On its 2008 outing, REVELATION, the popular Christian rock group Third Day continues to expand its stadium-ready sound by enlisting the help of in-demand producer Howard Benson (Seether, P.O.D.). Aiding the Georgia-based band in its secular appeal,...

Guild's The Golden Age of Light Music series continues apace with Strings in Rhythm, a survey of mostly Latin and popular material recorded by pop orchestras between 1953-1959 with an emphasis on big string sections. Getting those big string...

2 LPs on 1 CD: TEA FOR TWO (1950)/LULLABY ON BROADWAY (1951).
Originally released on Columbia.
Recording information: 07/14/1950-12/07/1950.
Dir... Frank Comstock; Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra; Axel Stordahl.
Doris Day's ascension to...

Audio Mixer: Brian McTernan.
Audio Remasterer: George Marino.

Green Day: Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar); Mike Dirnt (vocals, bass instrument); Tre Cool (drums).
Rock opera and punk are usually two mutually exclusive musical styles. Then again, Green Day has never followed any rock rulebook, so it's...

Green Day: Billie Joe (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Mike Dirt (vocals, Farfisa organ, bass); Tre Cool (accordion, drums, percussion).
Producers: Green Day, Jerry Finn, Rob Cavallo.
Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; Green Day; Jack Joseph...

Personnel: Mac Powell (vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals); Brad Avery (guitar, background vocals); Mark Lee (guitar); Scotty Wilbanks (piano, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards, background vocals); David Carr (drums); Pat Barret, Don McCollister...

Personnel: Spencer Peterson (drums).
Audio Mixer: Marc Jacob Hudson.
Recording information: Audiolux, Fenton, MI.
After a complete lineup change, Chris Conley and Saves the Day return with their latest album, Daybreak, completing the...

Personnel: Forrest Day (vocals, kazoo, saxophone, piano, Hammond b-3 organ, Wurlitzer organ); Terrell Liedstrand (guitars, violin, background vocals); David Eaton (saxophone); Jeremy Greene (tenor saxophone); Nick Wyner (piano, Hammond b-3 organ,...

Personnel: Grant Green (guitar); Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone, flute); Jack McDuff (organ); Al Harewood (drums).
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 1, 1961. Originally released on Blue Note (4086). Includes...

Recording information: Fairfield Hall, Croydon (02/20/2006); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/20/2006); Fairfield Hall, Croydon (12/11/2005/12/12/2005); Henry Wood Hall, London (12/11/2005/12/12/2005).

Hawaii has long been home to one of the strongest and most vibrant reggae scenes in the United States, and in 2011 the biggest buzz from that scene was being generated by the Green, whose sophomore effort was released on the well-regarded Easy Star...

Lyricist: Steve Austin .
Personnel: Steve Austin (vocals, guitar); Kurt Ballou (guitar); Curran Reynolds (drums).
Audio Mixer: Kurt Ballou.
Recording information: GodCity, Salem, MA (03/2011).
Photographers: Patrick Kennedy; Fred Pessaro.

Recorded during Green Day's massive world tour for 21st Century Breakdown, Awesome as F**k collects songs from their entire history. The album not only captures the live energy of Green Day, but also serves as a nice retrospective of the band's...