Articles by Clay Burton

Radhika Vekaria’s Warriors of Light reminds me that iconoclasts are still on the scene. Mavericks who follow their occasionally wayward Muse wherever she may lead. This one-of-a-kind singer/songwriter and performer’s latest collection disdains facile entertainment. Instead, I […]

You can rightly refer to Lord of the Strings as an outfit of bluegrass all-stars. The combination of respected talents Dennis Parker, Tony Wray, newcomer Matt Leadbetter, and Tim Crouch isn’t an uneasy melding of […]

The High Plains Drifters have released their latest single, titled Summer Girl (Redux). The entire production value, along with the accompanying music video, reeks of delicious trash art meets underground experimental. The High Plains Drifters […]

Tidalwave Road’s The Bonfire Sessions is the debut of a quartet that’s certain to become one of the most formidable units in the bluegrass genre. The band first formed in 2012 and has spent considerable time refining […]

Singer-songwriter Vincent Covello certainly knows his stuff. I quote from one of his promotional sites: “…(Covello) works with companies including Nickelodeon, Disney, MTV, Hasbro Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company, Sony and all major record labels, top level music producers and music management companies, […]

BennyT’s latest offering, “Too Much Pride,” is a soulful exploration of the tension between self-preservation and vulnerability. As an artist, Benjamin Long, known professionally as BennyT, has long navigated the intersections of music and visual […]

Peter H. Spitz’s new book is Reflecting on History: How the Industrial Revolution Created Our Way of Life. The book is refreshingly straightforward, candid, and clinical. Normally its unemotionality would be something of a detriment […]

All good hip-hop starts with a beat, and although there’s an argument to be made that Feez da Popstar’s voice is one heck of a strong spotlight-stealer in the new single “M T F (More […]

Oklahoma’s James Robert Webb kicks off his new EP Ride or Die with a song virtually anyone can get behind. “Gentlemen Start Your Weekends” swings open the door to the EP’s remaining five songs with its rootsy […]

Pangaea’s version of “Come Together” filters The Beatles working in hard-edged rock mode through a jazz fusion consciousness. It comes out great and, most importantly, distinct. You won’t hear a whiff of this Georgia septet […]

Chris Chitsey is working hard to save true country music from the forces of big city commerciality that would see it butchered and sold off to the pop music market, and in his new single “Every […]

With over two millennia worth of songwriters to stack up against, to say it isn’t easy to make a fun, original Gospel album might just be the understatement of the year. Nevertheless, Mark D. Conklin […]

Ambitiousness doesn’t always equate to magic in or out of the studio, but Vicious Kitty does a pretty awesome job reminding us all of the power of hard work in their heavy-handed new album Vicious Kitty. A […]