Maroon 5

A Reminder of How Good Maroon 5’s Adam Levine Can Be

9 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on A Reminder of How Good Maroon 5’s Adam Levine Can Be
On February 22, the 2015 Academy Awards will be handed out. A contender for best original song is ‘Lost Stars,’ from the romantic comedy, Begin Again. ‘Lost Stars’ was written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley, and Nick Southwood, and is performed by Maroon 5‘s Adam Levine. With the overstuffed and digitally mangled material Read More

Melissa Etheridge Tells You How You Should Feel about Auto-Tune

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Melissa Etheridge Tells You How You Should Feel about Auto-Tune
There are several debates in music that I am growing increasingly weary of. The Great Auto-Tune Controversy is quite possibly at the top of that list. Melissa Etheridge is the latest artist to weigh in. Sat atop a very high horse, she wrote a short piece for Billboard essentially explaining that if you use Auto-Tune, Read More

Vote for Your Favorite Touring Artist in Billboard Touring Awards 2013

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Vote for Your Favorite Touring Artist in Billboard Touring Awards 2013
For the 10th Billboard Touring Conference & Awards, Eventful is helping facilitate the fan-voting process. Vote for your favorite touring artist and help crown the Eventful 2013 Fans’ Choice Award winner at this year’s conference. Click here to cast your vote. This year’s nominees: Beyonce Blake Shelton Bon Jovi Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Read More

Maroon 5 Adds Soul to iHeartRadio Music Festival …in pictures

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Maroon 5 Adds Soul to iHeartRadio Music Festival …in pictures
With their powerful combination of neo-soul and disco-rock, Maroon 5 livened up the iHeartRadio Music Festival. Luckily for those of us who couldn’t be there, Getty photographer Ethan Miller took some pretty pictures!     Read More

Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 Lead 2013 Billboard Music Awards Finalists

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 Lead 2013 Billboard Music Awards Finalists
Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 lead the Billboard Music Awards finalists with eleven nominations each, including the biggest category of the night, Top Artist. The award show will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 19 7:00 pm (CT), and will air live on the ABC network. You can check Read More

55th GRAMMY Awards Show – Performances – in pictures

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on 55th GRAMMY Awards Show – Performances – in pictures
There were several great highlights for me during the 55th GRAMMY Awards last night. Check out a photo gallery below with some significant, both good and, well, less good, moments.     Read More

Album Review: Declaration of Independence – Colt Ford

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Album Review: Declaration of Independence – Colt Ford
Declaration of Independence – Colt Ford (Average Joes Entertainment, 2012) A few years ago, Colt Ford hit upon something no one seemed to have thought of yet. Upon realizing that many young country fans mixed up line dancing to the latest country hits with grooving to Top 40 rap and R&B, he created his hip-hop/country Read More

Songwriters Circle: Clay Evans

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Songwriters Circle: Clay Evans
I hear a lot of new music. In any given week, I am sent upwards of 100 new CDs. This is probably true for most music writers: if you want to grab my attention, you need to arrive with something special; something I haven’t heard from anyone else. Nashville singer-songwriter Clay Evans did just that Read More

Songwriters Circle: DeeAnn Dominy

13 years ago Liv Carter 3
When an interview is allowed to flow naturally, often a theme develops organically. When sitting down with singer-songwriter DeeAnn Dominy, again and again, the topic of conversation went back to a quality she embodies: honesty. The reason for our get-together was her independently released (and brilliantly titled) album, Based on a True Story. With this Read More