Rickie Lee Skaggs is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer born in Cordell, Kentucky, on July 18, 1954. He is a player of multiple instruments: mandolin, fiddle, guitar, mandocaster, and banjo, among others. At the age of 7, he first received a mandolin and started his musical career. He began…
Ambrosia is an American rock band best known for their 1980 hit, “Biggest Part of Me.” They formed in southern California in 1970. Ambrosia emerged from the same L.A. scene that produced hitmakers like The Eagles and Crosby, Stills & Nash.[1] They were contemporaries of Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, and Spirit. Despite this claim to…
Urban Cowboy is a great film, but its soundtrack deserves every bit as much attention. Stuffed with songs by the likes of Kenny Rogers, Mickey Gilley, the Eagles, Johnny Lee, Bonnie Raitt, and more besides, it’s been credited with pioneering the soft-core, mellow country sounds that came to dominate country music in the ’80s. If…
From their first hit, “Do You Want to Hurt Me,” to their last, “I Just Wanna Be Loved,” the English new wave band Culture Club has dabbled in various styles and genres as one of the most recognizable brands in the world, singer/songwriter/producer Boy George and his former bandmates have made their mark on pop…
One of the hottest bands that have been around since 2007 is Florence and the Machine. Many fans adore the band for Florence’s powerful vocal performances and eccentric song production. The English indie rock band was formed by vocalist Florence Welch, and is composed of three other members namely, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd…
Kehlani is one of the most popular female recording artists today. Kehlani was born on April 24th 24, 1995, in Oakland, California. She began her career as a member of Poplyfe, a teen group formed in 2011 for American Idol’s Season 10 (in which they finished 8th place). Taking influences from such legends as Aaliyah…
The 1999 romantic comedy film, 10 Things I Hate About You starred the likes of Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gorden-Levitt, and Larisa Olynik. It was displayed as a modernized, high-school version of William Shakespeare’s sixteenth-century comedy, The Taming of the Shrew. Levitt’s character, Cameron, is smitten with Oleynik’s character, Bianca. However, due to his…
Shrek 2 was the sequel in what became one of the biggest franchises. The movie hit theaters in 2004 and had equal as its predecessor. The film is terrific because it twists the typical fairytale many think of when considering a prince and a princess. One of the things that moves the movie along effortlessly…
Martin Scorsese directed Goodfellas. It is based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi. Like many other Scorsese pictures, it stars Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. Ray Liotta plays the main character, Henry Hill. Early in the movie, Hill says, “as far back as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be a gangster….