If you listen to some of the biggest hits of 2009, they'll seem familiar. Read More
If you listen to the biggest hits of 2009, they'll seem familiar. Read More
If you listen to some of the biggest hits of 2009, they'll seem familiar. Read More
"The Here and the Now," Sam and Ruby: This Nashville duo has been deemed exotic because of their ethnicity - she's a black woman from Ghana, he's a white dude from Wisconsin. Read More
If you listen to some of the biggest hits of 2009, they'll seem familiar. Read More
I don't like those lists because a) they invariably leave off almost all of the artists that I like, 2) they operate according to some inscrutable private criteria of listmakers who want to seem "hip" and "with it," and iii) they are almost always genre limited to ten or twenty-five (as if there's something magic about ten or twenty-five) "pop" music recordings. Read More
There's a lot to recommend a season of light and hope, particularly during an era as wrought with uncertainty and loss as ours. Read More
In compiling my favorite jazz recordings of each year, I don't initially pay attention to what "label" produced them. Read More
Tegan and Sara: Sainthood - Tegan and Sara's best album is still 2007's The Con . Read More
There was a time in my life where I was consumed by the darker side of life. Read More
Multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin and doe-eyed vocalist Inara George draw upon a fondness for jazz standards and '60s ... Read the full The Bird and the Bee bio.