“You have 20 years to write your first album and you have six months to write your second one,” said Elvis Costello in 1981. The best debuts bottle up and release decades worth of insight, feeling, and experience into a singular, captivating musical statement. From indie rock and pop to folk and country, below are some… Read more
Photo Credit: Mark Seliger What day is today? Let’s consider just how the world is feeling about John Mayer, because that answer may change by tomorrow (and back just as quickly). In terms of just commercial success, Mayer sold fourteen million albums between 2001 and 2009, a period in which physical album sales were rapidly… Read more
Photo Credit: Jay L Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock Some artists revisit stories to pick up where they left off after going away for a while. Others retell the same stories through new lenses, offering perspectives that were missing from the first go-around. Taylor Swift’s newly re-recorded version of her 2008 blockbuster album Fearless is an example… Read more