Dennis Brown is your reggae prince

For the followers of reggae, the name Dennis Brown will always remain a fondly uttered name that symbolizes the success and well defined style of one of the music world’s most appreciated genres – reggae. Take a seat and listen to this master’s voice, and you’ll get to understand why he is called the crowned prince of reggae.

As defined by Damian, the son of legendary Bob Marley, the singer has a soothing sound that is relaxing, especially because it is paired with subdued rhythms that confess the singer’s love for the craft he has chosen. They say passion is definitive, and this is effortlessly shown through the artistry a person has selected.

If this is true, then Dennis Brown is the best example, because of the unbelievable relationship between his talent and his line of work. “He was one of those persons who made it cool to smile in reggae music. When I listen to his music, I can hear that he really loved singing. It almost sounds like he smiles while he’s singing,” Damian said. (Cited: http://www.biography.com/people/dennis-brown-20904379#later-years)

The singer started showing great potentials even during his early years. At the age of 11, many determined that the boy singing in front of them had the makings of a superstar. Coming from a family of artists, it is no wonder why Brown is comfortable performing before the eyes of people.

His father was an actor while his uncle was a comedian. Born in 1957, his first hit “No Man is an Island” garnered praises that started his music career. Due to his success, the industry took this 11-year old boy seriously. Three decades after, Brown was able to build a deep foundation that even the great Bob Marley paid respect to.

The soul and unique style that Brown was able to retain all throughout his career was the reason why many flocked to his concerts. With his relative real-life story, the singer attracted followers and fans effortlessly.

The 1970s was the phase when the singer was at his prime. His 75 albums armed with hits released throughout his career were a testimony to the success that the singer had reached. There were even times when he would make 7 or 8 albums in a year, all generating substantial revenues when it came to record sales.

The singer died in 1999 at the age of 42 but his legacy lived on even after.

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Sam Feldt on “Show Me Love” and his rise as the new promising artist of deep house

Each year, each decade and each era is marked with certain sounds promulgating and spreading far and wide during those times.

This dynamic of what would be the favored form of music is perhaps the only constant thing in changing times. For the present, the tides in the music industry have never been so diverse.

While pop is still dominating the charts, other genres, which were previously churning under the water, are now breaking through the surface – slowly introduced into the masses of mainstream listeners.

One such example is ‘deep house’, a branch of house music and a sister of EDM, progressive house, and its other variations. Deep house has a sound influenced by jazz music mixed with Chicago house and techno sounds of Detroit.

House music has its veterans such as Duke Dumont and EDM royalties such as Calvin Harris. In deep house, there is a particular artist rising to be known as the pride of the sound.

Sam Feldt of the Netherlands happens to be that artist. Declared to be one of two artists the tropical and chill music expert Ben Houston is looking forward to this year, according to Magnetic Magazine, the deep house artist is paving a promising path for his career.

Sam Feldt has already been recording and remixing songs for a while now, and what has garnered him attention is his latest track, “Show Me Love.”

The track highlights the vocals of Sam Feldt that seem to build up for an explosive climax and then holding back, slinking down and melding with the background of the piano. It has a simple production that has a laid back and chilling sync.

A rendition of a 90s classic from the American recording artist Robin S, this song of love wanting to be felt more than heard is one of the best deep house songs to emerge this year.

To prove the point, listen to the song and check out Sam Feldt’s other tracks as well.

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Taylor Swift goes old Hollywood in Wildest Dreams

Watch Taylor Swift transforms in her newest video Wildest Dream. With all the wild and a safari vibe mixed with the air of 1940’s era, see the music industry’s woman of the hour in a different light, from her dark hair down to number of kissing scenes that are found in this video.

This is the fifth single from Taylor’s 1989 album. Since its release, the music superstar has never failed the viewing public when it comes to giving out fresh concepts all laid through the telling of her music videos. Each video has been different from one another and needless to mention all unforgettable in a very fashionable way.

Complementary to its title, the video has shown Taylor mingling with the giants of safari life. In here we can see the songstress being with lions, zebras, giraffes and elephants. Now, the video can be as raw and real as it can be because some parts were actually taken from Africa. An astounding falls even served as a background one of Taylor’s kissing scene with leading man Scott Eastwood. See a sexier Taylor on bedroom cuts where she was seen wearing a sexy lingerie while having moments with her lead actor.

Wildest Dream is a video within a video. A story of an illicit affair that was formed during the making of the fake film. This is another telling of how a heart break goes. The end part of the video stayed true to the theme with its Hollywood premiere setting coming to play. The red carpet and cameras flashing mixed with the expecting crowd were all channeled in a very glamorous Hollywood way. The denouement was suggested in the scene where Taylor saw his on cam leading man having holding hand with another woman during the premiere night.

See her dramatic exit with the ever classic window scene from the car followed by the rear view reflection of the leading man who came after her after realizing she walked away from the auditorium. The video is expected to add another ray on 1989’s already studded belt. Will the Swifties ensure that this will also create same noise as earlier videos did from the mentioned album? Let us wait as the hit charts do the telling.

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A Notable Lookback at Ashlee Simpson’s Discography

We all have to admit that the first time we laid our eyes on her in the reality TV shows Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, we knew that there’s something in there that was worth watching. Aside from her unmistakable resemblance to her pop-star-singer sister Jessica Simpson, the talent is quite evident and it’s brewing under that angelic-face and feminine facade. Though her career is somewhat on the low compared to what her sister has achieved over the years, there’s no way we would be able to forget how playful and fun Ashlee Simpson’s approach to music was.

Now aged 30, Ashlee Simpson is not as prolific and visible to the music scene nowadays, but the songs she left in her wake would definitely be indelible to our 2000s recollection of top hits and influential tracks. We can always reminisce Ashlee as that singer who went over-the-top with her chosen genres of pop, pop punk, pop rock and power pop, and her being linked and married to other music icons such as Pete Wentz and Evan Ross.

Ashlee’s discography kicked off with her first debut album entitled ‘Autobiography’, wherein some of the tracks included in this masterpiece pretty much describe her as a person. Ashlee solely signed a contract with just one music outfit under Geffen and we can all surmise that she made the right decision of staying under one wing. Not owing her talent to her then very famous sister, Ashlee Simpson’s first take in making her music career official via her first album simply took off.

It was quite unexpected as Autobiography easily harnessed a whopping 400,000 copies sold in just a span of one week. It was in July 2004 when it peaked at number 1 on the US Billboard Charts and when September kicked in, it was a certified triple-platinum. Autobiography was such a good start to unraveling her career, and it was all the more applauded when she admitted to having co-written the entire album’s included tracks. Autobiography can be remembered through the tracks entitled Pieces of Me, La La and Shadow.

Released in October of 2005, Ashlee Simpson’s follow-up album ‘I Am Me’ is all about incorporating the feel-good vibe of the iconic 80s sound and the loving focus on writing songs about herself. Same as Autobiography, I Am Me garnered immediate success by getting 220,000 copies purchased worldwide, and three years after it first hit the market, sales continued to shoot up until it reached a 944,000 copies sold. Some of the songs that made this album quite a success, include lead single Boyfriend with supporting tracks such as L.O.V.E and Invisible. Awards have been tagged to Ashlee’s performances in this album, which include merits by the MTV Australia Video Music Award for Best Female Artist.

Her last album known to date is ‘Bittersweet World’ which was produced by some famous names the likes of Chad Hugo, Kenna and Timbaland. The album’s main genres are rock and pop while staying on the conventional Ashlee Simpson approach of being self-reliant and indulgent. Songs such as Auto My Head and Little Miss Obsessive carried the album to 126,000 copies sold and reached the number 96 spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts.

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Onto new sound: Ellie Goulding comes back as a proper pop star with “On My Mind”

Elena Jane Goulding. We all came to know her better as Ellie Goulding, the woman who is a singer, a songwriter, and a multi-instrumentalist from the United Kingdom. Yet apart from her basic information and life story, which fans easily devoured upon being enchanted by the singer’s golden voice, we also came to know Ellie Goulding as the woman who has her own singing style and is not afraid to let the public hear it.

And this is the start of her ascent to proper pop star royalty. Debuting in 2010, she’s an electronic folk pop artist. For her Halcyon days and its release, she’s verging as a legitimate pop star with the album big on productions and sounds, and this time for her third album, we hear her conversion is about to become completed.

In a press release issued by Ellie Goulding with regards to the details of her upcoming album entitled Delirium, the British singer confirms to have completely submerged herself into pop stardom. “A part of me views this album as an experiment – to make a big pop album,” Ellie says that the point was further driven home with the debut of “On My Mind” in the morning of September 17. As it first hit the radio, we were greeted with the new sound of Ellie prompting varied responses among listeners.

“On My Mind” is definitely catchy, with its R&B rhythm style and fast-paced melody keeping you up on your toes or at the very least tapping your finger to its big pop track sound. Add to Ellie’s ever breathy and ethereal vocals singing in quick verses about the chance of love lost before it even started, and we have another force to reckon with in the pop industry, particularly in the persona of this British singer.

However, despite doing it in a loop on one’s playlist, the repetitive choruses after so many times of playing the track again and again can easily lose its appeal, and the build-up from the verses are not enough to support the song’s decreasing luster.

This is, perhaps, one of the most common problems with pop artists and their songs, and for someone like Ellie, who people across the globe have come to love for the indie-injection to her songs, some may not be forgiving.

Yet there is always the consolation prize. Her candor for lyrics is about to make a comeback. 

Furthermore, there is still a whole batch of songs coming our way from Ellie to look out for.

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Kravitz to Release Live Concert Album to Wow Fans

You might have remembered him as the funky-looking stylist of Katniss Everdeen on the trilogy Hunger Games and have forgotten how great of an artist Lenny Kravitz is. With her edgy hairstyles, the occasional facial piercings and the soulful tracks he had released during his entire career, we can all surmise that he’s one extraordinary soloist. Brought to mainstream fame during the 1990s after his iconic and relatable track Again, Kravitz has been very active in the music industry but on a low-key.

We haven’t witnessed worldwide tours or humongous concerts with his name plastered on it since it is pretty much evident that he doesn’t need the noise to be heard. With a few gigs and appearances every now and then, Lenny Kravitz is one of the few musicians who invested in enriching his craft that booming his fame. Truly one of the best things that happened to the pop-rock genre, Lenny Kravitz is on the move again with pleasing his loyal fan base with a live concert converted into a film entitled Just Let Go.

Due to be on the music stands on October 23rd, Just Let Go is a compilation of Lenny Kravitz’ shenanigans during his much-celebrated European leg tour last 2014. It can be remembered that Lenny Kravitz ventured out in expanding his musical horizons by going out of his comfort zone and play for various nations and music lovers all across the European continent. Just Let Go is being sponsored by Kravitz’ music outfit Eagle Rock Entertainment and is sure to make fans clamor on him going big again as an artist.

Lenny Kravitz’ new truth would be released in a DVD format, featuring a whopping 12-set performance that is remastered and interact to give its audience a full-blown concert experience. Just Let Go is also rumored to include some innocuous behind-the-scenes footage, Mish mash of interviews and even up-close rehearsal sets captured on film. The film’s main aim is to show the world what a musician’s vantage point is when it comes to pulling-off a more creative, more specific and more liberal ways of establishing good music for the immediate audience. Just Let Go also would pull you in closer on as to how Kravitz work with his band and staff set upon a raw, unrehearsed and truthful manner.

The list of tracks to be expected on Lenny Kravitz’ much-awaited film includes Let Love Rule, Dancin’ Til Dawn, Fly Away, It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over, New York City, The Chamber, Dig In, Sister, American Woman, Dirty White Boots, Strut and Are You Gonna Go My Way. One bonus treat that fans can harness from this live concert flipped to film is the set of full-unedited versions of some of the aforementioned songs.

There are also some hints dropped on as to how Lenny’s 10th studio album would go about and how it is pegged on the 1970s groovy era. Kravitz also have been quoted during an interview that tackled the origin and main focus of the album, ‘I am a solo artist but Just Let Go reflects on the relationship with my band and the camaraderie that develops between us while out on the road. The film takes a deeper look into what it’s like to be on tour and also gives an intimate perspective into my life with my band, both on and off the stage.’

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One OK Rock back to touring at the opening of 2016

Famous Japanese band ‘One OK Rock’ is yet again on the verge of putting the Asian concert scene through a series of stellar acts, as they are about to commence a five-destination tour that will surely give bliss and high to their fans from different parts of Asia.

The band is known to have sold out performances not only in the Asian region, but also in the US and Europe as well. The four-man team that was originally formed in 2005 has been in the industry with their long-playing successful acts and outstandingly popular albums.

With seven albums under their belt that have been well received by fans from all over the world, there is no doubt that the said band is on track to becoming one of the legendary music groups in the Asian continent.

Their latest tour named ONE OK ROCK 2016 “35xxxv” ASIA TOUR! is the first from their two-year hiatus after their remarkable stint at the VANS WARPED TOUR back in 2014. Audience wise, the said performance proved the band’s wide reach as they sang in front of diverse cultures that belong to 18 North American cities included in the tour.

Schedule of their 2016 tour are as follows:

January 14th – Asia World Expo, Hong Kong
January 16th – Taipei Arena, Taiwan
January 19th – Mall of Asia Arena, Philippines
January 21st – Thunder Dome, Thailand
January 23rd – Fort Canning Park, Singapore

For ticketing information, log on to http://www.oneokrock.com/en/news/1104

The band is a melting pot of numerous influences including Good Charlotte, Ellengarden, Simple Plan, Nirvana, Green Day, The Smashing Pumpkins and others. Known for their alternative rock sound, there were comments about how the band’s music changed a bit to an Americanized hit after they signed up with Warner Brothers Records for their US and Europe album release.

This feedback was defended by the band saying that their dynamic is toward the pursuit of improvement, tailored with to the tastes of a broader audience.

With the promise of an international career that breaches borders between continents, there is no denying that the band has reached a milestone in entering a worldwide stardom.

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