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For much of its two-decade existence, Switchfoot has courted two not-always-complementary camps. Switchfoot’s music has always appealed to both the Christian music audience and the secular music audience. These audiences […]

Country music artist Chase Rice had huge hits in 2014 and 2015 with “Ready Set Roll” and “Gonna Wanna Tonight.” When he had another hit earlier this year with “Eyes […]

In August, an album by Chance the Rapper was beaten out at the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s album chart by an album from Nathan Feuerstein the Rapper. Some pundits, […]

Some people are resistant to Sondheim’s musical about a vengeful barber because of its subject matter. Serial murder and cannibalism can come as quite a shock when you’re sitting there […]

Eric Gales grew up in a Memphis household full of left-handed guitarists who’d taught themselves to play right-handed guitars. So he did the only thing an impressionable young right-hander could […]

David Freiberg grew up in Cincinnati, in a household where Reform Judaism was practiced. Reform Judaism is a progressive form of its namesake. “My father would do the blessing over […]

The band Toad the Wet Sprocket took its name from a Monty Python skit. “I once wrote a sketch about rock musicians,” Monty Python co-founder Eric Idle has said. “And […]

Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny has never been one to play it safe or rest on his laurels. He came to prominence in the late ’70s with lush, stirring mood music. […]

David Crosby admits that he wasn’t exactly a prolific songwriter prior to 2014. Then a dam burst or seemed to from the perspective of his fans. Crosby put out four […]