This upcoming TV season is probably the most interesting I’ve ever seen over the past few years. Plenty of timeslot changes from networks, as well as dubious pickups, expected and shocking cancellations alike, as well as head-shaking and confusing fall schedules from some networks; all make for interesting drama. And we’re not even in September yet! Last time on my ‘best of 2019’ list, I wrote about 10 upcoming new fall shows from network TV, that I’m eagerly anticipating, as well as 5 midseason shows. You can view the post here, as well as the official 2019/2020 TV season schedule on Wikipedia– but herein lies the point.
Switchfoot – Live From The NATIVE TONGUE Tour – EP
Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group
Release Date: May 31st 2019
Reviewed by: Joshua Andre
Switchfoot– Live From The NATIVE TONGUE Tour – EP (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
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Rhett Walker – Believer (Single)
Provident Label Group
Release Date: May 24th 2019
Reviewed by Joshua Andre
Rhett Walker– Believer (Single) (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Caitie Hurst – All The Things (Single)
Centricity Music
Release Date: May 24th 2019
Reviewed by Joshua Andre
Caitie Hurst– All The Things (Single) (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
The Afters – Fear No More
Fair Trade Services
Release Date: May 31st 2019
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
The Afters – Fear No More (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
Lily Jo & Philippa Hanna – Known (Single)
Resound Media UK
Release Date: May 17th 2019
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
Lily Jo & Philippa Hanna – Known (Single) (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
For All Seasons – Speak to Me (Single)
Centricity Music
Release Date: May 31st 2019
Reviewed by: Jonathan Andre
For All Seasons– Speak to Me (Single) (Amazon mp3/iTunes)
MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 14: RONAN KEATING
Can I be very candid and honest? I was never a big fan, if a fan at all, of boy bands. Sure I’d know about them from time to time, and more recently there was this wee little band called One Direction (and yes, I will discuss this influential band in length in another post dedicated to them!); but as a whole, boy bands weren’t at all that impacting to me when I was younger. Even now, they aren’t necessarily the most sought-out ‘genre’ of music that I’d listen to from the word ‘go’. Nevertheless, boy bands have shaped and moulded music and society as we know it- from Boyz II Men, Take That, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC and Westlife, to Jonas Brothers, Jackson 5, Boyzone and One Direction; boy bands have been sprouting up throughout music history aplenty, and thus, it is no wonder that one such artist from my list of 100 would be of the boy-band variety. And so for me to prepare for this blog post, I was a little unprepared throughout the week, and even now, I’m trying to find the words to say about this artist- words that will do them justice and respect the amount of success they’ve had since being a part of their former boy-band group. For me, this ‘genre’ of music is as much needed in society as it was back then- but when music for lack of a better term, is consumed at a faster rate as years go by; boy bands can sometimes fly under the radar to become the ‘forgotten’ ‘genre’ of music. This week’s discussion leads from the front with singer-songwriter Ronan Keating; an Irish singer who was one of the founding members of boy-band BoyZone, a popular Irish group in the 1990s. With around 10 albums under his belt, Ronan has solidified himself as one such artist, whom has successfully broken off from their former boy-band group, to have a relatively successful career as a solo artist- other artists to achieve such a feat include Robbie Williams (of Take That), Michael Jackson (of The Jackson 5), Ricky Martin (of Menudo) and Justin Timberlake (of NSYNC), to name a few.
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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS – WEEK 2: LAUREN DAIGLE
Recently, I have started to become a bit more reflective and introspective- and more specially, the more and more I think about life in general, and the way it has gone for myself and maybe for others I have come in contact with; the more grateful I am to be living in Australia. And I’m sure the same goes for anyone living in the U.S, England, New Zealand, and other English-speaking countries I reckon. Not that other developing countries are ‘bad’ or anything like that, but I’ve recently noticed something. For all of the faults of Trump, for all of the issues to do with Brexit and for all of the turmoil and fallout with the Israel Falou saga; one thing remains constant. And it’s the wide range of music available to us via Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, Google Play, Amazon and other streaming services. In stores where we can buy physical CD’s (yep, they still exist!), the range for albums of different genres is quite varied, and it is in my own opinion that if you were to search for an album to listen to, you’d probably find at least one, but maybe two or three, that you could like straight away. Are there luxuries of music and the wide variety of artists available in countries like China, India and other countries in Africa?
Social Club Misfits – MOOD. – EP
Capitol Christian Music Group
Release Date: April 5th 2019
Reviewed by Joshua Andre
Social Club Misfits– MOOD. – EP (Amazon mp3/iTunes)