The long-awaited follow-up release to Sun King Rising’s Delta Tales album is finally here. Signs & Wonder looks to be John Blangero’, aka Sun King Rising’s most definitive work to date. And as a tasty treat, we get the first single release No. 6 Magnolia Avenue. This single is a …
Read More »Interview: K.K. Hammond
Fuse horror & slide guitar in unholy matrimony, and you get the dirtiest blues in the swamp. K.K. Hammond is a slide guitarist, singer-songwriter channeling the dark and gritty vibe of the swamp and old Appalachia into her personal take on the Blues. She takes her influence from the early Delta …
Read More »Album Review: Barista – Justice Now
The album features Simon Phillips (Toto, Judas Priest), Jesse Siebenberg (Kenny Loggins, Supertramp), Andrew Freeman (Great White, Lynch Mob) and more. Known by his moniker ‘Barista’, extremely innovative Turkish artist Bahadır Han Eryılmaz has announced the release date for his highly anticipated 2022 album “Justice Now!” (MTS Records). With a pre-sale …
Read More »EP Review: Tia McGraff – With Love
Tia McGraff is a multi-talented singer, songwriter and children’s book author from Ontario, Canada. Best known for her emotionally-charged music and her authentic personality, Tia has been topping charts on both sides of the Atlantic for the better part of 15 years. In fact, her latest folk-pop single, “Go Your …
Read More »Single Review: Love Crushed Velvet “The Future”
It’s no overstatement to say that the last decade has been pretty rough for rock n’ roll and those who worship at the altar of its aesthetics, but with the release of their new single “The Future,” rockers Love Crushed Velvet are trying to get this style of music back …
Read More »Single Review: “Alive (Remix)” Blind Difference
Thrusting at us with just a hint of sway in the movement of the backend, “Alive (Remix)” doesn’t even attempt to hide its rhythmic core; truth be told, it’s the most endearing element of this all-new single from Blind Difference. Whether we’re watching the music video for the track or …
Read More »Single Review: Albert Cummings “Two Hands”
There’s a difference between blending elements of blues together with country music and paying tribute to the latter’s roots in the former, and in his new single “Two Hands,” Albert Cummings wants us to know that he’s a student of the old school in every department that counts for something. …
Read More »Single Review: Albert Artis “I Feel Your Love”
Gospel is usually at its best when it’s removed from all of the frills and indulgences that can be found plentifully in the mainstream pop sphere, and for his new single and music video “I Feel Your Love,” singer and songwriter Albert Artis rightly gets us as far away from …
Read More »Single Review: The Roughhousers “Chicken Fingers”
With a sway that feels like it just swung off of Route 66, The Roughhousers strut through “Chicken Fingers” with a swagger that just might be more powerful than any other I’ve listened to in indie music this year. They’ve got plenty of reasons to be arrogant here, but their …
Read More »Single Review: “Good Lovin” Samantha Gibb
Let’s go back, press rewind / Or maybe that’s just all a waste of time / The past and the present won’t see eye-to-eye / You live your life, and I’ll live mine,” Samantha Gibb tells us in a string of her most memorable verses from the new single “Good …
Read More »Single Review: Ralph Curtis – Man You Want Me To Be
Straight from the very heart, Ralph Curtis sings with such gusto on “Man You Want Me To Be.” The arrangement is kept relatively subdued. Vocals stretch upwards and onwards, with a sense of self-reflection that is so distinct. Guitar work features elegance to it. Rhythms have a pastoral beauty about them, …
Read More »Single Review: “South Street” Pep Rally
Instrumentally speaking, I don’t think the band Pep Rally could have taken a simpler approach to the construction of their new single “South Street,” but this doesn’t mean the song is somehow lacking in substance or quality. On the contrary, because no useless frills are getting between artists and the …
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