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Preceded by the number one hit "Need You Now (How Many Times)," multifaceted contemporary Christian rock outlier Plumb's sixth studio album offers up ... More

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One of the most appealing qualities of Brandi Carlile's debut album was that it had an ethereal quality, unattached to style or sound or time. Since ... More

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Maroon 5 have certainly come a long way since their days in the indie outfit Kara's Flowers. After the band's demise in 1999, frontman Adam Levine ... More

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Even after selling nearly three million copies of her debut album worldwide, Lana Del Rey still faced a challenge during 2012: namely, proving to ... More

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Described by singer Marina Diamandis as sounding like "a really cinematic 70s Americana-type film" and divided into three parts, Electra Heart is the ... More

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The title notwithstanding, this debut from the former Faithless singer is pretty angelic-sounding stuff. You're bound to think of Sinéad O'Connor, ... More

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A handful of collaborations released during 2010 and 2011 hinted at Jessie Ware's range and potential. The singer outclassed her fellow vocalists on ... More

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Jewel's back story as a sensitive singer/songwriter busking her way across the country while living out of her van carries so much mythic weight it ... More

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Lana Del Rey is a femme fatale with a smoky voice, a languorous image, and a modeling contract. Not coincidentally, she didn't lack for attention ... More

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Canada's Walk Off the Earth hit the world's cultural radar with a stunning video cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" that featured the ... More

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One might assume that the difference between Tracy Chapman's third album, which spent less than three months in the charts and failed to go gold ... More

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Live at the Royal Albert Hall features British vocal sensation Adele performing at the storied venue during her promotional tour for her 2011 studio ... More

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Soulful British crooner James Blunt's wistful debut infuses the listener -- in order -- with rainy-day hope, the wistful comfort of unattainable love ... More

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Life for Rent doesn't offer anything that drastically different from Dido's debut album, No Angel -- the dance beats are marginally fresher, the ... More

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The soundtrack to Showtime's lesbian answer to Sex and the City is much like the show itself -- classy, upscale, sophisticated, well-intentioned, and ... More

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Because no artist's career is truly complete without a holiday album, Sarah McLachlan took yet another step toward establishing her place in ... More

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Although country stars generally do not write their own songs, the songs they choose from the Nashville publishing houses reveal something about the ... More

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The third studio album from Dublin alt-rock ensemble the Script, 2012's #3 finds the band delivering more of its emotionally charged melodic pop. The ... More

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Mystery burns at the heart of Portishead, lurking deep within their music and their very image. From the outset they seemed like an apparition, as if ... More

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Live: Friday the 13th is the second live recording Maroon 5 has released since their 2002 debut, Songs About Jane, following 1.22.03.Acoustic by two ... More

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The Temper Trap's debut is perhaps most widely known for its lead single, "Sweep Disposition," a pop anthem framed by the influence of Jeff Buckley's ... More

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On his 2006 major-label debut, Nothing Left to Lose, singer/songwriter Mat Kearney comes across as a mix of John Mayer, Jason Mraz, and U2. Kearney ... More

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2008 was a banner year for the Hotel Café, whose popularity soared as songwriters like Priscilla Ahn, Meiko, and Ingrid Michaelson -- three artists ... More

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For her fifth album, the follow-up to 2010's The House, the Georgian-born British chanteuse steps away from her typical format of contemporary folk ... More

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