Rebecca Moreland’s debut single “Freak Soul” doesn’t exactly break new ground. Her themes are as old as rock and roll. The drive for personal independence, the need to be true to yourself, these ideas are stock rock and roll tropes […]
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Rebecca Moreland’s debut single “Freak Soul” doesn’t exactly break new ground. Her themes are as old as rock and roll. The drive for personal independence, the need to be true to yourself, these ideas are stock rock and roll tropes […]
The blues isn’t always easy to understand. You can listen with one ear and hear music without much musical range, confined to relatively narrow scales, and quickly subject to repetition. You don’t listen to blues for instrumental complexity. You come […]
This isn’t your average power trio. South Florida based The Von never feels hidebound to observe our expectations about their format. They make no effort to imitate past icons, peddle no gimmicks, and take an unabashedly sincere approach to their […]
From its wonderful title, understated cover, tight focus, and great songs, Vicky Emerson’s third album Wake Me When The Wind Dies Down is an all-encompassing musical experience. Forget genre considerations and labels. These are simply great songs. Of course, some […]
What sits upon the heart and soul of a tried and true singer-songwriter? Perhaps melodies set to words are only the beginning to an imagination that transforms the simple into a complex tune. Bringing seven releases forward to the creation […]
This review won’t be filled with cliches about how Spacebear’s debut EP proves rock isn’t dead. Anyone with a measurable attention span and half an intellect knows that as long as teenagers are teenagers enough of them will scoop up […]
Everyone knows that what sells most these days are country, rap, and pop music. As a result, we’ve had a veritable parade of female songstresses in country and pop over recent years. Many are content to parlay a bit of […]
An inspirational easy-listening album that opens the door to recorded dialogue of living, loving and learning through life’s travels. Robert Nash brings his own brand of a story-telling methodology of confessional stories, unabashedly and unapologetic in their simplest form. Singer/songwriter […]
Claudia Norris is a much needed reminder of what good the Internet can do for young songwriters. People searching for a creative outlet are now able to pass by the traditional gatekeepers for mass distribution like record companies, film studios, […]
Sensitive singer/songwriters like Josh Phillips give lie to the idea that modern pop can’t produce substantive artists. Phillips, on his debut New Beginnings, is astute enough to surround himself with five star collaborators, but there’s never a second on this […]
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