Articles by Clay Burton

Modern rock music can be extremely hit or miss, with most modern “rock” bands blending their sound with something completely out of left field (dubstep-rock has never grown on me, personally) or being so stuck […]

“About thirty years ago in Minnesota, two veteran family lawyers, Stuart Webb and his colleague and friend Ron Ousky, decided that they had had enough of tearing families apart through an adversarial process just so […]

If you know Everett De Morier, you know unpredictability. In a career that has spanned more than twenty-five years, Mr. De Morier has written everything from the Weekly World News’ My Wife Is Having the […]

Enormous melodies dressed as jazzy, unassumingly harsh daggers confront us with formidable strength in “Far Away.” An implied overdrive gets turned down while the tempo gets twisted in “Missing You.” Dan Engelhardt gets his funkier […]

  There’s nothing easy about a debut album. The consensus around most of them is using it as a “calling card” for studios to know your worth and your potential, but every once in a […]

Modern jazz is a behemoth of a genre to even begin to tackle. For one, modern audiences are scared of anything they can’t whittle down into a thirty-second clip for their TikToks, and for two, […]

When it comes to crafting an established repertoire within the modern classical music genre, there are very few nooks and crannies left to find your way into; in Elizabeth Sombart’s position, there’s no need or […]

The impeccable Mike Montrey Band are back with their fourth album Searching For My Soul, a deeply impressive entry from their discography that boldly and humbly stands seven songs tall; but as anyone can tell […]

In the modern music world, there is seldom a place for classical music that acted as the building blocks for everything we know and love today. You’re not going to go on Pitchfork and see […]

While there are a few different elements to appreciate right off the bat in the new single “We’re Gonna Have a Big Time” by Water to Wine, the most intriguing from an instrumental perspective is […]

The hype that Elektragaaz has been getting in the press recently is nothing to shake a stick at, and for those of us who keep up with the underground element in music, it’s deserving of […]

Dawn M. Barclay is an author, a mom, and someone who has demonstrated expertise in dealing with the challenging situation of travelling with titularly ‘neurodivergent’ children, in the pages of her new book. With Travelling […]

Alan G. Robinson and Dean M. Schroeder’s new book is aptly titled Practical Innovation in Government: How Front-Line Leaders are Transforming Public-Sector Organizations. In the read, one essentially finds what can best be summarized as […]