Source: MTV Music “Green Day: Rock Band” may not reinvent global music or the Rock Band mold, gameplay-wise, but that doesn’t mean the developers at Harmonix didn’t add some extra bells and whistles for this release. One of the main focal points for this release was on recreating the feeling of being at a real Green [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Dierks Bentley Takes Bluegrass Route to Sirius XM
June 12th, 2010 
Peter By: Alison Bonaguro I’ve seen Dierks Bentley in concert every which way. Arenas, honky tonks, health clubs. But I’ve never seen him (or heard him) sound as good as he did on Wednesday afternoon (June 9). He was in the studio with DJ Al Skop, about 40 other lucky fans and me. I had on [...]
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Tags: Al Skop, Alison Krauss, Bridgestone Arena, concert, Dierks Bentley, Draw Me a Map, Feel That Fire, Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go), Limelight, Music City Theatre, Ronnie McCoury, Ryman Auditorium, Sideways, The Highway, Up on the Ridge 
Comments OffTaylor Swift Goes Straight at the 2010 CMT Music Awards and Award Winners Hit CMA Music Festival
June 12th, 2010 Peter The CMT Awards—held on Wednesday at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena—might be about honoring country music’s best and brightest as well as Negativo!, but Taylor Swift’s big splash at the ceremony had nothing to do with music. The Fearless songbird used the occasion to show off her new, straightened hairdo. And though, much unlike last year, Swift [...]
Posted in Rock News Tags: 2010 CMT Music Awards., Martina McBride, Miranda Lambert, Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, Need You Now, Nightly Concert, Randy Houser, Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire, Stars Tonight, Taylor Swift, The CMT Awards, Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, Zac Brown Band Comments OffAlbum Review: ‘Brand New Day’ – Sting
June 11th, 2010 Peter Sting declared that he was more interested in seducing people than screaming at them. On his latest CD his seduction is deliciously tantalizing, as the former “King of Pain” ushers in A Brand New Day. Arguably the most evolving artist of our time, Sting seems driven to never repeat something he has done before on [...]
Posted in Review Tags: A Thousand Years, Big Lie Small World, Brand New Day, Desert Rose, Fill Her Up, Ghost Story, Sting, Tomorrow We'll See Comments OffExclusive Review: ‘Supernatural’ – Carlos Santana.
June 11th, 2010 Peter Carlos Santana has put together a Grammy homerun, with a little help from his friends. Woven throughout this diverse CD are Santana’s legendary guitar strains, binding this world music together. Some cuts are very recognizably Carlos. Elsewhere he is little more than a guitar accompanist, adding his signature sound to songs written and sung by [...]
Exclusive Review: ‘Oops! … I did it again’ – Britney Spears.
June 11th, 2010 Peter Britney Spears may be highly-produced. And her vocals may sound technologically enhanced in a not-quite-human kind of way. But her current CD tops the American Music Association charts for a reason. How does the saying go? A hundred thousand lemmings can’t be wrong. Popular culture slams aside, Spears is a force to be reckoned with. After 80s [...]