Harry Connick Jr. has exemplified excellence in all aspects of the entertainment industry. For his recorded music and live performances, Connick Jr. has received various accolades and awards, including Tony nominations, Emmy Awards, as well as Grammy Awards. Harry Connick Jr. hails from New Orleans, Louisiana. He began his musical career at a very young…
After taking his first steps in the music business in 2016 with his crowdfunded, independently released debut album Closer, Brandon Lake achieved wider recognition in 2019 when he signed with Bethel Music. His first single with the label, This Is a Move, was a commercial and critical success, becoming his first charting song and picking…
Teenage love stories in the early aughts were typically outrageous, over the top, and a little bawdy. So, this movie was a true standout because of its plaintive emotion. Fans of Nicholas Sparks know that the two hours spent watching a film based on one of his films will undoubtedly elicit more than several tears…
In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 1990 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The band has undergone several lineup changes over the years, but vocalist Anders Fridén and guitarist Björn Gelotte have been with it since its inception. In Flames has been categorized as alternative metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore, but the band…
The 2012 movie Project X divided the critics but stormed at the box office, grossing over $100 million worldwide. The soundtrack, which features a compilation of hip hop tracks from the likes of Kid Cudi, Nas, Pusha T, and D12, proved as successful as the film, reaching number 12 on the US Billboard 200 and…
Dangerous Toys is an American, Texas-based rock band. The band released four full-length albums throughout their career, one live album, and were unofficially disbanded after lead singer Jason McMaster’s near-decade-long hiatus. They are best known for their humorous lyrics, which can be found in songs such as “Teas’n Pleas’n” and “Scared.” Their biggest commercial success…
Boogie Nights hit theaters in 1997. Even though the movie is fiction, it’s loosely based on the life of John Holmes. In the film, an adult film director, played by Burt Reynolds, meets a working-class guy, played by Mark Wahlberg, and gives him a shot to act in his productions. The movie was nominated for…
Best known for his reverb-laden rockabilly and crooning vocals, singer-songwriter Chris Issak swept to stardom in the early 1990s as a kind of modern-day Roy Orbison. With a repertoire that includes the likes of Wicked Game, Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing, and Somebody’s Crying, his melancholic, 1950’s style of rock and roll has earned…
Countless rock goddesses have and will continue to enchant audiences throughout time. Girls leaven amps, guitars, and drum kits into the most magical soundscapes. Lita Ford has taken rock music to an extra level, with a remarkable grasp on the guitar and the bass racket. Ford’s volcanic vocals also added a feminine touch to a…