Posts from the ‘Reviews’ category

Brooke Moriber puts the message first with “This Town Made Us” acoustic performance

Singer-songwriter Brooke Moriber is an active force to be reckoned with in today’s music and entertainment industries. While a plethora of individuals can and do…

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Mint Green’s “Body Language” reveals an embrace of self-awareness

They say hindsight is 20/20. Often times, songs that reflect on experiences their writers have lived through or relate to, see the events in question…

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Stepping into a “Surreal Circus” to start 2022

With the arrival of a new year comes the familiar wishes of happiness and joy, along with the embrace of ideas like renewal and redemption,…

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Rainbow Heartache: Megawave’s musically colorful debut album

Every band is different, as are the stories of their respective journeys. All the same, there are some groups for whom it’s easier to see…

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Saddle up for a seasonal song and story with Side Saddle

When the end of the year approaches, there are usually three routes musicians take with new music releases. Some embrace making recordings that feature the…

The Met’s “Eurydice” and the impact of storytelling devices

Though Matthew Aucoin’s musical reshaping of the opera Eurydice (YOO-RIH-DUH-SEE) has been running at the Metropolitan Opera since 23 November, a few weeks passing and several performances…

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Prepare yourself as “NIKARA presents Black Wall Street”

Vibraphonist, composer, and educator, Nikara Warren, being being the multi-faceted music professional she is, it’s no surprise that free-flowing and more compositionally-liberal styles like hip-hop,…

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Give yourself plenty of time to savor “The Slow Down” with the Amanda Broadway Band

Who hasn’t said themselves at one point or another, “There simply aren’t enough hours in the day!”? Such frustrated musings are all too common a…

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Go on a sweet and bitter descent with Another One Down!

While the fanfare of live pop punk staples like Warped Tour and Riot Fest have perhaps ebbed somewhat from the heights of public mainstream popularity…

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Johnny Loves Maddie and singing about “Skies of Tangerine”

It’s often said that context matters. This rings true for near most things in life, whether it’s the full context of a photograph, a conversation,…