No matter what kind of musical moves Hezekiah Walker makes, his mission of bringing listeners closer to the Lord is at the core of every step he takes. With the aid of Christian singer-songwriter Ricar …

Let's see if we can straighten this out: Sam Phillips was born Leslie Phillips. At first she even recorded as Leslie Phillips, cutting several contemporary Christian albums back in the '80s. And even t …

A very Lennon-esque guitar crunches over a swirly vortex of noise in Martinis and Bikinis's "Sign Posts," as Phillips' honey-in-amber voice floats on top like orange juice in a tequila sunrise.  …

An immensely talented artist regardless of genre, Tego El Abayarde Calder=n has given the bouncy reggaet=n beat a good name with his socially-conscious rhymes, poetic flow, and Afro-Caribbean in …

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club didn't lift their name from a Marlon Brando movie simply because it sounds cool. That's just how they roll - like The Wild One extras, cloaked in black and kicking up …

Why a second Elvis Essentials playlist? If we selected only songs from his gold and platinum singles, we'd have more than 100 tunes, way more than enough to fill one full Essentials playl …

Although the George Jones-style tearjerker "Don't Leave Me Now" was originally intended for Elvis' 1957 movie Loving You - in fact, it even appears on the soundtrack - the tune unjustly wound up …

It's no surprise that three of Gomez's top 5 songs are ripped from their debut record. Instantly branded a classic on both sides of the Atlantic, Bring It On took a breezy, blissfully lo-fi appr …

It's easy to forget the pioneering work of neo-soul's chiseled forefather, D'Angelo, seeing as he's been a relatively quiet presence in recent years due to run-ins with the law. One listen to this star …