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String play tends to be one of the more important focal points of any given contemporary singer/songwriter release, but in the case of Songs from the Reading Room, I think it’s as expressive a component of Arun O’Connor’s artistry as his lyrics are. URL: https://arunoconnor.com/ Tracks like “Games I Can’t Win,” “Walk Away,” and “Weight of

Some listeners will hear Szabotage’s Six-Pack EP and not hear anything particularly new. Guitarist Victor Szabo and the band’s three other performers long ago mastered the thunderous sturm and drang of metal/hard rock and give the style thoroughly contemporary treatment. Any fan, however, will recognize these songs occupying familiar territory. The quality they will not recognize, however,

Project Grand Slam’s new single “I’m Falling Off of the World” rockets to life with the sort of explosive rush the band’s fans are accustomed to hearing. Bandleader/bassist Robert Miller and his cohorts have a respected discography behind them and a well-earned reputation as a top-notch live band, but there are absolutely no signs of

Although not symphonic cosmetically, there’s something quite ancient and traditional about the structure of “Astra Lucia Omnia Ultra Verum,” the closing rocker in Vuola’s new record Alouv, and it influences the way we’re made to view the conclusion of the tracklist. While there are progressive elements throughout the whole of Alouv, it’s this song that feels the

Annette Adler’s new album Mama Proud will inspire you to reflect about your experiences with your family. Set to dreamy Folk influenced melodies, Adler’s voice soars as she reflects on her experiences as a parent. Mama Proud often focuses on the realities of motherhood through an honest yet warm lens. Adler uses classic Americana melodies

Songs about love, lost and found, are a young performer’s bread and butter. It’s the age when we’re meeting the world and searching, both in friends and romantic partners, for others like us who reflect and expand on our yearning. The end of love, in some ways, is much more momentous than its blossoming, and,

Robert Minott explores the journey of love on his rendition of “I Want To Know What Love Is.” The Jamaican singer makes it his own by putting a reggae/R&B spin on the track. Minott has been making music since 1991 and has worked alongside artists like Shaggy and Dorian Paul. “I Want To Know What

The Passenger is New Age artist Cheryl B. Engelhardt’s latest album. Featuring nine songs that drive home the idea of total chill, with just a bit of caffeinated rhythms, The Passenger flows like a wonderous escape. Surrendering to these joyous, serene tracks is not only welcomed, but also second nature. Engelhardt, who spent time on a train ride

Classical music provides one of the more versatile and flexible artistic jumping-off points in all the medium when applied in the right fashion, and in her new singles “New Beginnings” and “Uncertain,” Bonnie Milne is manipulating the style into something quite brooding indeed. Without perverting the genuine purity of the classical genre, Milne is pressing

Rousing and bursting at the seams with a flamboyance all too profound to be left to its own devices, the guitar parts in “I Am Love” are deeply seductive and make the tonal presence of Ananda Xenia Shakti and Love Power the Band hard to ignore in their new record Love Is Where You Are. This

In his first two singles, “Tomorrow Never Comes” and the viral hit “All My Love,” singer/songwriter Morten Nygaard focused more on cultivating an identity for the individual tracks than he did himself, but this just can’t be said for his latest release, the all-new “Trespassing.” Where “Trespassing” raises the bar for this player’s output is

Swiss artist, Ajay Mathur, encourages listeners to discover who they are outside of social media with his latest single “Real.” The grammy nominated artist has found the sweet spot between existentialism and sun-soaked melodies. “Real” offers listeners an opportunity to bask in its delicious melody while sparking ones thoughts about their authenticity offline. “Real” is

Iva Toric has many sides. One of those sides, without question, represents the next natural step in women’s increased presence as lead singers for top-notch rock acts. The music-buying public has been slow to grant such acts the acceptance given to elite bands but that has changed enormously in the past two plus decades. Toric

With Chris Nordlinger manning the lead guitar, a patchwork of balladic bliss is born in “The Lesson,” one of the more emotional works to be enjoyed on Brooke Josephson’s new EP Showin’ Up. Nordlinger’s connection with Josephson forms some of the more evocative harmonies in all of the record, but don’t think the magic stops there

I needed this song. Trisha & Thara’s latest single “Too Late Again” is five-star modern pop with EDM influences rife during the chorus and sparkles with the ever-optimistic energy of youth. It’s not difficult to get caught up in this song’s percolating chorus and then carried away by the bright-eyed onrush of its refrain and