The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time

Music was not a huge part of my earliest childhood. I split my time between the two sides of my family, spending the majority with my evangelist mother, who listened to very little other than Christian music and the occasional Stevie Wonder’s Greatest Hits or Grammy nominee CD, and visiting my father, who listened to…

Burnes Turns: March 2-11, 2017

I’ve diversified the music I’ve listened to since running through Aerosmith’s discography, but my playlist this week is dominated by Alvvays, who delivered what has become one of my favorite albums of all time in 2014. Three of the LP’s nine songs are featured in Burnes’ Turns this week, and they are accompanied by a…

Alvvays – Alvvays (2014)

***** Sometimes the best music hits you when you least expect it. There have been great debut albums from bands and artists across the history of music. Bruce Springsteen, Guns N’ Roses, Black Sabbath, Oasis, Metallica, The Doors, Aerosmith all made a quick and sudden impact on the musical landscape of the world upon the…