Category: Music
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Marvin Sapp – Nothing Else Matters
Artist: Marvin Sapp Title: Nothing Else Matters Label: Epic Rating: 6/10 Marvin Sapp finds his soul and pours it out on us. Nothing Else Matters is soulful R&B full of gospel. The first track, “More And More”, sets the pace and gets you ready for what lies ahead. A lot of people may be put…
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Sasha
At the 1999 MTV Europe Awards, the world watched as Will Smith, Ricky Martin, George Michael and Robbie Williams went head-to-head in the category of Best International Male Artist. The last nominee Sasha Alexander, a superstar in Europe where he is known only as Sasha, was a mystery to U.S. viewers. Virtually unknown in America,…
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Savage Garden
Australian-bred Savage Garden defies ease of definition in a modern-day music world where acts are packaged into one of a handful of neatly – and yet often limiting – niches. Instead, the duo of singer/songwriter Darren Hayes and tunesmith/ instrumentalist Daniel Jones harkens a day when intelligent lyrics, gloriously accessible melodies and crafty production illustrate…
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Savage Garden – Affirmation
Artist: Savage Garden Title: Affirmation Label: Columbia Rating: 3/10 This Aussie duo came from nowhere with their hugely successful debut record. Their sugary-sweet pop candy was infectious as hell and scored big with the kids. This album is full of ups and downs that gave me a toothache. Singer Darren Hayes proves he can do…
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Save Ferris
Monique Powell Vocals Bill Uechi Bass Jos Castellaos Trumpet Eric Zamora Alto Saxophone Brian Mashburn Guitar, Vocals Evan Kilbourne Drums T-Bone Willy Trombone “I’m like a raw emotional antenna,” says dynamic front-woman Monique Powell. “Every day I’m conscious of the way I feel and how things make me feel and how I react to life.”…
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Save Ferris – Modified
Artist: Save Ferris Title: Modified Label: Epic Rating: 7/10 Right from go, vocalist Monique Powell hooks you with her sugary siren call on “Turn It Up”. Then comes a little bit of Sublime mixed with straight rock ‘n’ roll on my favorite track, “The Only Way To Be”. “I’m Not Cryin’ For You” is another…
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Scapegoat Wax
If you’d have checked in with Marty James, the mastermind behind Scapegoat Wax, a year ago you’d have found him in one of two places: making beats and recording in his bedroom, or playing a college house party somewhere around Chico State. Since signing with Grand Royal things haven’t changed much; he’s spent the last…
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Scarface
After years of blazing trails for reality based rap, elevating hard-core hip hop to a high art, and earning millions of dollars and fans around the world, Scarface has decided that it is time to take his music to a whole new level by returning it back to the people who inspired him to create…
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Bob Schneider
“I have a feeling people are never really gonna know who I am,” Bob Schneider says. Fair enough. And a 1500 word bio is rarely enough to convey an artists’ life and music anyway, but in Bob Schneider’s case it seems particularly tough. How do you package a tale that bounces between Germany and Texas,…
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Scissor Sisters
Pop music has exploded, in an edgy, sexy, supremely tuneful commotion – thanks to the uncommonly brilliant sounds of the Scissor Sisters. Creative sparks first ignited five years ago, when a then 19-year-old explosion of energy called Jake Shears was introduced to a multi-instrumentalist who goes by the title of Babydaddy. Both fired up by…