Album Reviews

Americana is making one heck of a comeback right now, and the new music video for Dennis J Leise’s single “How Do You Want Em Made” captures the essence of the emerging movement rather flawlessly. Though it’s stylized like a straight homage to the old fashioned American swing model, it …

New Jersey born Rory D’Lasnow embarked on his musical journey early, as most great talents do, and his first memories involving the guitar are his father playing for him before bedtime as a child. D’Lasnow played the guitar upside down, not because he’s left handed, but equally fundamental but less …

“One More Last Kiss” is the latest single from Country great Pamela Hopkins. This beautiful duet with tenor vocalist Jason Lee Campbell is sure to grab the attention of many folks loyal to the Country genre. “One More Last Kiss” is an elegant, poignant, and sophisticated offering which complements the …

It’s been a pretty good year for country music all things considered, and this is certainly true for rookie recording artist Corey Stapleton. His debut single, “Western Son,” is already getting a nice response from critics and fans around the nation, and in his new follow-up “The Pen,” he tackles …

If you’re able to get past the jarring cosmetics of the new music video for Staunch Moderates’ “Bill Maher,” the inventiveness of the entire concept becomes really too rich with detail to dismiss as amateurish. Indeed, the strangeness of the monster, DJ, and underlying political commentary in “Bill Maher” is …

It isn’t often that the instrumental faceting in an R&B attracts as much focus as the lead singer does on their own, but then again, it isn’t very often that a track like “Keys to ya Heart” by Denzell Terrell hits record store shelves. With ebullience in his vocal and …

Blood, guts, and ominous danger interwoven with sexual manipulation fill our screen in the music video for Sin for Saints’ “Death Eater,” and if you’re listening to the lyrics and correlating their moodiness with the symbolism of the visuals in this video, you’re bound to appreciate the poetic depth of …

From the city streets to the backwoods country roads a lot of us grew up cruising, the harmonies Jim Waneka is cutting up in his new single “Two Angels” are likely to resonate very well with the country music faithful this year, especially given how rough 2021 has been on …

Standing up for your rights and the justice you deserve isn’t just a call from protestors in 2021 – it’s the American way of life at its most basic and true, and it’s what Damon Little is singing about in his amazing new single “Stand Up” this month. Released recently …

Casually strolling out of the darkness with a confident groove that only gets more seductive as we listen on, Beeware’s “It Is” doesn’t give us the opportunity to reject its advances – it comes in for the kill right off the bat. There’s a faint trip-hop component to the intro …

Some rock bands spend a lot of time perfecting their cosmetics before they ever step into the studio with a song to sing, but Summer Rain clearly isn’t one of these bands. There’s a casual attitude to every verse in their new single “Let Me Tell You,” and although cinematic, …

Upon pressing play on the new single and music video from Sp8ce Owl, “Dancing in an Empty Room,” the first component of charismatic musical exploration to greet us is a physical beat. It’s bass-driven, but make no mistakes about it – we’re dealing with more girth in this groove than …