If you have been around 7:22 or other similar church environments in the Atlanta area over the past decade, then you have more than likely been exposed to the vocals of Cori Moon somewhere along the line. Here is one of the finest female vocalists in all of Atlanta–and now, after all these years, she [...]
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Music Review: Cori Moon, I Will Sing
Posted in Music Reviews on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Nostalgic Win: The Psychedelic Furs, Forever Now
Posted in Music Reviews on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Forever Now by the Psychedelic Furs was one of my favorite albums back when I was in high school. Okay, it was a few years old by the time I made it to high school–it came out in 1982 and I did not start high school until 1986–but I liked it just the same. And [...]
Music Review: Coldplay, Viva La Vida
Posted in Music Reviews on January 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Viva La Vida is the long-awaited fourth album from Coldplay. Released in 2008, this album comes three years on the heels of X&Y. There have long been rumblings that this would be a different kind of Coldplay album, and when you listen you will see that this is true. Though this album has its share [...]
Music Review: The B-52s, Funplex
Posted in Music Reviews on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So what do you call it when one of the premier party bands of the 80s returns after a 16-year hiatus sounding almost exactly the same as before, as if the passage of time had not altered them in any way? Not a bad thing, actually. There have been many changes in the world since 1992 when [...]
Music Review: Counting Crows, Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings
Posted in Music Reviews on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the Counting Crows’ first all-new studio album in six years, since Hard Candy back in 2002.
This is a quasi-concept album. It is divided into two halves, which are, as the title suggests, “Saturday Night” and “Sunday Morning”. Lead singer Adam Duritz explains the basis for the concept as follows: “Saturday night is when [...]
Music Review: Neil Diamond, Home Before Dark
Posted in Music Reviews on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Believe it or not, Neil Diamond was the Justin Timberlake of his day. He had the following of teenage girls who all considered him to be undeniably sexy; the only difference between him and Justin Timberlake was that he could actually sing.
And then, a strange thing happened. All those teenage girls and others who followed Neil [...]
Music Review: Tori Amos, American Doll Posse
Posted in Music Reviews on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
American Doll Posse is the latest album from Tori Amos. Tori Amos has been a longstanding favorite of mine; her debut album Little Earthquakes was making the rounds back when I was in college (the first time around). In that as in most of her early work, the predominant mode was this stripped-down, girl-at-the-piano sound [...]
Jono’s Guide to Essential Christmas Music
Posted in Music Reviews on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas time is here, and that means Christmas music is here as well. So as a public service to our readers, I would like to offer my recommendations on which of the vast abundance of Christmas albums out there are truly essential.
The Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown Christmas. What more could you possibly want [...]
Music Review: The Cure, Staring At The Sea: The Singles
Posted in Music Reviews on April 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This was one of my favorite albums from when I was in high school, so I was pleased when I found it on sale about a year ago.
Staring At The Sea is the CD version of the 1986 greatest hits compilation Standing On A Beach. It includes four songs not available on Standing On A [...]
Music Review: Caedmon’s Call, Share the Well
Posted in Music Reviews on February 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
So you missed the deadline to sign up for your church’s mission trip to India or Ecuador? Couldn’t raise the support or get the time off work? No problem. Just plug Share the Well into your CD player, sit back, and enjoy the next best thing.