After a months-long hiatus, host Andrew Burnes returns to complete the multi-part discussion of his top 100 favorite musical artists of all time with entries 20-1 alongside with a recap of the bottom 80 and discussion of a couple of new additions along the way. Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular…
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…
My life went through some pretty significant changes in 2018. I changed jobs twice and finally got a place of my own. And while everything has largely been an improvement, many of my new responsibilities (and my lack of a regular commute) significantly cut into my music listening time this year. Yet even though I…
Over the course of the last couple of weeks, I listened through several Bruce Springsteen albums and by proxy revisited a significant swath of the greatest music ever recorded. But just as I was planning on publishing an entire list of Springsteen’s best, we received another life-altering sermon from none other than Father Kendrick Lamar.…
We replace the last couple of week’s penchant for movie-related artistry to straight ahead Pop music done right, an ’80s track I don’t hate, a classic from KISS’ best member, and a racial sermon that’s desperately needed in today’s world. “The Blacker the Berry” – Kendrick Lamar A week ago I was talking with my…
Note: I originally wrote this review for publication in The East Texan on April 9, 2015. It won first place in the annual Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Convention in the Division 3 Critical Review competition in 2016. ***** Once or twice a year, if we’re lucky, we, as much listeners, are subjected to an album…
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