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URL: https://www.DerekWoodsBand.com With a swaggering crash of the drums, the Derek Woods Band opens up their new album From Now Until Then with the jazzy “Fall of the Cards,” which will spend no less than four and a half minutes smothering us in opulent tonality and striking grooves that will lead us …

Diehard country music fans would do well to give the new single from Amanda Barret a spin this spring, if for no other reason than to get an early look at a songwriter who critics are already championing as a second coming for Canadian roots rock. In “Where I Stand,” …

Searing electric guitar tonality is flanked with ethereal R&B and synthesized melodies in the latest single from Dan Rico, “Dre@m Vaca$ion.” Right from the jump, we’re entranced by the rich texture that is yielded from the central harmony between Rico’s vocal and the background instrumentation, which levels an evocative beat …

A keyboard ignites a firestorm of synthesized grooves as we enter “Never Ever,” the all-new single from up and coming pop singer/songwriter Szandra Mayer, but it’s soon joined by a feverish vocal from the star of the show that is much more supple and understated than the blistering music coming …

DocFell & Co. return with another surreal slice of unvarnished Americana in their incredible new album Heaven, Hell or Oklahoma, which was released last month to critical acclaim. In songs like the ominous “Peace Maker,” sizzling “A Different Drum,” rollicking “Mean Marie” and swinging “Beulah Land,” singer John Fell puts down …

“So Deep,” the first of three songs that comprise a pre-release sample set from Bud Summers’ new album Hard Lessons, starts off with a lush bass groove that is broken up by an erotic electric guitar melody intent on wrapping us in layer upon layer of sonic wonderment. Summers starts to …

When it comes to ensuring country music’s relevance for a new generation of fans, few are displaying the pure passion that the Gary Douglas Band do in their new single “Million Miles Away.” Utilizing an old school approach to songwriting, Douglas weaves together a sonic patchwork of new school musicality …

Making an impactful record in 2019 is no easy feat for any artist to achieve in today’s fast-paced, internationally-accessible music culture, but Derrick Davis makes it look and sound all too simple in his brand new LP Anti-Social. Anti-Social isn’t your typical pop record; in all ten of its beautifully arranged songs, Davis …

Silence is quickly dismissed in the first few bars of “You Fooled Me Once,” one of fifteen new songs included on Tim J Grant’s Fluorescent Lamp Pop, with an ominous, psychedelic-tinged tonality that washes over a worldbeat-infused percussive strut. Singer Bellz weaves her melodic voice in between the gaps of …

Brandishing a uniquely playful variety of roots rock that is defined as much by its sizzling guitar licks as it is pastoral poetry, The Muddy Crows come ripping out of the underground with their single “Straight Crazy,” from the new extended play of the same name. From the very start …

URL: http://theclerkchronicles.com If you love electronic music mixed with some rock spirit, The Clerk’s Xander-Vi1 will garner your attention from the outset. “The Sounds” is steeped in the electronic side of The Clerk’s musical character and he employs a battery of electronic instrumental sounds to make this a memorable beginning for his …

URL: https://francinehoney.com/ If you’ve been following independent country music lately, there’s little doubt in my mind that you’ve likely come across the amazingly tender vocal stylings of Canada’s own Francine Honey, whose new album To Be Continued… has been taking the underground by storm since its release last year. Championed by …