When future generations looks back on the story of hip-hop music, there will be a handful of albums which they will looks to as the benchmarks for the level of […]
I realized when looking over my list of the ten best albums of 2017 that they were all by male artists. I found that strange given how many amazing albums came out this past year by female artists. For fun, I expanded my list to twenty and, not surprisingly, eight of the next ten best albums were by female artists. What I like about the albums on that list is how much more diverse they are than my first ten, which is mostly hip hop.
What a year and we are ending with an amazing issue. Firstly we are very proud to end the year with Talib Kweli cover who gives Vandala an insightful and […]
I try to keep my finger on the pulse of hip hop’s beating heart. I keep an eye on the up and comers and an ear on the airwaves. But I have to admit that somehow, like many, I have managed to sleep on Cyhi The Prynce these past couple years.
Curtis Mayfield. Sam Cooke. Al Green. James Brown. And then there’s Leon Bridges, Benjamin Booker, JD McPherson, Jack White and The James Hunter Six. This is the lineage, past and present, to which Curtis Harding belongs. Funk, soul, classic R&B. The music pays tribute to hey-day Stax records, the swinging 60’s and the free love 70’s, in equal measure.
To clear up the confusion, I’ll start this review by saying that there are two distinct and separate Wu-Tang music brands. There are the albums that are canonical, that is, Wu-Tang Clan albums. And there are albums that are non-canonical. That is Wu-Tang albums. No Clan.
Reverse Busking, Free Beer and Walking: An Interview with Will Varley […] #TBT Psychopathic Records Take Over Oklahoma City! Live from the Gathering of the Juggalos 2017! […] Big Sugar is Back […]
The kids will be back in school as we reminisce about all the summer fun we had; as you will see we had a lot of it! On the cover […]
The sun is shining, festivals are happening worldwide and the music is blasting. On the cover, we feature Sabaton who are one of the best metal war storytellers in the […]
Flogging Molly is twenty years old this year. They burst onto the punk scene in ’97 with their now signature mix of traditional Celtic music and punk rock speed and […]
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