Music

Queen Latifah: Persona

After the Queen blasted her enormous voice in Hairspray and Chicago, an album of pure hip-hop is a letdown. However,…

Read More »

Jessie James: Jessie James

Carrie Underwood should look out, because Jessie James may eat her. Each song on this country-pop debut album is filled…

Read More »

Josh Zuckerman: Got Love

Rocking out on his third indie CD, here Zuckerman rides the wave of his four previous number-one music videos on…

Read More »

Ace of Bass

The pitch is heavy and heady, with a tone as rich and sweet and thick as a bourbon-laced pecan pie,…

Read More »

Meshell Ndegeocello: Devil’s Halo

The openly bi, undisputed queen of the bass once again defies musical categorization. Her discordant, whale-like moan of “Slaughter” erupts…

Read More »

Boys in the Bands

A few weeks before the beginning of October’s GLBT History Month observances, gay male musicians were dominating most of the…

Read More »

Finding Her Center

When Vicci Martinez spoke with OutSmart, she had just returned to her home in Tacoma following a battery-recharging retreat to…

Read More »

What Matters More . . .

Derek Webb may not be a household name, but he’s been making music for nearly two decades. After spending his…

Read More »

Sugarland: Live On the Inside

This CD/DVD combo platter offers live recordings from the locally monikered country duo’s current tour, including their Grammy-winning “Stay.” Covers…

Read More »

Nuke the Soup: Make Waves Not War

NTS’s veteran pop rocker Mark Davison says the ska-y closing track here was inspired by a dream in which he…

Read More »
Back to top button