Articles by Clay Burton

Rethinking folk music and singer/songwriter themed material at this point requires boldness and imagination few performers possess. Austin, Texas’ Trey Hunter, however, is up to the task. He didn’t turn towards music until his thirties […]

Hey Kendra! Thank you for taking time to chat with us today. Fill us in on all things in Kendra’s world! Thanks so much for inviting me to interview today! It’s a fantastical world; are […]

Julia Ivy’s Crafting Your Edge for Today’s Job Market is arguably one of the most important books of its type to emerge in recent memory. Her credentials make this less than surprising. Ivy is a professor of […]

How to Launch Your Side Hustle by Troy Underwood begins with the author recalling how he learned the value of business oriented creativity at an early age. It is easy to understand, after reading this brief […]

Scott Celani and his eponymous band have made some powerful melodies in the past, but in his new single “Home,” Celani arguably pushes himself harder than he ever has before. With his sharp lyrical wit […]

Radio Cowboy is the debut album from Germany’s Rob Georg. Stitched with strong, traditional-sounding tunes, a few rockin’ tracks and some smooth ballads, Radio Cowboy is a strong showing from a rancher who dreamt of becoming a Nashville […]

In their country/psych-tinged single “Walk on Water,” Tiny World explore complex folk-rock balladry with an easygoing attitude unfortunately not common in the genre these days, and despite some formulaic elements in the construction of the […]

Rebekah Bastian’s Blaze Your Own Trail: An Interactive Guide to Navigating Life with Confidence, Solidarity, and Compassion is, without a doubt, the product of her life’s experiences, but she doesn’t make it obvious. This isn’t some non-fiction […]

An acoustic guitar gently nudges forth a somber rhythm with pendulous hesitance as we listen in on the opening bars of the title track in Anthony Quails’ new extended play The Man I Thought I’d Never […]

Hello Ryan! Great to have some time with you today! We heard that you have new music dropping early this year. Is that true? Thank you…it’s my pleasure to be with you.  Flattered that, after […]

Rob Alexander is known for his gilded pipes, but in the second single from his album Being Myself, titled “Friend of Mine (Elton’s Epic),” he shows that he can do a heck of a lot more […]

If you thought rock n’ roll was dead at the end of the 2010s, you’re in for quite the wakeup call when you press play on the new single from Floridian rockers Kings County, “All […]

“Singin’ a song / Cardinal on the fence / Time on my hands / Since I, I don’t know when” croons Mia Suzanne Walker in the opening lines of her song “Passing Me By,” one […]