Kendrick Lamar In 1940 a novel by author Thomas Wolfe was published entitled, “You can’t go home again”. The statement is somewhat true in that things do change, and people change and grow up. Your home can never be the same as when you were a child. That statement can be perceived as good orRead More
Author: Edward Reid
Bruno Mars: Music of the Future
Well, we have now entered the year 2013. Here we are thirteen years after the year when many thought the world structure would crumble because computers would not be able to read past the year 2000. Now we are here thirteen years later, and we see no end to technological advances. The music industry alsoRead More
The First Lady is Still Singing!
Faith Evans After viewing a recent episode of the reality show, “R&B Divas”, my thoughts went back to 1999 after singer Faith Evans released her album “Keeping the Faith“. Somehow, my daughter got my wife to go to a concert headlined by Evans, which included Ginuwine and the group 112. I first could not believeRead More
Rihanna: Quick Rise to Stardom and Adulthood
“I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to” Imagine if at sixteen years old someone approaches you from the music industry who felt that you were very talented, and then wanted you to record a demo for major record label executives. BeforeRead More
This Public Enemy is Loved
As the news broke of the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction list, I could not contain my smile. The list includes well deserving and possibly overdue rock bands Rush and Heart, but also a personal favorite: Public Enemy. As I mentioned before as a college music education major I was not aRead More
UK versus US: You Decide!
Lianne La Havas A few weeks ago, my wife asked me if I heard Adele’s song from the new James Bond movie “Skyfall”. I had not heard it at the time but quickly found the song and listened. My wife said that she felt this was the best James Bond song ever made, but IRead More
Just plain Nicki?
“I just embrace all people of all lifestyles and I don’t tell them they are bad people. But I feel like people always wanna define me and I don’t wanna be defined.” Nicki Minaj Five years ago, it would have been hard to find someone who knew anything about a talented young woman named OnikaRead More