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… and the Award for the most appropriately named album goes to: Ben Rector’s, Magic. Truth time: A few years ago Ben Rector was playing in Los Angeles and Gavin James was his opener. My friend and I decided to buy last minute tickets and left as soon as Gavin James finished his set. I remembered…
Well, its’s been a minute since I posted something for Music Monday but I’m happy to say that I am slowly crawling out of my depression hole. I’m not out of the woods just yet, but I see a glimmer of light in the distance. I’ve always found comfort in music during the darkest of…
I’ve been wanting to write this blog post for two weeks now, but I felt like I couldn’t properly relay my extremely passionate emotions about the topic. I almost didn’t write this, which is why this post is coming at you later in the evening, but I can’t go on without sharing this wonderful artist…
Today is the day that *NSYNC get their much-deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and I’m feeling emotional. On Sunday I attended the #DirtyPopUp for *NSYNC in Los Angeles and my pre-teen heart could hardly take the excitement. You see, *NSYNC was a major staple of my childhood; I’m sure my parents still…
Let’s kick off this week with a dash of confidence and a solo-slow-dance in your car. Janelle Monáe is set to release her third LP, Dirty Computer, on April 27th and if her recent three single releases are any indication of what’s to come; I think it’s safe to say that none of us are ready. While I…
As if this Music Monday could be about anything else. Beyoncé headlined Coachella this past weekend and I am still recovering from watching the live-stream of the event. She was the first black woman to headline Coachella and she made her historic performance one to be remembered. I was lucky enough to witness the wonder…
My love affair with pop music is a well-documented and complicated one. pre-teen Julie was all about the pop music, *Nsync, Spice Girls, the Queen herself: Britney Spears, they were all constantly playing in my house. My parents hated pre-teen Julie … and also teen Julie, she was a mess. As I grew older and…
Kelly Clarkson is quickly becoming one of my favorite artists. I raved about her latest album, Meaning of Life, when it came out last year and now here I am ready to rave about her latest single, “I Don’t Think About You”. She just released a music video to accompany the single and it is a…
Sometimes inspiration hits you right before you give up and go to bed. My weekend has been full of family chaos and I had completely forgotten that our monthly Hamildrop would be released at midnight. So here I am wasting an hour of my night looking for a song to feature on this week’s Music…
I promise to not make the entirety of this website about my depression but now that I’m starting to feel like a normal human being again, I feel the need to analyze what’s been going on with me lately. Climbing out of depression is difficult. You must arm yourself with time and patience in order…