Céline Dion Returns Resilient and Resplendent With ‘Courage’
Céline Dion is among the top ten best-selling female artists of all time, a singer of the absolute highest ranks, one whose every performance is virtually flawless.
Lady Antebellum Set Experience and Emotion to Music on ‘Ocean’
Lady Antebellum epitomize the country group at its most widely resonant. The emotive male and female vocals from lead singers Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott, respectively,…
‘Mind the Moon’ Review: Milky Chance Stick to Their Formula With Slight Variations
Milky Chance is an outfit as enigmatic as popular, making it a remarkable success story. Their moniker defies comprehension, sounding like a result of poor translation,…
FKA Twigs Weaves Her Worries Into a Mind-Bending Soundscape on ‘Magdalene’
The most consummate artists often grow restless within the confines of their prescribed roles and seek further outlets for fuller expression. Tahliyah Barnett, better known as…
Miranda Lambert Tells Us How ‘Wildcard’ Takes It Back to Her Roots
Ellen von Unwerth
Miranda Lambert has long been a fixture in country music. From her emergence in the early aughts to her solidified status as contemporary country royalty, she…
Jeff Goldblum Enlists Miley Cyrus, Fiona Apple, Sharon Van Etten for Rendered Jazz Standards
Sela Shiloni
The perennially quirky Jeff Goldblum has played piano longer than he has played characters on screen. For years, he has maintained a revue residency at L.A.’s…
Michael Kiwanuka Finds His True Self on ‘Kiwanuka’
English singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka has a sound steeped in soul traditions and spanning far beyond them. Discovered as a session guitarist, and quickly going…
Yeezus Turns to Jesus: Kanye West Preaches the Gospel on ‘Jesus Is King’ Album
Courtesy of Liam Macrae
Kanye West never ceases to surprise with his antics, and considering all the years of eccentricity, his latest development somehow comes as little of a shock:…
King Princess Explores Relationship Intricacies With a Non-Binary Edge on Debut Album ‘Cheap Queen’
Vince Aung
Brooklyn singer-songwriter Mikaela Mullaney Straus, who records under the moniker King Princess, grew up in a musical family, became a multi-instrumentalist early in life,…
Neil Young and Crazy Horse Radiate Hope on ‘Colorado’ Reunion Album
DH Lovelife
Neil Young has released a staggering thirty-eight studio albums. The latest, “Colorado,” finds him reuniting after seven years with…