Articles by Clay Burton

Ethical business decision making is not only the right thing to do, but it’s the thing people with integrity do, all the time. It’s how good businesses handle their sales training and marketing strategies. Malkoff, […]

Chasing an ambition as big as stardom can be quite the challenge, and if there’s anyone that knows this from a personal standpoint, it’s singer/songwriter and longtime bluegrass player James Reams, star of the new […]

There’s a line in the 2004 hit “Reach Up For The Sunrise” from iconic New Wavers Duran Duran that says, ‘only change will bring you of the darkness’. While I was pondering those words, mulling […]

There aren’t many tasks as a recording artist than making that crucial debut LP, and for the bluegrass act Rock Hearts, it’s more than obvious that they didn’t come into the project with intentions of […]

“Sonder” – by Gasoline Tequila, while not my introduction to Flamenco and guitar instrumental music, it is my introduction to the work of Massimo Lusardi and Hernan Romero and this NY based project they have, […]

Slinking out of the darkness with a menacing sonic scowl that extends from our speakers and into the air around us effortlessly, there’s no stopping the deluge of tension behind “The Rearrangement” once pressing play […]

Presented against the backdrop of a consistent groove but skewed with a deliberately uneven harmony designed to inspire as many chills as it does thrills in the audience, “Clear” is admittedly one of my favorite […]

It’s been said that right now is a really great time to be a fan of homegrown American music, and when taking a look at the current state of the nation’s underground beat, this is […]

If you’re a classic rock fan – or simply owned a radio sometime in the last half-century – you’ve probably heard “Cat’s in the Cradle” a thousand and one times before, but I sincerely doubt […]

Hello Joey! Great to have you here today!! Thanks for having me! Do you need to be in a certain mood to write? When I first started, I captured inspiration whenever it came to me. […]

Marc Miner’s long and winding road to his release Smile When You’re Wasted pays off for both the songwriter and his listeners. We normally expect country music practitioners to hail from predictable locales such as the American […]

“Mexican Ana” holds us close from the outset. The production of this track brings the listener close to each individual instrument, yet no one player stands out from the crowd. Ted Cline and his collaborators […]

If you’re betting on a race of what rockers are going to be out front by this year’s end, or even into 2021, you’d be in a great position, and have a lot of skin […]