John Calvin Abney takes us on a journey with “Tourist”
There are records that make time seem to stand still and there are records that make listeners lose track of time, only reconnecting with reality…
Pete Mancini singles out some special stories with two new songs
In today’s music landscape, especially with artists facing a need to recover some ground from what they lost during the height of lockdown and loss…
Not black or white: “Angels with Tattoos” champions a Grey view of character
There’s a delicate and difficult juggling act that hangs over the heads of anyone brave enough to try and rise above the crowded space that…
There’s not one “Odd Thing” about the love in Cloud Caverns’ new single
If there’s one thing that state-split experimental folk rock duo Cloud Caverns (Brandon Peterson, Dan Bouza) has made abundantly clear over the years since its spin-off…
Judah & the Lion’s “pictures” provide interpersonal perspective
A band like Nashville, Tennessee’s Judah & the Lion doesn’t need much in the way of an introduction the way a band fresh out of the neighborhood…
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…
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…
Curse of Lono bring out a darker side of Americana
It’s no secret that the UK has a thriving passion for the likes of country, Americana, and folk (rock) music. Nevertheless, for stylizations that find…