September 18th, 2012 | by Randall Castillo
It’s odd hearing a musician that comes from a genre built on the very foundations of drugs, gang culture, violence, womanizing and irresponsible spending take the moral high ground on anything, let alone money and taxes
August 27th, 2012 | by Hunter Schwarz
What began as a search for the next superstar has become a platform for music industry veterans to relaunch or burnish their careers
June 25th, 2012 | by Hunter Schwarz
So maybe summer hits don’t require correct grammar, but in Carly Rae Jepsen’s case, it just seems like comma usage isn’t something they teach in Canada. History may hold some clues
May 2nd, 2012 | by Hunter Schwarz
Remember Lady Gaga? Yes, the pop star in the meat dress. Remember when it seemed like she would never go away? Well, she did. For six months. But now she's back to take on what pop has become
March 27th, 2012 | by Hunter Schwarz
Despite Madonna’s support of Obama, she seems to have not learned one of the most important lessons from his campaign: expectations can be your biggest enemy
March 13th, 2012 | by Hunter Schwarz
This week fun. becomes the first rock band in more than a decade to take their debut charting single to the top off the Billboard Hot
November 21st, 2011 | by Hunter Schwarz
In the ‘00s, hip-hop exerted a powerful influence over the rest of popular music. Things have changed, however, and hip-hop is now the one taking the cues — most notably from indie rock
June 17th, 2011 | by Jim Dalrymple
Did you get your tickets to Coachella 2012? Sales for California’s biggest sweat-fest stopped last Friday, but for next year’s event, organizers are trying a novel new approach to double the pleasure and double the funds
June 10th, 2011 | by Jim Dalrymple
In 2009, journalist Maziar Bahari was captured and tortured in Iran. Last year after the ordeal, he told NPR that he played Leonard Cohen songs repeatedly in his mind to cope. Find out what it is about the Canadian singer-songwriter's music that made such an impact
May 26th, 2011 | by Jim Dalrymple
Beyoncé is vocally and physically one of the most beautiful people in the world and seems to have the “Midas touch” when it comes to producing chart-topping singles — which, in contrast, makes her lacking music video quality all the more strange
May 24th, 2011 | by Jim Dalrymple
Should all media be children's media just because some kid somewhere might possibly see it someday? Donny Osmond apparently thinks so. Lady Gaga, not so much. Whose side are you on
May 21st, 2011 | by Mikey The Footlocker
Thirty years after Billie Holiday’s haunting “Strange Fruit,” the 1970’s had its own variety of musical “calls to action" — we can hear it clearly in the music of the period
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Now That’s What I Call Baby Making Music | posted on February 15, 2012
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