STARTING IN JUNE, U.S. AUDIENCES WILL GET to experience the driving sounds of one of the most successful Mexican hip-hop bands to venture north of the border. Molotov is no run-of-the-mill hip-hop act, however. Its controversial lyrics and aggressive sound…

TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC IS SARA EVANS’ first love. Her retro-sounding debut on RCA won her critical acclaim in Nashville and an Academy of Country Music nomination for top new female vocalist. One reviewer even boasted, she’s “so good, she’s scary.”…

DIALING UP ORGY FRONTMAN JAY GORDON, THE reporter on the phone looks forward to outrageous stories of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. The band’s name is Orgy, after all. Plus, band members Jay Gordon, Amir Derakh, Ryan Shuck, Paige…

SOME PERFORMERS SHY AWAY FROM THEIR musical pedigree. Not Eagle-Eye Cherry. He embraces the heritage he shares with his father, jazz legend Don Cherry, and his hit- maker sister, Neneh. He’s not boastful, though. His conversations – nearly all of…

THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO KID ROCK. On the one hand, the 28-year-old rapper/ rocker is a self-described “crazy pimp [and] whisky-drinkin’ f**k” — what he refers to as his on-the-road personality. His occasionally foul-mouthed lyrics convey his wild and…