OG Artist Lori Lieberman Goes Uncredited: Killing Me Softly

Angelically, Lauryn Hill opens this gut-wrencher with quite lonely vocals – a refreshing yet gloomy follow-up to “The Beast.” This back-and-forth presents as a theme throughout the album, exhibiting the musical range of not only Hill but the trio as a whole.

Six Things You Probably Didn’t Know About B.B King

B.B King has gone down in history as one of the best blues artists ever to live. I can’t stress enough my appreciation to the blues pioneer. His message of universal hope, love, peace, and joy has touched thousands. Here are six things you probably didn’t know about B.B King, The King Of The Blues.

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SINGLE REVIEW: Kingdom

Artemis (the all-women rock group from the UK) recently released their empowering and badass single “Kingdom.” The band was “drawn together by an extending passion for rock music, equal rights for women, and an intention to leave an imprint on Rock’ N’ Roll history.”  The group’s sheer talent bleeds through all over this single, from their foot-stomping rhythms to their guitar lines worthy of air-strumming along to. Not only is the single musically strong, but lyrically the piece is brilliant.  In an interview with The Edge, they said, “We wanted a name that stood for something strong and powerful.” As a result,

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ALBUM REVIEW: Fine & Dandy

Arrogant Criminals are a rock group from Paris. “The band exists since 2010 and experienced a second birth in 2017,” says Simon (guitarist and vocalist). They published their EP entitled Arrogant Criminals in 2014 with a remix of “Five Years of Dreams” the next year. Their engaging LP “Fine & Dandy” was released just last year. 

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Five Overlooked Women Who Helped Create Rock

In honor of Women’s History Month, I thought it would be fitting to talk about some of the overlooked women who helped create rock. “For sixty years, conventional wisdom has told us that women generally did not perform rock and roll during the 1950s.” Nearly seventy years later, the only women presented to us by the media are half-naked on their covers. Time moves on; however, many things get swept under the rug, like every pioneer before Elvis and, frankly, most women. It’s easy to think nowadays that back then, women played submissive roles as fans, studio audience members, groupies,

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