CD Reviews

In his new single “It’s Christmas (Let’s Try Again),” singer/songwriter Todd Morse brings classic pop/rock harmonies together with the spirit of the season in a way that few other indie artists have this year. Critics […]

In the all-new single “City of Love,” Kerry Pastine & The Crime Scene experiment with a boldly toned style of soulful rock music that has become a bit of trademark in their music, and among […]

DAYEATER come on very strong from Austin, TX, with the single and video for the epic release of “Nightmare.” And it’s not only a good effort in the studio to come up with a good […]

The forthcoming seven song release Spectra from Boston based duo The Keymakers signals that, for brothers Rederic and Rome Alexander are concluding the first lap of their musical journey. The brothers began working on music together in […]

The latest release from Jupiter in Velvet’s fecund songwriting imagination Anthems2Love immediately occupies a much deserved slot alongside his earlier collections. Velvet hasn’t changed in radical ways since first debuting but has accomplished something else two-fold – […]

2019 has been a solid year for independent bluegrass artists, with a number of veteran players like Donna Ulisse recording new material with a spectacularly youthful enthusiasm, but in Ulisse’s own Time for Love, we hear […]

A decadent drumbeat. A piano drawing breaths as big as a tornado, storming against the backdrop of a mild bassline. A crisp vocal adorning the ensuing groove with affection and reflective emotion. This is “Never […]

An embodiment of emotion both personal and cultural, Colin Ray’s lead vocal is bluegrass passion personified in “A Memory of You,” a cornerstone track of Jeff Parker & Company’s new record Time Has Made a Change, […]

Robert Starks and the Diamondtones Dance Band are closing out 2019 on a musical high note with the release of the two singles “21st  Century Grandma” and “Text-MEE-Baby”. Starks has prospered and earned a great deal […]

A plaintive strum. A seasoned melody. An angelic voice as smooth as silk. It doesn’t take more than a couple of seconds after first meeting the sweet sounds of Casey Ahern’s new single “Just a […]

“Dream Symposium”, the first single from the Toronto Tabla Ensemble’s pending seventh studio album, is an ever timely reminder of what world music can accomplish. We still do not hear, even in a modern world […]

MkX’s new song “right place, at the right time” A relationship is never as fragile as when two lovers begin to act stealthily, and in MkX’s new song “right place, at the right time,” the […]

The Cold Stares’ thirteen song studio album Ways harkens back to an era when rock music strutted across national stages reveling in its bluesy origins rather than rejecting or glossing over them. Even a passing listen to […]