By this stage in her interminable music career, Bettye LaVette has no reason to change her style. In fact, the first few moments of
Do they have April Fool’s Day in Sweden? I would hope so, as I am sympathetic for any country without such a glowing “holiday”,
We all hear that “sensitive singer/songwriter” babble all the time. Often employed as a propaganda tactic by corporate minds who hold a fraudulent regard
Sub-genres are a tricky thing to analyze. It seems that any individual can coin one, from a music theory professor to a 15-year-old ranting
After posting about a few new artists who were fresh on the scene with inexperience with nothing but hefty ambitions in their pockets, I
Some cities are simply blessed with a ceaselessly active music scene. While most major cities have their share of prominently historical artists to tout
The effect that the use of strings has on a band’s degree of singularity often impresses me, granting illustrious moments of emotional potency even
The Virgins have to be one of the most entertaining bands to search for on Google. The results offer up a large array of
If it were not for the references to ICQ, Facebook, and other forms of technological social networking in the geekily titled “The Only One
For the tourism offices in Sweden, the past several years must have been a breeze. With such a bustling outlet of quality Swedish musical