The Namesake

Italy has grappa, Russia has vodka, Jamaica has rum. Around the world, certain drinks—especially those of the intoxicating kind—are synonymous with their peoples and cultures. For Mexico, this drink is tequila. For many, tequila can conjure up scenes of body shots on Cancún bars and coolly garnished margaritas on sandy beaches. …

Scooter drop typically energetic new album ‘God Save The Rave’ APRIL 16, 2021 BY RYAN FORD. Iconic German happy hardcore group Scooter have just dropped their twentieth album ‘God Save The Rave’, almost four years after their last. The album features stand-out collaborations with some of the industries best, combining with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike for ‘We Love Hardcore’, Timmy Trumpet for ‘Paul is Dead’ and Harris & Ford for the namesake track ‘God Save The Rave’. The energetic selection of tracks aren’t without iconic samples either, with ‘We Love Hardcore’ sampling Zombie Nation’s ‘Kernkraft 400’, as ‘Which Light Switch Is Which?’ contains samples of the 1995 song ‘Strings of Infinity’ by T-Marc featuring Vincent. For those lucky enough to own the vinyl edition, the track ‘Wand’rin’ Star’ has been replaced by another track ‘Lugosi’.

The most prominent feature of Migration (the Amboy Dukes' third recording, originally released on Mainstream records) is the lack of a spaced-out follow-up to the group's biggest hit, "Journey to the Center of Your Mind." Perhaps "terrible" Ted Nugent was starting to win the drug war that was beginning to wage within the band, a war that would ultimately claim more than a few key lineup casualties. No matter the reason, Migration – with it's less opaque drug references and general grooviness – was given a cool reception at record stores as listeners perhaps became slightly confused about the Michigan band's intentions while pondering Nugent's relatively eclectic musical approach…

Following the death of Paul Young and the departure of Paul Carrack, Mike + the Mechanics' only original member, Mike Rutherford, returns with a brand-new lineup for The Road, their first studio album since 2004's Rewired. Perhaps indicative of the talents of their two former vocalists, the former Genesis guitarist has brought in three different frontmen to fill their shoes: Canadian performer Tim Howar, who played Rod Stewart in the musical Tonight's the Night; South African singer/songwriter Arno Carstens, who left during its recording to pursue his solo career; and, most famously, Andrew Roachford, who scored several hits in the late '80s/early '90s with his funk-rock band namesake…

The London Haydn Quartet continue their critically acclaimed series celebrating their namesake, which The Guardian raves has, ''too many pleasures to enumerate.'' This volume, featuring the String Quartets of Op.64, is another unmissable double-disc set performed with the quartet's usual mix of intelligence and humanity.

With the passing of The Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd, it is nice to notice that the Southern Rock genre still produces new blood every time. The Southern Locomotive Band, an up-and-coming new star who inherited the Southern Rock royal road genes of the 70's, The band release their long-awaited third album in 2022! Southern Locomotive Band released their debut album in 2020 "Somewhere In Time", following the second album "Luck of the Draw" in 2021, and now the third album “Back in Town Tonight” in 2022. The group consists of namesake Danny Southern (guitar, vocals, Hammond organ), Greg Carter (bass, vocals) and Curtis Hammer (drums, percussion) and it is not difficult to compare the trio with ZZ Top, because this group also has the drummer the only one without a beard. Musically there are also similarities: both bands make bluesy, often solid Southern rock.