Not that it matters in today’s political climate and economic crisis, but a few days ago, President Obama reiterated that he thinks Kanye West is a jackass, this time on the record. But an important thing to note is that he was initially complimenting West on being “very talented,” an important nuance found in the [...]

Who could have foreseen the explosion of Twitter? Somehow, the combination of bare bones, bite-sized text, supreme mobility and the chronological feed format made it an infectious and easy stand-in for blogging and social media. In just a few years, it’s changed the way we interact online, in politics, entertainment and music. The stranger phenomenon [...]

Music criticism is difficult. It can be hard to have a solid, journalistic opinion on every piece of new music and feel out a rating based on that opinion. Then, they have to convince people that their feeling is more than just a relative, subjective opinion, but that it contains factual authority about the album’s [...]

I learned a lot this past year. For example, did you know that Nicolas Cage could have been Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings? Crazy. But for more substantial learnings about life, let’s turn to this year’s music, and what it told us along the way.
1. Surprise People. 2011 in music was a year [...]

It wasn’t too long ago that the nominees for the 54th Grammys were announced, and it looks like a crowded field out there. In the interest of blogging, here’s a look at the four big categories, the nominees, and a measured estimate of who’s taking home the gold.
Song Of The Year
Nominees: Adele – Rolling in [...]

Music executive, Steve Stoute, bought out a full page ad in the NY Times last week to write an open letter to Grammy officials and voters about this year’s unsatisfactory ceremony. He not only openly ripped on the organization’s choices for their award recipients, but also discouragingly pointed out that the organizers have lost their [...]

Self-prescribed genius Kanye West has announced that his record label G.O.O.D. music will be releasing a song a week, each Friday, for the rest of the year. At this point there’s 17 Fridays left in the year, so one would expect the same number of songs. Two songs have already been released, Beyonce featuring “See [...]

I’m not saying that I support violence. I think if we lived in the kind of world where people didn’t find it necessary to start shooting at each other like a bunch of toddlers with toy guns in night clubs, then we’d all be better off. All I’m saying is that if you are going [...]

Chrissy H. came to CMH as a lowly intern and has since blossomed into a Customer Service superstar. Not only does she have a winning personality, but has the musical taste to ehttp://www.thevitaminstringquartet.com/blog/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=735nsure all your purchases are the right ones. Her mix-tape is a surefire winner with everything from the eclectic to straight up dance [...]

Jim C works in the digital department at CMH. Since he turns real music into 1’s and 0’s all day, his opinion doesn’t really matter. Just kidding! Somehow he convinced the Vitamin String Quartet to cover No Age, so he hopes you enjoy it!
1. Nirvana – Smells like Teen Spirit from The [...]