Archive for January, 2009

The Biography of Caillat Colbie

Colbie Caillat was born on 28 May 1985 in Newbury Park (USA). Thanks to her father, producer of among other Fletwood Mac, Colbie grew up in a musical environment.    She knew from the age of eleven years that it wants to become a singer and began to write her first songs.

The biography of a rock star

Carla Bruni was born in Turin on 23 December 1968. The daughter of a pianist mother of a father composer Carla is cradled in music since childhood.

CABREL FRANCIS Is A Great Rock Star

Francis Cabrel was born on 23 November 1953 in Agen parents of Italian origin in a modest. He spent a happy childhood in Astafford in contact with nature. Around ten years he receives from his uncle, his first guitar.

Pascal Dufour is a popular name in rock music

After more than fifteen years with the rock band The Respectables, Pascal decided to go it alone in January. Since then, from his first solo material entitled Citizen of the World was launched in early summer and has made its way on Quebec radio. Forged in the same mold that we had won many successes [...]

The biography of a rock star

Kim Basinger was born on 8 December 1953 in Athens (Georgia, USA). It is of Swedish descent, German and Cherokee. After a spell in high school, where she worked alongside Keith Strickland of the B-52′s, she began her modeling career at the Eileen Ford agency.

The biography of Aaliyah

Aaliyah Dana Haughton is born on January 16, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York. However it passes the major part of its childhood in another large American metropolis: Detroit, Michigan. As of its youth, it catches the virus of the song: contests of songs, castings and shows follow one another at an intensive pace. Its passion [...]

Swing State Rock

One of the best purveyors of rootsy punk, Columbus, Ohio’s Two Cow Garage, has just released Speaking in Cursive, the band’s 4th effort. The album hit the streets yesterday, and is the first Two Cow effort not to feature founding member/drummer Dustin Harigle.

Vinnie Paul Abbott Came to Rock Best Buy, and Totally Succeeded

Most nights, try shouting, “Can I get a hell yeah?!” in a Best Buy and all anyone will give you is a mean staredown from the washing machine aisle. When it happened Thursday night at the store along LBJ Freeway, though, with a whole line of Dimebag Darrell fans waiting to meet the late Pantera [...]

The Five Best Rock CDs Made By Older Folk In 2008

In all these year-end, best-of lists, I’m seeing little respect given to the over 50 crowd. So, since I’m heading that direction myself, I thought I would be the one to share some AARP Holiday Cheer.

Top Ten Indie Rock Albums of 2008

In 2008, independent rock returned to the underground, where it belongs. Given the grand catastrophe that is today’s record industry, most major-label executives don’t have the time or energy to convince music fans they might like something a little out of the ordinary. They’re too busy recycling variations on what were once sure things while [...]