deltamachine

The English techno-pop band, Depeche Mode has release their new CD, Delta Machine and the cyber world has come alive with overwhelming response. Made up of members Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke, Depeche Mode began in 1980, in the blue-collar London suburb of Basildon. Often taking the train to their early…

blueroom

Award-winning vocalist Madeleine Peyroux’s new album, The Blue Room, features a fine selection of original and covered tunes, highlighted by her soulful, Billie Holiday-esque voice. Peyroux’s album sees the genre-blending singer with her husky voice reworking some landmark musical charms, in collaboration with longtime Peyroux producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Walter Becker, Tracy Chapman, Herbie…

amok

Radiohead’s side project, Atoms for Peace, is an experimental rock and electronic group which released their new album, Amok, in February. The group was formed in late 2009, but was nameless for quite some time, often being referred to as simply Thom Yorke’s band (lead vocalist, head songwriter, guitarist and pianist for Radiohead). However, Yorke…

smokeymary

Named after the famed New Orleans Mardi Gras parade float, Smokey Mary, singer/pianist Harry Connick, Jr.’s 2013 studio album coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Krewe of Orpheus, the Mardi Gras super krewe which Connick co-founded in 1993. The parade’s massive, multi-unit Smokey Mary float was named for the coal-burning train that, in the…