The Best New Releases I Heard in 2016: Q3 | Willie Edward Smith
The synthesis of it all grooves and rocks like the past, the present, and the future had a stiff drink and lost track of time.
Best of 2016 Music
The Best New Releases I Heard in 2016: Q2 | Willie Edward Smith
Andrew Bird has long been a master of all things vintage, but on Are You Serious, he plays Time Lord.
The Best of the New Releases I Heard in 2016: Q1 | Willie Edward Smith
The Now became my focus for 2016. I had no clue what that would mean going forward.
Best Concerts of 2016 | Courtney Dowdall
These were my top shows of 2016, ranked in order of awesomeness.
Best Songs of 2016 | Courtney Dowdall
These are the top 10 songs that make me stop what I’m doing and listen/dance/sing along/all of the above.
Best Albums of 2016 | Laura Hamlett
Olly Murs’ 24 HRS and Adam Lambert’s The Original High reveal the more mature side of each singer.
Best Concerts of 2016 | Laura Hamlett
Note to all musicians: You can’t follow Andy Grammer, so don’t even try.
Best Songs of 2016 | Laura Hamlett
Olly Murs’ “Private” is perhaps my favorite song of the past half-decade, not just this year. Absolute pop perfection.
Best Songs of 2016 | Jim Ryan
Any song that references The Rocky Horror Picture Show gets high marks from me.
Great Tracks from Albums that Just Missed the Top 10 Cut | Mike Rengel
There are albums in my Top 10 and there are those in my Honorable Mentions; these are songs from neither of those lists.