The influence that The Beatles have on music continues to grow – even more than 50 years later since the Fab Four played their first show at The Tavern Club. One such artist making his own distinct mark in the pop rock and Americana genre is Nashville based, John Salaway. …
Read More »Single Review: Beatrice Betley “Lullaby”
“Just a lullaby for humanity / Please forgive us all, we were too blind to see” sings a heartfelt Beatrice Betley in the first couple of verses we hear in her new song, “Lullaby,” out everywhere this coming Earth Day (the 50th since the holiday’s creation). Boldly melodic and as colorful …
Read More »Single Review: Secret Social Club “Gravity”
On the surface, Secret Social Club’s debut single and music video, titled “Gravity,” is all brawn in an age that has favored minimalism far more than it has the excess of an old school rock n’ roll tenacity. However, upon closer inspection, this song is quite the interestingly smart pop …
Read More »Single Review: Head Fake “I’m Found”
Littered with the glowing notes of an electric piano, the buzz of a lightly distorted guitar and synthetic harmonies strung together against the backdrop of a gorgeously toned drumbeat, Head Fake’s new single/video combo “I’m Found” is definitely on the elaborate side of the pop spectrum, but it’s anything but …
Read More »Single Review: Sun And Flesh “Dig In Deep”
Volleying between a thrusting wall of riffing and a muted collision of guitar and bass discordance, “Dig in Deep,” the new single and music video from acclaimed hard rockers Sun & Flesh, doesn’t waste any time in suffocating its audience with a rhythm as heavy as a truck full of …
Read More »Single Review: Michael Pinder “Soar”
Soft and supple at the start, “Soar,” the new single/video combo from Michael Pinder, slowly blossoms into an indie pop power ballad both steeped in surreal harmonies and an ebbtide of exotic beats certain to put a swing in your step this April, and although you could make the argument …
Read More »Single Review: Sébastien Lacombe “Gold In Your Soul”
To say there have been scores of curious indie folk-rock artists coming out of the woodwork lately would be too big an understatement for this critic to make about the state of the Canadian underground, but few that I’ve personally come across this April have demonstrated quite as much efficiency …
Read More »Single Review: Brown Kid “Sunrise”
Brown Kid, the moniker of Eduardo, a Peruvian-born singer/songwriter, has released the single “Sunrise”. Now based in the United States, Brown Kid’s modest song has a warm, acoustic guitar bed and verse repeating in his charming tune. Listeners will love the story telling and Brown Kid’s mesmerizing voice. “Sunrise” is …
Read More »Single Review: Microcosms “Tightrope”
Walking a slick line between rock and punk, Microcosms shout it from the megaphone in “Tightrope”. The Chicago rock trio deliver a punch-to-the-gut with this gaslight-themed track. Brazen with a raucous guitar riff, killer bass line funk and all-out-assault on drums, “Tightrope” channels the chaos and madness that is 2020. …
Read More »DocFell & Co.’s “Fragile”
On the back of a rollicking guitar-driven groove, DocFell & Co.’s “Fragile,” the latest single from Oklahoma-born frontman John Fell’s eponymous band, comes into focus with a lush melodicism that is unmistakably countrified in tone and wholly a product of Okie soul at its freest. The strings sway to a …
Read More »Album Review: Catherine Corona – The Voice of the Stillness
Catherine Corona (Ramalla) is a Colorado-based singer/songwriter, filmmaker, author, and instructor. Having established a sound current and meditation practice for over four decades, she has been called the Master of Stillness. On YouTube, Corona hosts live morning meditation sessions at 9 AM Mountain Time. Her musical tenure has risen to …
Read More »Single Review: The Winters “We’re Still Kids”
Life isn’t always what you thought it would be – things don’t always go as planned. Preaching to the choir, right? Looking for that song that lets you get loose and roll the windows down while driving on a summer’s day? Looking for a song that gets your pulse racing …
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