A.L. Harper

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"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. " -- Plato.

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If your father was a Grammy-winning musician who had numerous top ten hits, there would undoubtedly be a lot of pressure to produce similar results – if you chose to follow the same career path. Let's face it, so few of those who follow in their famous parents footsteps achieve legitimate success in their […]

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Songs That Touch My Soul, Ten

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

We all have them, songs that seem to touch a secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They can grow and occasionally fester like an open wound, or they can fill you up, inspire you and occasionally even heal you. Sometimes they don’t even reflect your musical tastes. […]

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Jay Nash - The Things You Think You Need

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Jay Nash makes music that is warm, soulful, energetic, intelligent, just a little bit country, just a little bit rock. It may not be the kind of music that pop 40 aficionados want to hear on the radio; but it is most certainly the kind of music anyone of sense and substance wants to […]

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Songs That Touch My Soul, Nine

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

We all have them, songs that seem to touch a secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They can grow and occasionally fester like an open wound, or they can fill you up, inspire you, and occasionally even heal you. Sometimes they don't even reflect your musical tastes. […]

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I have always been a very outspoken critic of the corn-fed, watered down, straight-off-the-tractor, comb-in-the-mouth, artistically barren music that is Christian “rock”. As far as I am concerned it has no redeeming artistic or social value, in that it neither inspires people to worship nor to appreciate great music. It is, in my opinion, just […]

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Punk-pop band The Dollyrots may go down in history as the only good thing to come from the 2000 US Presidential elections, and by extension George W. Bush's presidency. So the story goes, Kelly Ogden (lead vocals, bass) and childhood friend and fellow student Luis Cabezas (guitar, piano) are attending New College Florida, preparing […]

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Dollyrots Because I’m Awesome

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Punk-pop band The Dollyrots sophomore album Because I'm Awesome is precisely what pop-punk should be; fun, honest, in your face, and accessible. Poppy without compromising punk. Their sound is a mix of bouncy melodies and harmonies, with all the ass kicking power and attitude of punk music. The Dead Kennedys love child […]

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Songs That Touch My Soul, Eight

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

We all have them, songs that seem to touch a secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They can grow and occasionally fester like an open wound, or they can fill you up, inspire you and occasionally even heal you. Sometimes they don't even reflect your musical tastes. […]

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Songs That Touch My Soul

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

We all have them, songs that seem to touch a secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They can grow and occasionally fester like an open wound, or they can fill you up, inspire you, and occasionally even heal you. Sometimes they don't even reflect your musical tastes. […]

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We all have them, songs that seem to touch a secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They can grow and occasionally fester like an open wound, or they can fill you up, inspire you and occasionally even heal you. Sometimes they don't even reflect your musical tastes. They can be […]

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