“Starting Over”, the title track of Mark Conklin’s EP, is a stunning beginning to a special six song release. It is special for many reasons. The first and primary reason is that the half dozen tracks he’s written for this release are, in my opinion, among the finest examples of traditional country music in a
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Connecticut native Jason Young’s fifth album with his project Heartour entitled R u in illustrates his ongoing progression as a songwriter and performer. The album’s ten songs vary in mood and presentation though there are abiding stylistic elements each cut shares; Young, if nothing else, writes and records albums that always hang together. This latest foray for
If given the opportunity would you listen to music that gives you joy and love, or would you listen to music that makes you dance? We all have different reasons for what we choose in our tastes of music, but every once in a while my world gets shook and I get swept away by
With a thrusting stomp, an acoustic guitar sparks “Little Bit of Texas” to life. The lead single and title track of Carlos Washington’s Steel Horse Swing’s new album doesn’t start us off with a lot of pomp and predictable country intro stuff – from the moment we press play on this track-forward, the rip-roar rhythm
Something happens in the streets of a large city. It’s its own ecosystem of sounds and assembly lines of people, day-in, day-out. It’s one thing to capture that sound, it’s another thing to infuse the listener into its world. Rapper extraordinaire Shemie Rozay’s “City Drop” takes the listener deep into an atmosphere of persistence and
“Hold me close when the hour nears / Close the curtain before you fade / Tonight… It’s Alright…” croons a cryptic voice from behind a haze of string play in “South of Yesterday,” one of the four songs on Izzie’s Caravan’s new EP Zephyrs. A follow-up to 2019’s Leo’s Guitar, Zephyrs is by far the more melodic and poetic
Despite coming up through one of the most competitive ages in the history of popular music, the New England-based Ilyah has a lot to be proud of at this stage of his career. He’s dropped marvelous singles in “Come Get It,” awesome videos in “The Only One,” “Miscommunication” and “Girls Like You,” all in addition
Project Grand Slam have been making headlines in both the independent and mainstream music press for years now, and when listening to their latest album, East Side Sessions, it’s easy to understand why. Led by the one and only Robert Miller on bass, Project Grand Slam are a band that doesn’t play by the rules, and
“Theme from Kiss of the Spider Woman” begins Houston based Ricky Comeaux’s first solo album If I Ruled the World and I knew, a minute in, I would likely enjoy the entirety of this eleven song release. Comeaux first came to prominence as one half of the Atwood//Comeaux duo with multi-instrumentalist Jerry Atwood and retains the vocal
Toox’s new single “Own the Night”, produced by the threesome of Michael DeBarge, Juicegotkeys, and Chey de Los, is a memorable release made all the more so by the contributions of featured guests such as Daimen Carter and Rose Culture. The additional vocal firepower makes a fine track even better and the producers have a
“Smile” is the latest single from Wisconsin’s AV Super Sunshine, the latest entry in a discography that began in 2015 and has accumulated many fine moments and powerful recordings during his nearly five year musical journey under this moniker. We often laud artists in reviews as being “unique” or “like no one else today” and
When we personalize our efforts to engage the world, the positive impact we create is powerful. Anyone can hold up a sign, march shoulder to shoulder with others in the name of a particular cause, or reel off a bevy of slogans and adages we believe illustrate solidarity with an issue. This observation does not
Swathed between two flutes and a mesmerizing piano, the new instrumental song “Liama” is a lovely reminder to slow things down and listen to the music. Ensconced in an imaginative song for the listener’s taking, the duo behind “Liama” are New Jersey’s Steve Markoff and Patricia Lazzara, with Allison Brewster Franzetti helming the piano. As
Slow-churning but slicker than most anything else I’ve heard out of the underground lately, the beats that define the mood of the music in “The Coronavirus,” Darrell Kelley’s latest single, are by far the most evocative component to behold in this white-hot track from the acclaimed indie R&B crooner (which is saying a lot considering
Artists, particularly in pop music, use a lot of different weapons when they get into a battle for their audience’s affections, and for Giadora, vocal harmonies are the bread and butter of her war chest. Songs like her latest single “Naïve” require a lot of moxie from behind the microphone, but she doesn’t back down from
Though rather barebones by design, the strings that produce the foundational melody in Captain Dane-O’s single “A Long Time Ago” are strangely hypnotic right out of the box, and despite their jagged arrangement, they arguably serve as a more entrancing element than any other in the whole of the song. In a “A Long Time
A piano’s keys issue a painful melody that Mike Rickard picks up and turns into a pointed harmony with little more than his soft, entrancing voice as we listen in on the opening bars of “Surrender,” the closing track of his album Out Loud, but despite the heady dose of emotionality that we receive in
Diane Patterson’s “Somewhere There’s a Song Still Singing” is a more than worthy addition to her extensive catalog of music reaching back to the early 1990’s. Patterson has maintained a high level of songwriting quality for nearly three decades and has appeared on impressive live bills along the way with luminaries such as Ani Difranco
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