Category: Artists

“Breathtaking… power-trio rock that gets more psychedelic by the month, [Nebula are] perhaps the subgenre’s most imaginative musicians.” – GQ As the decade comes to a turbulent close, a nation cries out for leadership and direction. Thankfully, at this penultimate moment of the 20th century, Nebula have arrived to guide us all…To The Center. Captured…

In the summer of 2000, Cornell “Nelly” Haynes Jr. did the unbelievable. Nelly, an unknown rapper from St. Louis, Missouri, sold over a quarter of a million copies of his debut album, Country Grammar during its first week of release. On the strength of his first single “Country Grammar (Hot . . .),” the album…

In his long and eclectic career, Willie Nelson has recorded country music, standards, gospel, and much more. Now with the release of Milk Cow Blues, his third album for Island Records and his first blues release, Willie Nelson leaves his mark on yet another chunk of the American musical landscape. Milk Cow Blues combines the…

“What is a N.E.R.D? N.E.R.D stands for No One Ever Really Dies. The Neptunes are who we are and N.E.R.D is what we do. It’s our life. N.E.R.D is just a basic belief, man. People’s energies are made of their souls. When you die, that energy may disperse but it isn’t destroyed. Energy cannot be…

Like a sturdy Texas cypress, Mark Nesler endures. In his life and in his music, the lanky singer-songwriter embodies perseverance and a quiet knowing. Born of personal tragedy and professional struggle, the theme that emerges from his music again and again is resilience. That straight-ahead strength was forged on the winding road from tiny Buna,…

In an era defined by trendy rap-rock, candy-coated pop, and hopelessly homogeneous hip-hop, Neurotica (Kelly Shaefer – Vocals, Shawn Bowen – Guitar, Chris Rollo – Guitar, Migwell Przybyl – bass and Jason West – drums) sticks to its guns and churns out blistering hard rock. “We’re influenced by emotions and the power of music,” singer…

“Success to me is being together as brothers and still looking out for each other. We lived together as kids, and now we’re taking care of each other as men” -Aaron Neville Whether as solo artists or, since 1977, as bandmates, Newsweek has observed, they’ve, “poured out a stream of syncopated, funky riveting music that…

“I’m ass-deep in rock n’ roll again” – “Broken Bones” From the wilds of the Pacific Northwest comes the 100% pure hard rock of New American Shame. On their eponymous Lava/Will/Atlantic debut, the Seattle-area quintet – Jimmy Paulson: lead guitar; Johnny: vocals; Terry Bratsch: guitar; Kelly Wheeler: bass; Geoff Reading: drums – take the metallic…

First things first: legendary recording group New Edition is releasing their eighth album, One Love as a part of the hit-making, trendsetting Bad Boy family. The songs-mostly produced by Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, and a host of young masterminds-are phenomenal. New Edition, celebrating twenty years as a group, again live…

Jordan Pundik – vocals Chad Gilbert – guitar Steve Klein – guitar Cyrus Bolooki – drums Ian Grushka – bass For New Found Glory, it’s not just a matter of having a chance banner year or fluke popular album that has kept the act at the forefront of the pop-rock scene. It’s more like a…