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Rock n' roll, boy bands, jazz trios, and more; the greats, newbies, and forgotten icons who create our favorite groups.

Five Rock Bands Making A Comeback
Many rock artists from the late 90's - early 2000's are making their way back into the world with new songs, covers, and tours. For some reason, I have yet to uncover, many of the famous musicians from the early 2000's fell of the grid until the past two or three years when many of them have once again taken to the stage.
By Jessica Farrington6 years ago in Beat
Sucker for Jonas Brothers
I was in junior high school when everyone was obsessed with the Jonas brothers. All the girls had some sort of crush on each of the Jonas brothers, fights in the halls would break out because another girl claimed she had kissed one of them, but let's face it we are all liars when it comes to that. I never had a crush on any of them, their hair cuts were weird or too curly. I did like their music and their funny music videos I was a different type of fan girl. I was busy memorizing their songs and picturing me singing them during a talent show all by myself. I knew "SOS", "four minutes" and of course the "year 3000" my sisters and me would practice singing the songs because they were upbeat and fun. I remember we would use the spatula and other kitchen utensils to sing the Jonas brothers. The first song I discovered was from a disney album when they sang a rock and roll version of "poor unfortunate souls" I just thought this is cool there are three brothers and they are in a band, me and my sisters could do that if we were talented. Before I knew it they were starting to be on every cover of teen magazines and there were quizzes to tell you which Jonas brother you should date or which one are you? I hated these quizzes because they were inaccurate and weird. My and friends and I did the which Jonas brother are you supposed to be with, one of my closest friends had a huge crush on Nick Jonas and on the quiz I came to be a "flirt" with Nick Jonas. She just glared at me as I said we are getting married, but I did not find any of them attractive, my friend knew that yet for a week she was upset with me. I was all about Josh Hutcherson, so I could have cared less. Anyways, then high school came around and the Jonas brothers had faded no one had pictures of them in their lockers anymore, it moved on to the leader singer of Maroon 5, but I was still crushing on Josh Hutcherson. High school passed and everyone seemed to forget about the Jonas brothers when I searched them up one day to see where they were I found out Kevin Jonas got married so the group broke up and then Joe Jonas was sadly attempting a solo CD, which was awful and weird. Nick had somehow fallen off the face of the earth. Years later, I discovered a song called "Cake by the Ocean" and the leader singer was no one other than Joe Jonas and he was much more attractive now. When I was listening to the song first I recognized that voice with the slightly higher pitch, the heard breaths of him getting air into his lungs. It had to be Joe Jonas and I looked it up and certainly there he was throwing cake at a beach. Then, the song "Toothbrush" came out and it was just as fun I was hoping for more songs that would get me happy, but then it was announced that the Jonas brothers were getting back together and that's when "Pom, Poms" came out and that was six years ago now. Finally, the song that I had been waiting for came. The song titled as "Sucker" I watched the video over and over again I could not believe my ears. Unmistakably was Nick Jonas voice, then Joe joins in almost like the good old Jonas brothers days. With Kevin's support vocals were there too and the fun clapping part of the song and the easy sing-along lyrics the funky tune in the background brought the music back to life, now where does this song change my life? well, you see there are so many artists that have come and gone. I used to listen to Jesse McCartney, but then with the Jonas brothers his music faded and he has tried to make a come back but it was not very successful. Justin Timberlake was stepping away from the stage and made an amazing comeback just as the Jonas brothers did. It changed my life because it proved that after years of being broken up, they managed to pull back together and still make pretty good music. Instead of recording a failing album they managed to come back strong. It reminded me that life can be hard, sometimes we fade, but then there will always be a big boom to bring you back from it. No matter what it is that you stop, you will eventually go back to it. For example, if you used to play piano a lot as a child and then you stopped because it was not fun and then you get back to it and you found that love again from when you first touched the keys. We can always go back to our passion no matter how long it has been, even if we forgot how to love our passion, we can always come back to it.
By Ada Zuba6 years ago in Beat
"Home" Is Where the Art Is
The perfect parent doesn’t exist. There will never be a guardian with flawless parenting or the supernatural sense of knowing exactly what their children need all the time. However, every parent and child will come to experience the bittersweet fact of life called pain. Pain echoes in the hearts of the emotionally neglected with a perfect resonance that could bond them or break them. It transforms our relationships with one another and our relationship with life. That echo has reverberated for generations. In my time, the echo thrust into me through the song “Home” by Three Days Grace and it not only woke me to the pain I didn’t understand or know how to express, but also acted as my personal catalyst for self-expression and retrospection through the arts and friendship.
By Aliciel Alone6 years ago in Beat
9 Best Peter Gabriel-Era Genesis Songs
Sadly, there exists some--in fact, I would say, many--people who believe Peter Gabriel just materialized out of thin air in 1987 to create So, and hasn't done anything of merit before or after. There are actually quite a few people who aren't aware the band Genesis was fronted by him, before Phil Collins took the band in a more mainstream direction.
By Jennifer Childers6 years ago in Beat
The Concert that almost was
Last year I heard that Daryl Hall and John Oates would be touring and coming to The Bank Of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford, NH (about two hours where I live.) I had plans to go and was about to look online for some tickets when a friend of mine emailed me and made my day.
By InSide tHe banD by Darryl6 years ago in Beat
Pink Floyd: The Band That Transcends Time and Space.
In my youth, the only music I was exposed to was Mexican music and whatever I heard in public, tv, or the radio. It wasn’t until late 8th grade when I discovered Pandora and slowly started listening to different kinds of music such as rap or EDM. A few years passed and I became more musically cultured by listening to a variety of music. While this was the case, one genre that I didn’t listen to at the time was Rock music. This changed early in my sophomore year of college when I was introduced to Pink Floyd by a movie podcast I listen to which recommends movies to watch and discuss. A movie that they recommended for an episode was Pink Floyd’s: The Wall. The film is based on the bands album of the same name using music from said album. I watched the film and I fell in love with both the movie and the band. After I listened to their Wall album I started listening to them more and soon became a fan.
By Goodybad6 years ago in Beat
Fools Rush In
Living and gigging on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana can afford a multitude of kinetic energies constantly zapping at your 👠 with every step. Not only was I gigging on Bourbon Street but I was also gigging on Frenchmen Street in the summer of 2005. I began picking up my guitar for the first time in months inspired by a newly added guitar player to the band. To me he was so gorgeous and so talented his voice could make you melt into a sound sleep even with all the clanking and clamoring going on outside of Bourbon street. His name was Brad. With his long sandy brown hair barely touching at his shoulders, wearing hazel eyes and tan skin and nearly standing 6ft tall with a slender physique, I knew I could look past the heaving drinking and into the talent of a man that turned me on terribly. Somehow I found myself in love almost instantaneously. After the gig we would get so turned on that all we wanted to do was go back to my place and have sex. Playing with Brad weekly truly inspired me and made me feel so happy and dreamy on stage naturally giving me a euphoric feeling. I just couldn’t believe all the dreaminess of my reality, I could touch it. I could touch my dream coming true, and then, I began to levitate. Kissing 💋 him passionately after a gig became a regular thing. And I did. I never wanted this feeling to end even if he has a girlfriend I later found out. I was so pissed off at him for not telling me. Jimmy and Michelle, bartenders husband and wife team, broke the bad news to me. I nearly fired him from the band but...just the way he looked at me made me reconsider. He claimed that they are ending the relationship soon and she is 10 years his senior so he feels that he could never love her rightfully. Hook, line and sinker is what happened to me. He stopped by my little pink house on Bourbon one afternoon to play me his five song EP that he just picked up from a local recording studio dude named Chris who lived uptown. And to my amazement, his songs were so beautiful written and orchestrated all the way down to the quality of the mix, it sounded mastered and ready for distribution. All produced from Chris’ home studio. It blew my mind away so much so that I picked up my guitar for the first time since moving to Bourbon Street in June. I had just moved back to Bourbon Street for the second time leaving the Treme behind reluctantly. I found a house a beautiful 2-storied pink Creole cottage on Bourbon Street paying $1500 a month where I could live the old French Quarter life downstairs with it hardwood floors, 15ft ceilings, crystal Chandeliers and mock fireplaces opening up to a bricked built courtyard from the kitchen. From the patio I climbed the black metal spiral to the lounge landing opening the door and walking into what I dubbed the rat pack room. An attic apt with a 60s floor plan built out of wood paneling, a mock fireplace and dim lighting where the living room had a kitchenette and set apart from the bedroom with balcony overlooking Bourbon street and bathroom furnishings with pink tile and pink toilet to match blew away everybody’s mind away that I would bring upstairs. I would secretly freak out not believing this was all really mind too. We’d call it the Dean Martin rat pack room because Dean was always the coolest and we’d jam for hours on songs from covers to originals.
By Lani Ramos6 years ago in Beat
Daikaiju,There Will Be Fire
A Band Review From A Bookers Point Of View My name is Salina Brilla. I book shows in Huntsville Alabama. I have a podcast with Spice Radio Huntsville called Red Magic Imports. I make a YouTube Channel called DIYLive Huntsville with a friend of mine where we record and interview bands. I work with underground to midlevel bands local and world wide. I write about shows I see and bands I know.
By Salina Brilla6 years ago in Beat
Something that must not be named.
This is a story that starts with my love of Harry Potter and my depression, a strange crossover of sorts. It's the winter of 2016.
By Char6 years ago in Beat
Ian Guerin - R&B, Pop Recording Artist
Ian Alejandro Guerin, popularly known to many by his stage name - Ian Guerin is a Mexican R&B/Pop recording artists. He works independently as an artist, producer, as well as a songwriter. Ian was born on June 23rd 1990 and at only the age of 9, he started singing and recorded his first song.
By mysoundMusic6 years ago in Beat
My Top Ten Queen Favorites
I am Queen-obsessed. I hadn't always been this way though. I have always loved Queen's music, well, at least what the radio played. And Freddie Mercury's voice was music to my ears because it is one of the purest sounds ever. But I had never appreciated their music, their art, their story, Freddie Mercury's life, and their contribution to rock and roll as I do now.
By Ellen Andaya6 years ago in Beat
You’re Favorite Band Was Local Once
Ever wonder what crosses someone’s mind when they say music is their life? It’s hard to understand why someone devotes their life to music but if you got to know them; it sometimes does make sense. It’s because music is the one thing that is always there for them whenever they need it because people are not going to stand there waiting for you. Sometimes, being alone and listening to music is what makes that individual happy; you get your own little bubble, where you can let go and not overthink anything. Music is a person’s safety net, it is what makes someone happy and drowns out the things holding them back in life. You’d be surprised knowing that some people cannot go a day without listening to music. I personally am one, music has been in my life since I was a youngster. No matter what I’m doing or where I go, I’m always ready to have some type of music in the background to get me through the day.
By Jen S6 years ago in Beat