A gleaming slice of romantic agony, Maroon 5 continues to excel at making pain irresistible. The first track to hit radio from the forthcoming Hands All Over, due...
Melissa Etheridge doesn’t deal in subtlety. For much of her career—especially in the mid ’90s—her lack of subtlety was a practical revolution; both social and sonic. The...
You know the climactic, dramatic final scene of your favorite, weekly prime-time drama? The one where a slow rolling montage of tear-inducing clips show the various...
Nothing says hip-hop like French horns. Only Kanye West could have pulled off a track like “All of the Lights,” possibly the most dense, ambitious and ridiculously...
Equal parts used car salesman and revival tent preacher, John Rich reminds me of a miracle man. A showman by definition, Rich loves to open his...
Rodney Atkins’ “It’s America,” which he debuted on last month’s CMA Awards broadcast, is presumptuous and without substance. More importantly, it makes poor use of subjective...