Jay Reatard didn't just play rock 'n' roll - he lived it. The sonic saboteur spent his tragically short life bursting at the seams with so many ideas that he seemed to turn out raucous, raging t …

In the grand punk tradition of everyone from the Sex Pistols to Iggy Pop, Jay Reatard was a true rock 'n' roll provocateur, a boundary-pushing wildman notorious for taking everything to t …

Up from the projects, Jaheim is a true soul survivor, a time-bridging talent who overcame the death of his parents and a rough-streets childhood by immersing himself in music. A three-time winner of th …

At a time when the Great American Songbook has been pillaged by aging pop stars unwilling to hang up their rock 'n' roll shoes, British vocalist Jamie Cullum breezed onto the scene like a tenor-throate …

Despite his familiarity with the pop standards that made Sinatra and Bennett household names, Jamie Cullum didn't turn off the jukebox at 1958. From the first few chords on his Fender Rhodes in "Mind T …

Classic salsa anthems such as the euphoric "Mi Gente" and the darkly morbid "El Todopoderoso" showcase HTctor Lavoe's aesthetic in full blossom: the music overflows with flavor and swing, while the lyr …

Pop lovers will recognize Celia Cruz as the voice behind the joyous "La Vida Es Un Carnaval," but the 1974 masterpiece "Qufmbara" is probably the highest point of her artistry-- and a defining moment i …

Love him or hate him for launching the catch phrases "Yeaaaah!" and "What? Okaaaay!" onto the pop culture radar; there's still no denying the Top 40 rap prowess of Lil Jon as a producer and hype man/MC …

Covers of such kid-radio staples as "Sk8ter Boi" and "All Star" are arranged much like the original hits, so if you dig Avril Lavigne or Smash Mouth, you won't find these pop-of-the-tots arrangements d …