What has become of the Hollywood beauty? Before, these beauties lit up the screen as if they were born to be on it. Nowadays, film is littered with a different kind of beauty – the one cast just because of how she looks. No offense to Jessica Alba or Jessica …

Formed in 2004, this San Francisco indie band has a bright future ahead. Finest Dearest is led by Carly on vocals, Christine and Josh on guitar, Cheryl on keys, Mica on cello and Steve on drums. If you read ‘cello’ then you might have had the same reaction as I …

You could make a case for The Juliana Theory being the forerunner for today’s alternative sound. Formed in 1997, the Brett Detar led band has always tweaked its sound to stay contemporary, but always has maintained its core music. The album’s opening track “This Is A Lovesong… For The Loveless” …

The Greenhornes is a classic rock fan’s modern delight.

Most people probably still don’t care (physically, emotionally and politically) about the disaster that is now New Orleans and Louisiana (or have probably tried to move on as best one can), and if so, those same people probably haven’t even heard of the recent place crash in Indonesia that killed …

Is there such a thing as country rock anymore? Greats such as Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan are known for their dual genre music. The best traditional example would be Lynyrd Skynyrd, but Blanche – led by husband and wife singers Dan and Tracee Miller – follow Cash more so …

In life, there is always one big opportunity that we think is waiting out there for us. We prepare all our lives for it. The Sting happens to be that one big opportunity (big con) for Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) and Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman). Johnny works as a grifter …

I must admit that listening to Brendan Benson makes for one very upbeat time. It might seem that pop rock might be making a comeback. With John Mayer as its poster boy and with Gavin DeGraw on the rise, Benson might be joining the two. With the opening track “Spit …

15 years of imprisonment... 5 days of vengeance

Martin Scorsese has always had a deep love for music: “At other moments, they would blend into the scene out my window, or in our apartment, the way a color blends into a palette, changing the tone, the hue. It was as if my life was scored with an on-going …