ALIEN ANT FARM BACK FROM THE ATTIC BY JAY S. JACOBS Copyright ©2006 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: July 21, 2006. It takes a certain amount of charming self-confidence for a band – even jokingly – to name their debut independent album Greatest Hits. Well, anyone who has seen the career-spanning video documentary in Alien … Continue reading
THE AFTERS BEAUTIFUL WINNERS BY ABRAHAM O. KURANGA Copyright ©2006 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: July 14, 2006. Imagine walking into your neighborhood coffee shop, ordering a latte and then being serenaded by your baristas. Sounds good, huh? A few years ago, if you had journeyed through a Mesquite, Texas Starbucks, this would have been … Continue reading
Little Big Town Four Distinct Voices in Perfect Harmony By Mark Mussari As a vocal group Little Big Town exists on a rarified plane. The country-rock quartet – whose album The Road to Here has already sold over 500,000 copies and spawned a mega-hit in the stomping Southern anthem “Boondocks” – consists of two women and two men. … Continue reading
KT Tunstall Eyes to the Skies by Jay S. Jacobs Is it possible that the next big thing in music is a thirtyish woman from Scotland? An adopted daughter of a scientist who had no real interest to speak of in music? An iconoclast who became a figurehead of a local music scene where lack … Continue reading
AMERICAN DREAMZ (2006) Starring Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Sam Golzari, Willem Dafoe, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Tony Yalda, Marcia Gay Harden, Seth Meyers, Bernard White, Adam Busch, John Cho, Judy Greer, Noureen DeWulf, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Carmen Electra. Screenplay by Paul Weitz. Directed by Paul Weitz. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 107 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
Alyssa Jacey Opening Eyes by Jay S. Jacob It’s not easy to break into the music business. However, only a year into her singing career, Alyssa Jacey is making some serious headway. Taking the opposite direction of most music stories, Jacey has really started to blossom since she moved back home to San Diego after a period spent in … Continue reading
The Wiggles Wiggling Around the World By Deborah Wagner When you mention the fab four, most people think of long hair and the 60’s. But, if you have children under five, then you know there are only four fab musicians that matter to your kids. Those are without a doubt the brightly-colored Australian exports, The … Continue reading
The Lashes Get What They Want By Jay S. Jacobs Seattle is known as a hotbed for music mostly because of the grunge bands of the early 90s. There is a whole world of musicians from the city who never wore flannel, though. Jimi Hendrix, Heart, the Posies, MxPx – lots of talented artists have flourished … Continue reading
Carrie Underwood Takes the Wheel by Jay S. Jacobs Carrie Underwood had over 29 million people show up at her coming out party. That day, when she and rocker Bo Bice vied for the final slot on Fox-TV’s mega-hit talent contest American Idol was the turning of a page for the young singer. Since winning the season four … Continue reading
Rosanne Cash – Black Cadillac (Capitol) The past few years, since the release of Rosanne Cash’s last album Rules of Travel, have been hard ones for the singer. Not only did she lose her legendary father (Johnny Cash died in September 2003), but she also lost her mother (Vivian Liberto Cash Distin), her beloved step-mother (June Carter … Continue reading
