It’s safe to say that singer/songwriter Catie Curtis has been around a few blocks, musically and otherwise.

Last weekend over brunch, I was talking with a contemporary country songwriter and a former boy band member about the read more…

Amy Ray is a rebel. The South is her heritage and rule-breaking is her birthright.

I have known the Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs — aka Sue Hots — for round about 23 years.

Recently, I was given a second go at Brandi Carlile… Wait. Let me rephrase that. I was offered a second read more…

Any attempts to qualify or quantify Brandi Carlile‘s effect on listeners are destined to fall short, if not fail altogether.

In 2004, Katie Herzig set out on her own after fronting her college band Newcomers Home for more than a read more…

Back when Gwyneth Paltrow did that karaoke movie and duet with Huey Lewis, I remember thinking she had a nice read more…

Ever since I wrote recently about humor, it has been on my mind…

Ellen’s got it good and she knows it.

Some music enthusiasts say that there’s a revivalist movement afoot, intent upon harkening back to the funk/soul sound that was read more…

Despite my seemingly calm and sane exterior, I often have strange thoughts, worst-case-scenario kinds of things. I imagine what I read more…

Tom Leykis, a veteran radio talk-show host, recently launched a new online music project.

I’m stunned by the things that pass as humor these days. All of the movies by Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, read more…

With a multitude of climates, paces, landscapes, and activities to choose from, deciding where in the country to hang your read more…