Hear Me Out: Sara Bareilles, Merry Clayton
Sara Bareilles, 'The Blessed Unrest' Maybe you didn't ask for it, but Sara Bareilles wrote you a love song anyway. Actually, she wrote you many love songs. [...]
Hear Me Out: Sigur Ros, LeAnn Rimes
Sigur Ros, 'Kveikur' When frontman Jonsi Birgisson went stag for his kaleidoscopic solo venture, he introduced sunshine and rainbows to the stirring [...]
Microsoft Store's Kick-Off With Kelly Clarkson Gets Rained Out
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft store manager Tim Thewes and Microsoft's general manager of the Heartland District, John Fikany, celebrate the grand [...]
Hear Me Out: Best Of 2013 (So Far)
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 'Mosquito' Karen O howls on "Sacrilege" as the sound revs with electric fury and the divine intervention of a gospel choir. "Buried [...]
Hear Me Out: 'Kinky Boots,' The National
'Kinky Boots' (Original Broadway Cast Recording) "The world seemed brighter six inches off the ground." So goes the drag-inspired fabulousness of the British [...]
Hear Me Out: Vampire Weekend, The Great Gatsby
Vampire Weekend, 'Modern Vampires of the City' Vampire Weekend puts down the horchata and ponders death without religion and this misguided generation for [...]
Hear Me Out: Patty Griffin, Amy Grant
Patty Griffin, 'American Kid' Ever since her rootsy 1996 debut "Living with Ghosts," Patty Griffin has found inspiration in the deep, dark corners of life. [...]
Hear Me Out: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gin Wigmore
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 'Mosquito' Karen O and Co., the New York alt-rock trio widely known as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, went neon for "It's Blitz!," a staggering [...]
Hear Me Out: Jessie Ware, Ashley Monroe
Jessie Ware, 'Devotion' If you've heard British breakthrough singer Jessie Ware's "Wildest Moments" (and if you haven't, what are you waiting for?), you know [...]
Hear Me Out: Justin Timberlake, Kacey Musgraves
Justin Timberlake, 'The 20/20 Experience' Sexy's back, but not like you remember it: After seven long, hard, long years without Justin Timberlake at the [...]
Big Love For Lianne La Havas
Remember Alicia Keys before she became a big enough name to revive the BlackBerry brand and hold her own in a Jay-Z collaboration? Back in 2001, when she [...]
Hear Me Out: Drake Jensen Is Country Weak
Drake Jensen, 'OUTlaw' Is the world ready for its first openly gay male country-music star? We might not know for sure with Drake Jensen's "OUTlaw" – and not [...]
