Soul music is a dying genre, and passionate soul and blues artists are now a dying breed. Once soul pioneers like Etta James, Marvin Gaye and James Brown...
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The Last Dinner Party takes listeners to a room filled with candlelight, ballgowns and grand pianos in their debut album “Prelude to Ecstasy.” The album...
It’s that time of year again when seemingly everyone has a boyfriend or girlfriend … except you. Valentine’s Day is a rather divisive holiday, where you either...
Swarms of people lined the streets of San Diego on Jan. 26 with cowboy hats in hand as they stomped their boots into Pechanga Arena. Young and old, friends and...
When I first told my friend that Sun Room had put out a new EP, he asked me, “Are they going to whine about crashing their car, cutting their hair and going...
Movie musicals aren’t necessarily the most well-received genre in film, but they do know how to make a statement. Tina Fey’s 2004 movie baby, “Mean Girls,” has...
The long driveway leads up to a stark white house with a porch that wraps around the property. It’s surrounded by a white picket fence. Kids prance around a...
“The Iron Claw” is a film full of hurt about a family in deep denial of their pain. There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the new film “The Iron Claw,” but...
With 2023 now in the rearview mirror, it’s every music critic’s favorite time of the year as we get to dissect the past 12 months and pick our favorite...
Emerging nearly four years after their sophomore album “Forever in Bloom,” the indie rock band Vacations has come together yet again with their recent release...