Articles by mindymccall

Rich, warm and a little smoky, the lead vocal that Lecretia Ann affords her new singles “3” and “Run” is a centerpiece no matter which way you analyze it. Whether [...]

Would you ever want to switch places with someone’s body for a day, a-la the movie Freaky Friday? Or perhaps be inside someone’s mind, a-la the movie Inner Space? [...]

With a familiar strut to lead the way, Valerian Ruminski – under the branding of his new project Impresario – lays into a sensuous and throaty cover of “Lean on [...]

A plaintive acoustic guitar finds itself entwined with a vocal as soft as the finest silk as we listen in on the opening verses of “Stay” by JamLive, but despite the [...]

Summer always has a unique soundtrack, and in 2020, it’s undisputedly coming from the hip-hop community – and specifically the genre’s iconic underground scene. Take [...]

Piano keys as soft as silk. A voice as brooding as it is bittersweet in tone. A harmony that feels almost heaven-sent this time of year. This is “All Night Again,” the [...]

The cool and relaxed vibe of The Floyds’ single “One More Night” belies the pressure they experienced writing and recording the track. The Floyds and guest vocalist [...]

Soft and gentle yet strong enough to carry a verse from the heavens unto us mere mortals, there’s no need for any debating this one – Johnnie Mikel’s voice is the [...]

In his cover of the iconic “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked,” country-rock singer/songwriter Jake Clayton takes searing slides, blistering beats and uncompromisingly heavy [...]

Not everyone agrees on what good pop music is, but I think we can all agree that the genre could sure use a lot more optimism in its general narrative right now. With things [...]

Filled with as many decadent acoustic harmonies as it is crushing electric riffage, deeming BLUVNBU’s The Awakening a multidimensional wonder would be quite the [...]

Electric E – Babylon Music Electric E’s music and songwriting will hit you as quite unlike anyone else recording today. There are clear frames of reference you can [...]

In “Shooting Arrows at the Sun,” his first dispatch since 2019’s Live from the Gutter, David Drake realigns his sound with a brand of psychedelic folk-rock that [...]

Steeped in ugly white noise skewed with surprisingly melodic facets of vocal and guitar harmonization, Bovine Nightmares put creative conceptualism before everything else in [...]

Big riffs, both acoustic and electric alike, come crashing into melodic ribbonry of the vocal variety with ease in the new single/video combo from David Haerle, “Go Do That [...]

In his new single “Got Lonely Too Early This Morning,” Ted Cline establishes himself as a traditionalist in the country singer/songwriter genre while steering clear of [...]