A few months ago, Trustafarian favorites Sublime re-formed, replacing deceased frontman Bradley Nowell with Youtube sensation Rome Ramirez. The resulting album, Yours Truly , set precisely no one on fire, and in fact stands as one of the most egregious sins white people have committed against reggae in quite some time. SuperHeavy isn’t quite a reggae group, but it does count Damien “Jr. Gong” Marley as one of its own. Other members include Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, and Slumdog Millionaire composer […]
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Spin Cycle: Joss Stone’s “LP1”
Two albums ago, in 2007, Joss Stone titled an album Introducing Joss Stone. It was her third record. Two albums later, it’s LP1, another album title (this time her fifth) that implies reinvention. A shame, then, that neither that album or this one actually follow through on their promise of revitalization. Miss Stone famously dumped her raspy, ferociously soulful vocals on the listening public in 2003 by way of her exemplary Soul Sessions record, a debut of surprisingly from-the-vault soul songs, […]
The Viewfinder: Stevie Nicks’ “Secret Love”
Stevie Nicks is certainly one of the more unique vocalists (and frontpeople) of the rock era. Whether singing with Fleetwood Mac, appearing as a support or background vocalist, or performing on her own, she has a sound that can’t really be duplicated. Stevie’s first solo album, In Your Dreams, comes out next week, and she’s just released the first video from the project, entitled “Secret Love”. In recorded form, the song actually rocks a little harder than it did when […]