Author: Thomas Newman

Back in the early 2000s, rap stars didn’t get much bigger than Ja Rule. After breaking through with his platinum-selling debut album, Venni Vetti Vecci, he ruled the charts with top 20 hits like Between…

Rammstein is a German band that formed in 1994. Genre-wise, they make Neue Deutsche Härte, which is a kind of crossover music that incorporates influences from rock, techno, and others. Something that is unsurprising when…

Counting Crows is a rock band that was formed in Berkeley, California, in 1991. The band consists of lead vocalist Adam Duritz, drummer Jim Bogios, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, bassist Millard Powers, and guitarists David Bryson,…

There is little doubt that Alan Jackson is one of the most influential country music artists that has ever existed. He has a career that has literally spanned decades and throughout that time, he has…

One of the greatest gifts a musical performer can give the audience is a piece of themselves as they sing a song straight from their own heart. Some of the best hits to ever grace…

In 1968, Crosby, Stills & Nash was formed by singer-songwriters David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. Each had already enjoyed success in other bands (Crosby with The Byrds, Nash with The Hollies, and Stills…

Tom Waits isn’t an artist who’s ever courted mainstream success. Which is just as well, as he’d have been bitterly disappointed if he had. With the odd exception, his albums have rarely made the slightest…

Music lovers are at least remotely familiar with the name Ricky Nelson, despite the fact that he was killed in a plane crash in 1985, at only 45 years of age. Considering the fact that…

Work – we hate it, we need it, and if we didn’t have it, pop stars, country singers, and rockers would have one less thing to sing about than they do now. Over the years,…