Fans rejoice: Now, Shania Twain’s first album in 15 years, is almost entirely not bad. Not bad at all, in fact, though your first impressions may mislead you. From the opener on, the album has such a mild, mature attitude…
Album Review – Gogol Bordello: “Seekers and Finders”
Gogol Bordello’s whole career has been a fight to sync up tune and sound, matching the inherent uniqueness of their gypsy punk with lead singer Eugene Hütz’s spotty (but often mesmerizing) songwriting. They reached their peak in this regard with…
Melody on Music: Mid-Year Top 30
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…
Album Review: Chuck Berry – “Chuck”
Legends fade. It happens. But Chuck Berry—whose material from a short nine-year period singlehandedly made him the greatest songwriter in rock and roll history—tapered off quicker than most, releasing his album-format peak St Louis to Liverpool in 1964 (featuring the…
Melody on Music: Texturized Heartbreak
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…
Melody on Music: Music of Love (of Music)
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…
