Daniel Levin Becker
Daniel Levin Becker
Recent Stories
First Place Fiction: Incidental music
As no check is so unique that the average billing clerk does not see it a dozen times a day, not Scooby Doo nor babies in flowerpots nor the endangered Alaskan salmon, William learned quickly to gut an envelope in a few deft strokes: a surgical slit...
Kelly Rowland: not an independent woman
Sisterhood is such an important part of music today. Sure, there aren't so many actual pairs of sisters on the charts these days, but, on a broader level, the ethos of close kinship among performers can often transcend all that is petty and fake within...
Cool James not feeling love
After 17 years, 10 albums, and countless collaborations, James Todd Smith is still the household name nobody knows. With 10, his 10th album released under the name LL Cool J, Smith shows a maturing market that he is still capable of going through the...
J5's labored 'Power' disappoints
The wait for what would come next from California sextet (yes) Jurassic 5 is over with the release of "Power In Numbers." Considering the sluggishness of some of their peers, two years wasn't an especially long time, and yet the labored feel of "Power"...