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We return - again - to country music, where things have certainly escalated. When I originally wrote my Special Comment on the state ...

Wow, review number fifty, and only one of them have broken a thousand views. Eh, this sort of shit takes time, I've accepted that. ...

You know, for as many solo female acts I've reviewed this year, I haven't actually covered that many girl groups, or at least in t...

Holy crap, this one came together fast. I don't know what it was, but I didn't really have a huge amount to say and this review c...

When people ask me why I listen to country music, or how they can get into country music, I point at Alan Jackson. It's kind of hard...

Ah, it's good to be back on the wagon (felt ill yesterday, didn't do all that much, that's basically the reason this review i...

About a year ago, a critic that I like made an interesting statement regarding the evolution of the pop charts. He commented that due to t...

In the year 2000, two of the greatest country acts of the decade teamed up to perform a song formerly written by bluegrass artists Larry Cor...

Yes, I know it's late, but I do have a social life to keep up, and I went out before I could do any proper promotion. It happens. S...

Okay, let's try this again. For those of you who don't know, I've already said my lengthy piece on Justin Timberlake earlier...

And now the second review. Phew, that's tiring. Now to prepare for the real challenge tomorrow... Okay Justin Timberlake, let'...

The first of two videos coming out today (well, today as I measure it, which means the day ends as soon as I crash), and it's the wor...

It's always interesting delving into new synthpop acts, at least for me. Even though I was not born in the 80s, I've always had a ...

So, approximately six months ago, back before I was regularly doing these reviews for every album that came underneath my nose and browsin...

Yeah, I can't imagine this review will have the slightest  iota of controversy whatsoever... Eh, even reflecting on the album after...

Okay, time for a bit of disclosure: I live in Toronto, Canada. To quickly get over this part, I don't care about the Blue Jays or the ...

Man, this took way too long to get online. In any case, here's the new video talking about Jessie J, and the first of the last heavy ...

It really sucks to be branded a wannabe, particularly when it's not fair. That's always been the thought that's played in my...

Damn, it's late. Had to rerender and reupload after I left one of my audio cues at the beginning of the video, and now I'm exhaus...

The year is 2009, and you're a record executive, and you're staring down at your newspaper with pictures of Rihanna's bloodied...