Review

Powerful, impactful, heartbreaking, haunting, painful and wrenching.  That’s how music feels when it really hits your soul and that’s exactly what rising singer/songwriter Jacob Banks did on his highly...

Ghostface Killah is easily the most consistent member of the Wu-Tang Clan when it comes to great solo albums and for his 13th solo album, The Lost Tapes, it’s no different.  As teaming up with producer, ...

Still emerging singer and pianist, as well as songwriter, Kandace Springs is one of those rare once in a lifetime talents who knows how to perfectly blend genres with Jazz, Soul, Blues, R&B and Pop.  W...

Apollo Brown has delivered some very quite impressive collaborative albums with the likes of everybody from Guilty Simpson to Ras Kass, Planet Asia, Skyzoo and Locksmith over the years.  Some of the most rev...

Just when you think Detroit emcee Royce Da 5’9” couldn’t deliver anymore personal of an album than his last solo album, Layers, he delivers easily his most personal and introspective album to date wit...

One of the fastest rising singer/songwriters of her generation and a once in a lifetime talent, Jorja Smith, has a soulfullness and honesty that’s well beyond her years. Which the 21-year-old Walsall, U.K...

Thank you God for Mila J.  The Los Angeles singer/songwriter and dancer, God willingly, has really delivered timeless music throughout much of 2018 and just when you think she couldn’t top herself, she d...

Joey Purp certainly knows how to make a grand entrance.  The Chicago emcee kicks off his debut album, QUARTERTHING, by bursting right into the forefront as the man of the hour, with the crashing drums and ...

Mila J doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon, as the end of October a few weeks ago found the very talented singer and songwriter, dancer and sometimes rapper dropping her 10th EP in 10 months.  R...

Jay Rock performing at Concord Music Hall for the Chicago stop of his current headlining, The Big Redemption Tour, on Sunday Nov. 11, 2018. Photo courtesy of Tito Garcia Win, win, win.  That’s what Jay R...