After starting his career as one of the creative geniuses behind Stax Records, Issac Hayes moved from behind the scenes to center stage in 1968 with the release of his debut solo album, Presenting Isaac Hayes. That time around, the album flopped. A year later, he released his second effort, Hot Buttered Soul, which did…
The 1998 remake of Godzilla was originally intended to be the first in a trilogy. As it turned out, the first one drew so many negative comments and turned in such a minor profit, all of the planned sequences got shelved. But even if the film was a dud, the soundtrack wasn’t. Consisting primarily of…
Gene Pitney is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and sound engineer raised in Rockville, Connecticut, where his family lived. When he was studying at Rockville High School, which is the place where his profound love for music began to show, he formed a band with his friends, and he named it Gene and the Genials….
If you’re a fan of the new movie Nomadland, then you’re going to love this article. We’re going to rank all the songs from the soundtrack. This was an amazing movie, and the music was a big part of that. Each song perfectly captured the feeling of being a nomad in today’s world. 11. Oltremare…
John Hiatt is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has been writing and performing songs for over 40 years. He is known for his bluesy, roots-rock style, and has released over 20 albums in his career. His songs have been covered by a variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, and Bonnie…
There are few country music singers as iconic as Barbara Mandrell. She rose to fame in the 1970s and continued to produce hits throughout the 1980s. From her time as childhood start singing alongside her sisters to her long-running Las Vegas show, Barbara Mandrell has always put on a stellar performance. She has won numerous…
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck might be established stars today, but dial back to 1997, and they were barely known twenty-somethings with no history and no credibility. Fortunately, they also had a script that would end up taking them to the Oscars and put them on every director’s radar for years to come. It may…
Don’t Look Up is a film about two astronomers who attempt to warn humanity about an approaching comet that will destroy human civilization. The film is a satire of government, celebrity, political, and media indifference to the climate crisis. The soundtrack for the film is just as impressive as the film itself, with songs from…
“Joe Dirt” is a 2001 film revolving around a man searching for his family after being left behind at the age of eight. He’s a janitor who shares his tale with listeners at a radio station in Los Angeles. With little knowledge of his surname, he heads out to a small town in the Pacific…