Joy Williams Venus Album Review

Joy Williams was part of the Grammy winning duo The Civil Wars which broke up in 2014.  Her solo album Venus is set to be released on June 29th.  

Venus tells an honest story of Joy's life over the past two and a half years.  As her band broke up, she had a baby, moved, and generally worked on improving herself, all of her struggles and emotions are shared in these songs.  Joy asked herself, “Is it true to me, even if only to me?  If it wasn’t true, it didn’t get on the album."  

My favorite song is One Day I Will.  It makes you feel like there is always hope even when things are hard and nothing seems to be going right.  The sound of this album reminds me a little of Annie Lennox.  It is different then what The Civil Wars offered but she has definitely made some inspiring choices on this beautiful solo album.

Venus will be available to order on Amazon and iTunes and will be released on June 29th.

I participated in the Joy WIlliams Venus album review program as a member of One2One Network. I was provided an album to review but all opinions are my own.

MADONNA REBEL HEART ALBUM REVIEW

Rebel Heart is Madonna's 13th studio album!  Half of the album has explicit language and references to sex and drugs (BEWARE!).  Madonna commented in Billboard magazine, “Rebel Heart explores two very distinct sides of my personality, the rebellious renegade side of me and the romantic side of me.”  I much prefer the romantic side!  You can pretty much tell from the titles of the tracks which will be explicit.  This is definitely not an album to listen to with the children around.  

Rebel hearts features many collaborations with artists such as Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Nas, Chance the Rapper, and Mike Tyson.  My favorite song on the album is Ghosttown.  It is more like the classic, catchy Madonna that I love.

The Rebel Heart World Tour will start later this year but you can purchase Rebel Heart now on iTunes.

Rebel Heart Track List

01 “Living For Love”

02 “Devil Pray”

03 “Ghosttown”

04 “Unapologetic Bitch”

05 “Illuminati”

06 “Bitch I’m Madonna” (Feat. Nicki Minaj)

07 “Hold Tight”

08 “Joan Of Arc”

09 “Iconic” (Feat. Chance The Rapper & Mike Tyson)

10 “HeartBreakCity”

11 “Body Shop”

12 “Holy Water”

13 “Inside Out”

14 “Wash All Over Me”

15 “Best Night”

16 “Veni Vidi Vici” (Feat. Nas)

17 “S.E.X.”

18 “Messiah”

19 “Rebel Heart”

 MADONNA

REBEL HEART WORLD TOUR 2015

NORTH AMERICA / PUERTO RICO:

Date City Venue

Aug. 29 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena On Sale Mar. 9

Sept. 2 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena On Sale Mar. 16

Sept. 5 San Juan, PR Coliseo de Puerto Rico On Sale Mar. 21

Sept. 9 Montreal, QC Bell Centre On Sale Mar. 14

Sept. 12 Washington, DC Verizon Center On Sale Mar. 16

Sept. 16 New York, NY Madison Square Garden On Sale Mar. 9

Sept. 19 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center On Sale Mar. 9

Sept. 24 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center On Sale Mar. 16

Sept. 26 Boston, MA TD Garden On Sale Mar. 16

Sept. 28 Chicago, IL United Center On Sale Mar. 9

Oct. 1 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena On Sale Mar. 23

Oct. 3 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall On Sale Mar. 16

Oct. 5 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre On Sale Mar. 9

Oct. 8 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center On Sale Mar. 16

Oct. 11 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place On Sale Mar. 9

Oct. 14 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena On Sale Mar. 9

Oct. 17 Portland, OR MODA Center On Sale Mar. 23

Oct. 19 San Jose, CA SAP Center at San Jose On Sale Mar. 9

Oct. 22 Glendale, AZ Gila River Arena On Sale Mar. 23

Oct. 24 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena On Sale Mar. 16

Oct. 27 Los Angeles, CA Forum On Sale Mar. 16

I participated in the Madonna Rebel Heart album review program as a member of One2One Network. I was provided an album to review but all opinions are my own.