamaica, Queens, a young lady with more experience in the music industry than people twice her age is poised to take the field running. 19-year old Yummy is music royalty. The godchild of both R&B legend Chaka Khan and “New Jack Swing King” Aaron Hall, Yummy has…

The San Diego alt-rock band Switchfoot’s new record, Nothing is Sound, once again finds Foreman questioning everything, as he did on the band’s two and a half-million selling breakout album The Beautiful Letdown. Switchfoot’s non-stop touring schedule—they performed 400 shows over the last two years—gave Foreman plenty of time to gnaw. In fact, Nothing is…

TIt’s that same street-born confidence that led hip-hop dream team Eminem and Dr. Dre to sign the former Jamaica, Queens crack dealer and music industry-shunned MC to their Shady/Aftermath imprint. The same sneering swagger that propelled 50 from underground mix-tape king to the top of Billboard album charts with his 2003 major-label debut Get Rich…

Asked what kind of music can be found on Lifehouse’s third album (simply titled Lifehouse), Jason Wade pauses and says, “the kind of music I like to write. That’s one of the great things about having done a couple of records. I don’t second-guess myself anymore. When I’m writing, I’m not trying to please everyone.…

Almost 15 years after The Corrs became an international, multi-platinum sensation with a unique mix of pop songs and traditional Celtic instrumentation, the band of Irish siblings has recorded their first traditional Irish music album. HOME contains a collection of 13 traditional and modern Irish songs performed by The Corrs clan — Andrea on lead…

Terius Gray may call himself Juvenile, but he is no young buck when it comes to the music business. The New Orleans native has been consistently putting it down for fifteen years. He has released eight albums which have spawned some of rap’s most popular club hits, started his own UTP label imprint, and unbeknownst…

There is a tradition in classic black music that goes back to the smooth crooning of Sam Cooke, the earthy gritty sound of Otis Redding, the lyrical beauty of Curtis Mayfield and the unfiltered intensity of Donny Hathaway. It’s a combination of church-rooted hallelujah praisin’ and tell-it-like-it-is storytellin’ . Few contemporary artists are equipped to…

Everything you’ve heard is true. All of it. The exhaustion and the fear, the pressure, paranoia and pan pipes, the breakdowns and break-ups, the sackings, sitar solos and endless studio sessions, and now ultimately – with this, their second album – the rebirth and redemption of The Darkness. ONE WAY TICKET TO HELL…AND BACK is…