Reviews

Roland and BOSS Present Fifth-Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards

January 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

Awards Presented to Omar Hakim (Roland Lifetime Achievement Award) and Yngwie Malmsteem (BOSS Lifetime Achievement Award) for Their Contribution to the Music Industry Throughout Their Careers [...]

John Vento Strikes A Chord With Latest Album

January 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

Diversity is key in music as the structures created by genres continue to crumble with time. The freedom artists are beginning to feel with their creative process can be [...]

Andy Michaels’ new record Incendiary Heart

January 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

As light as feather but as affirming as a verse can be when coupled with a melody, “Fireflies,” one of the songs included on Andy Michaels’ new record Incendiary Heart, [...]

Motihari Brigade release new album Power From Below

January 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

Fusing elements of a retro-style rock with contemporary edginess and surreal stereophonic mixing, Motihari Brigade issue a formidably swinging debut in the new album Power [...]

Paiste introduces Formula 602 Re-Releases: NAMM 2020

January 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

In 1957, following the post-World War II reestablishment of the company in Germany, enough strength had been gathered to allow Paiste to establish a new permanent home in [...]

MIDEM TALENT EXPORTER

January 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE ULTIMATE MUSIC ACCELERATOR FOR ARTISTS’ INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION [...]

64 Audio Spotlights In-Ear Monitor Technologies During 2020 Winter NAMM Show

January 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

tiaTM, LID™, 3D Fit™, and Recently Patented apex® Among 64 Audio’s Impressive Technologies Incorporated Into Its Full Line of IEM’s Designed for the PRO/MI Market [...]

Jonathan Emile’s “Moses”

January 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

Jonathan Emile’s “Moses” begins with the moan of a harmonica, its windy melody cushioning the patient strum of an acoustic guitar at the top of the mix. There isn’t [...]

Guitarist Ian C. Bouras expands on concepts via new release

January 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

In his latest record, a collaboration with Dion Abraham titled Refractions of Sound, musical experimentalist Ian C. Bouras expands on concepts first introduced to us earlier [...]

AV Super Sunshine is back with new music!

January 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

AV Super Sunshine’s songwriting and performances always impress me; his latest single “Crazy Love” is no exception. He released the new cut in two forms – a rock and [...]

Jon Gonzalez releases new Single

January 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

A monolithic piano melody comes sweeping out of the silence with the force of a mighty winter wind, and in its wake, the delicate lead vocal of Mr. Jon Gonzalez starts to [...]

Singer/Songwriter/Producer RONNUE releases new music

January 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Seattle music scene has always been known for churning out some top-quality talent, and in the sensationally versatile singer, songwriter and all-around musical [...]

Avni Vir Vineet’s “#2020”

January 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

Bouncy but mysterious as it arises from the silence ever so gently, the initial harmonizing of strings and vocals that we hear at the start of Avni Vir Vineet’s “#2020” [...]

This Time releases new LP

January 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

“Around,” the first song that we hear in the new record from This Time, titled Two, swells from the silence with a fuzz-soaked guitar sprinkled with elegant melodicism. [...]

The New Texas String Band release self-titled debut EP

December 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

Americana has been all the rage in 2019, and from where I sit, there aren’t many artists that capture the unique blend of the style’s sounds and influences as well as The [...]

Irene Kelley releases new LP

December 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

There’s been a lot of attention on bluegrass music lately, but it doesn’t come without justification. Artists in the genre are redeveloping some of the aesthetical [...]

“Love Is Us” by Charles Parker

December 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

In his new music video and single “Love Is Us,” Charles Parker breaks off a stylish pop hook amidst a flurry of countrified riffing, classic rock tonality and old [...]

The Imaginaries’ “First Thing on My Christmas List

December 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

On the back of a gentle beat, glistening strings and a playful winter harmony come spilling out of the speakers in The Imaginaries’ “First Thing on My Christmas List,” [...]

What Really Matters by Dan Ashley

December 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

To put it simply, Dan Ashely has a voice that can do some amazing things. That said, in his new single “What Really Matters” and its accompanying music video, Ashley [...]

Jason Barie releases new “Pieces” LP

December 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

It’s a great time to be a bluegrass fan right now, and if you follow Jason Barie, you know exactly what I mean. Barie takes on the role of The Ramblin’ Fiddler in his new [...]