Author: CharlesJones

Filling the airwaves with her signature dove-like croon since the late ‘80s, Tori Amos still finds herself cemented in a place of peaceful relevance, spinning pop music into a completely new realm once again. This was her year of 50, an age painfully dog-eared with crotchety terms like ‘slowing down’ and ‘settling.’ Amos hasn’t ducked and covered,...

It’s not everyday that, two seconds into a song, you’re already convinced you just heard the next best thing and have to instantly send, Tweet, post and share it with everyone within 20 feet of you—and your entire phonebook. That is, until you hear Ghost Beach. The Brooklyn-based duo is heavily inspired by heavyweight female talent...

Once you see the words of ReVamp’s song, “Nothing” scroll across the screen in this lyric video, it becomes apparent just how meaningful they are. Classically trained frontwoman Floor Jansen has always been a powerhouse vocalist (she’s also the current singer of Finnish symphonic metal act Nightwish), but after suffering a nervous breakdown during intensive recording for all her projects,...

It’s a week before Christmas and just past noon in Roberta, Georgia. Meiko is taking a break from helping her mom in the kitchen. “We’re just chilling and baking cookies,” she says. It’s a welcome respite from a crazy week, in which Meiko zipped across the country from L.A. to her hometown in southern Georgia—but not before...

It may not be the most original statement to call soul singer Sharon Jones an absolute force of nature, but it may be the most accurate. The 57-year-old has lived many lives already—perhaps most notoriously as a corrections officer at Rikers Island in New York—but it’s her life as a performer that’s most notable.  Her singing career...