Don’t panic and “Stay Calm” with The Beat Freaks’ new album
Together with a four piece band containing no instruments outside the staples of typical jazz performance and an album titled Stay Calm,The Beat Freaks set…
The hills are alive with the Sound & Fury of Sturgill Simpson’s “Sing Along”
It’s funny that right as the beginnings of this piece were being typed into the void of the internet, a surely-destined-to-go-viral-among-music-journalists piece on the struggle…
Fantastic Negrito doesn’t sew his message short with the “The Suit That Won’t Come Off”
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. from The Invisible Man, by author, Ralph Ellison. A man of Grammy-winning prestige, Xavier Amin…
Stephen Christian embraces His name with “Wildfires”
Stephen Christian is a man of many talents, a wearer of many hats, and an artist with many voices. The last one in that quick…
Take a stroll with singer-songwriter Stephen Babcock
Winter has officially arrived! Though the days are no longer getting shorter, temperatures sure haven’t been their highest and the air is definitely taking on…
It doesn’t take science to know “Rocky Mountain News” is pure passion
Full disclosure here: No sophisticated, tempered introduction today. No measured and expected formalities here. This “review” is one that’s being written on the coattails of…
A few words with the “Young Professional” behind Side Saddle!
It’s a less than common thing, to come across a band that, even if one has not been a “lifer” fan from the very beginning,…
Wolves Records is Weaving Together Local Artists with Authentic Ambition
Honesty, sincerity, authenticity…these are characteristics that, more often than not, are appreciated, no matter where they are applied: within an individual, in a gesture or…
Sensible or not: Scrutinizing the subtleties of sound
Busting out the microscope, testing protocols and then turning massively specific — these choices that revolve around pursuing absolute certainty don’t necessarily align right away with…
Chaos and concert etiquette 3.0: The Freedom Edition
What’s the definition of freedom in regards to concert behavior? Is there any semblance of reliable lists of expectation or, short of stopping before total anarchy,…