Lola Rising’s new EP is looking up and “Moving Forward” (Premiere Play)
As the lines between nations and neighborhoods are forced to stay uncrossed for safety, and musicians are technically forced to be farther away from their…
John Calvin Abney and “Alternate Takes” on the sound of goodness
Indie folk artist, John Calvin Abney is a multi-layered musician. On the one hand, the Tulsa, OK artist is the most solid of supports, as the guitarist…
When “Bull Frogs Croon” Aoife O’Donovan makes art
Aoife O’Donovan is a roots music chameleon. The award winning singer-songwriter can hang her songwriter hat with the best of the best and seemingly fears…
Isaac Grinsdale goes beyond making music just for the sake of “Entertainment” (Premiere Play)
A man with a guitar is about as common of a musical approach as one can encounter in the industry. This perhaps, is the one…
Shining a light on the pristine pop of Soleil’s “Tout Recommence”
There’s no shying away from the linguistic hurdle facing non-fluent French speakers when listening to Tour Recommence, the new EP by Montreal, Québec duo, Soleil. Save…
Charles Van Kirk steps out of the shadows collaborating with Sarah Jarosz
Shadows and producers, ubiquity and under recognition: take a moment to think about it and slowly a touch of poetic similarity will emerge between the…
Origami Button fold new factors into math rock’s equation on debut EP
Math rock, somewhat like free jazz, and neo-classical atonal compositions, is one of those genres that has the potential to scare people away if they…
Fort Gorgeous takes an emotion-laden journey to the “Bottom of the Sea”
January means we’re back at the top of a year but The Bottom of the Sea (independent, 2018), the debut record from Fort Gorgeous, is actually a…
Yvette Young puts personal perspective to piano in the new year
Multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer, Yvette Young, is hardly an unfamiliar face in the musical landscape. Though a single contributor within the three person band, Covet,…
Melody and storytelling come out the winners on Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear’s new EP
Kansas City, MO’s Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear might be a duo that’s connected by way of a parent-child relationship but, in some ways, it…