Chadwick Easton

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
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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
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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
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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
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The second studio album from Brian Shapiro Band, It’s Amazing!, features ten tracks that take the iconoclastic tendencies of their first album All That We See one step further. It flirts with cliché but there’s something for everyone in this collection. I believe a major reason for this is the restless creativity underlying Shapiro’s songwriting, the skill of
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Kathy Olsen and Neil Friend’s pairing as Blonde & Grey doesn’t break new musical ground. Anyone searching for artists who are obsessed with reinventing the songwriting wheel is advised to look elsewhere. The retired high school music teacher and singer/songwriter, respectively, are neck-deep in this for the thrill of self-expression alone though, I am sure,
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Something fierce is in the thrilling air. The new single “Video Game” from pop singer Lainey Dionne bends the beats and features fantastically-timed fast-moving vocal arrangements. Imagine the voices of Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Miley Cyrus and you might get a clearer picture of Dionne’s strength. A song that exudes empowerment and kicks out
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Bluegrass’ public perception says it’s a moribund genre with a small, albeit passionate, fanbase. It’s likely true. Traditional Americana styles such as bluegrass, traditional country, blues, big band, and jazz haven’t enjoyed commercial clout since the first half of the 20th century. Our modern tendency, however, to conflate sales with artistic viability blinds many of us
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“In Spirit and Truth” is Not Ashamed’s powerful new anthem celebrating the bands love for music and Christian faith. Not Ashamed is on a journey to take Contemporary Christian Music (aka CCM) out of its box, with the groups classic rock sound. “In Spirit and Truth” incorporates the ancient sound of bagpipes with modern electric
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In my experience, good folk music comes from conventional perspectives rather than anything too experimental, and in his new single “A Light out There,” singer/songwriter Pete Miller aligns himself with some of the simplest players we’ve heard in the modern era. Instead of banking his natural rusticity as a player on a backing band, or
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Hybridity is becoming a popular theme in all kinds of music from hip-hop to rock and country music in the past few years, but it isn’t very often that it’s made to produce a sound as full-bodied as what we get in the new album Le Olam by Alex Krawczyk. Krawczyk takes influence from across the pop
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With as much attitude as the instrumentation comprising its greatest harmony, Larry Jay’s vocal stomps into focus like nothing else does in all four of the songs featured in the new record Written in Whiskey. While there’s a lot to what makes this EP such a fascinating and immersive listen, it starts with the foundation of
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New Zealand has always been an underrated hub for artistic excellence. Much of this likely has to do with its comparative geographical isolation but, as technological progress continues condensing our world, New Zealand’s far-flung status fades away. Singer/songwriter Robin Kelly has built a growing reputation as one of the island nation’s gifted exports and his
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Never Meant to Last is Random Parade’s new full length studio album and should advance Gregory Christopher’s reputation as one of indie music’s most promising songwriters. It goes beyond understanding; Christopher doesn’t merely grasp what makes modern iterations of alternative rock and punk, in all its subgenres, click. He effortlessly applies what he knows, mixes a
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