There’s been an endless amount of talk amongst critics about a southern rock comeback in the past two years, and while I wouldn’t put A Señorita, A Sweet Tea and A Few Good Songs in that category per se, there are definitely elements of the genre influencing the unique style of play Water to Wine call their
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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
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,
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
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
“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
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
When did you first know you wanted to become a musical artist? What was the first song you ever wrote? I don’t remember wanting to do anything else other than play music. The first song I ever wrote was “Watching the Clouds Roll Away” when I was 10-yrs-old. Who are some of your top 5
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
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
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
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
We get to hear from new up and coming artist Jayme Graves today! Thanks for taking the time to chat with us. You have a new single out. This song seems deeply personal. Did you write it? Thank you so, so much for having me. I’m so excited to talk to you about “Melancholy Friend.”
The band Wreckless Strangers sound like they hail from the deepest American South rather than Southern California’s sunny climes. The band name, particularly “strangers”, and location immediately recalled Merle Haggard’s seminal and longtime accompaniment The Strangers, but this six-piece doesn’t make music anything like that. Their brand of “California Americana Soul” is the end result
Ella Blicker, the songstress behind “Don’t Got Time” and “Let Me Be the Girl” is honing on the person that has her back in her latest single, “Owe It All”. Captivating and coming across as a great, mid-tempo pop track, “Owe It All” has semblances of Joni Mitchell meets Fiona Apple meets Haim. Blicker’s musical
There’s more to go around, so share it if you would, sings a warm male voice in the new single “Pass Along The Good”. It’s the latest offering from the ‘brewgrass’ sound of the multi-generational band Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers Featuring Jim Lauderdale. It’s an instant bop and toe-tapping sing along gem. “Pass
Equally elegant and well-controlled, the vocal that graces the strings in the song “How Did You Get in My Heart” stands out as one of the finer elements to behold in the new album Timeless by Bettman & Halpin, but it’s hardly the lone gem in this treasure chest. Using melodies as their guide, Bettman & Halpin
You can’t blame newcomers for tentative moments on their debuts or missteps. Everyone wants to put on their “best face” for their first turn in the spotlight, everyone wants to make a good impression, but this earnest desire leads some off-course. Rosie Dean, however, isn’t among them. Her first release All Grown Up presents the music buying
American pop music is more of a melting pot in 2022 than ever before, and it’s from this perspective that the aesthetical experiments artists like Ryte EyE Ty are doing in the studio make a lot of sense. Although he isn’t really treading any foreign waters in terms of history, Ryte EyE Ty is pushing
English-born Giles Lamb is no stranger to the music industry. After nearly thirty years of functioning as a consistent cog within the career’s ever-ticking clockwork and gladly boasting the awards to show for it, there are very few reaches of the music-making machine that Lamb is unfamiliar with. Audiences are undoubtedly familiar with his soundtrack
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