The Christmas holiday is upon us, and the smells of mistletoe and balsam are in the air. Over the next few weeks, if you are out and about shopping, you will encounter tons of holiday music everywhere you go. It’s time to get in all of your holiday grooves now before December 25th, when all of…
Dope Aural: Recent Reverb
Once upon a time, when physical CD’s were actually bought and sold, this would generally be the time of year when record companies began releasing new music leading into the holiday season. Like all other sectors of retail, the music industry understood that consumers would buy CD’s, vinyl and cassette tapes as holiday gifts or…
Music Mix: Pretty Wicked Things
Halloween is right around the block, and it’s time for festive costume parties, gross candy corn, and all things pumpkin spice. In honor of these American traditions, I decided to share a collection of Halloween-inspired tracks that will get you ready for adult trick-or-treatin’. October’s playlist, Pretty Wicked Things, includes a mix of old Halloween favorites like…
rePLAY: Confessions
This month I decided to pull out an album from a not-too-distant past that I haven’t heard in quite some time. I have been an Usher fan since his very first album and my all-time favorite, “Think of You”. I remember when Usher’s Confessions album was originally released in March 2004 because you could not…