July 9, 2002 saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers eighth album, By the Way, hit store shelves. Produced by the talented master of song, Rick Rubin, By the Way gave Pepper fans another glimpse into the wild and unbridled creativity of this rock band. They themselves consider the creation of their music and craft to…
If anyone knows how to weave a tale, it’s Gordon Lightfoot. The Canadian singer-songwriter has been entertaining and enthralling us with his songs for more than six decades, and looks in no danger of stopping anytime soon. A folk-rock legend, he’s been described by Robbie Robertson of the Band as a “national treasure” and by…
In 2014, Smith & Myers emerges as a side project from their 2001 American hard rock/alternative metal band Shinedown. Taking ten songs that have been recorded by various artists of hard rock and heavy metal genres, they altered their formats into acoustic versions. They did this based on the request of over 4,000 fans of…
When a 17-year-old Megan Thee Stallion burst onto the scene with the “Stalli Freestyle” back in 2017, she became an instant sensation on Instagram and other social media platforms. In 2018, she got signed to 300 Entertainment where she later released several mixtapes and virals singles such as “Big Ole Freak” and “Tina Snow,” which…
Born as Jewel Kilcher out of Payson, Utah, on May 23, 1974, is an American singer and songwriter simply referred to as Jewel. However, still, as an infant, Jewel and her family relocated to Anchorage, Alaska where she grew up on the Kilcher 770-acre homestead until her parents divorced in 1981. Jewel moved with her…
For the first few years of her career, Janet Jackson was better known for her famous brothers than her music. Then, in 1986, she dropped her third studio album, Control. After that, everything changed. For the rest of the 1980s and the first few years of the 1990s, she dominated the charts in a way…
Dave Navarro might be one of alternative rock’s greatest guitar heroes, but to tattoo artists up and done the country, he’s a walking advertisement. At this point, the Jane’s Addiction guitarist has almost more tattoos than he’s got skin. Not all of his 83 tattoos have any deep or special significance (he’s confessed to favoring…
Zac Brown Band is a country music band that was formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2002. The lead singer of the country music band is Zac Brown, who also plays the guitar. Other band members include guitarist and keyboardist Coy Bowles, fiddler and vocalist Jimmy De Martini, drummer Chris Fryar, percussionist Daniel de Los Reyes,…
When John Prine died in April 2020, the world lost one of its greatest songwriters. After breaking onto the scene with his self-titled 1971 debut, Prine barely put a foot wrong for the rest of his career, releasing one great song after another. Frequently compared to Bob Dylan (who’s confessed to being a major fan),…