Ricky Z. has spent 25 years as one of LA's most in-demand session guitarists, with credits running through Steven Tyler, John Fogerty, Josh Groban, Alan Parsons, and a Latin Grammy for his...
Brightland Shines is Paul Totten's independent debut, but the path to it is anything but a beginner's story. Totten started as a percussionist, earning his BA in Percussion Performance and touring the...
Following last year's American Cosmic Revival Vol. 1: Back At Home, which paid direct tribute to the International Submarine Band's Safe At Home, Christian Parker and Patrick Cleary widened the lens considerably...
Arlen Roth has been at this since he was nine years old, played the first Woodstock reunion concert in 1970, and has spent the decades since working alongside everyone from Simon and...
Ersin Secrin works as a songwriter and lyricist rather than a performing artist, and the “Replay” recording here is an AI-assisted demo built to showcase the song's concept, energy and commercial direction...
"The Hammer Goes Click" is Marcus Christ's second collaboration with producer Bankroll, and it arrives as one of the more structurally ambitious tracks in his catalogue so far. The song opens as...
As we march forward through the Universal Mind and deep into our current post-truth world, it begins to become apparent that not all of us are maneuvering with the same deck of...
COMPLEXITY THROUGH MINIMALISM – A STATEMENT OF GREAT TALENT AND CAPABILITIES
After a decade in the shadows, first as the lead songwriter for Manchester’s Minorplanet, then behind the alias This Morning Call, Ben...
The Boston-to-Cape Cod troubadour turns in a modest yet sharp Americana missive, an acoustic jab at mass delusion that manages to whisper truth louder than a fleet of megaphones. You might remember...
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG – AS NOSTALGIC AS A RELEASE COULD BE!
There’s a rare kind of magic when an artist reaches into the past and pulls out a feeling you thought only...
WITTY WISDOM WRAPPED UP IN FOLK ROCK FINESSE!
With “Train Tracks,” Saint Nick the Lesser proves that deep emotional resonance and cheeky folk-rock swagger aren’t mutually exclusive. Drawing from a well of punk...
TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT AND RECONSIDER, PLEASE!
If music could slap you awake, Tee Roy’s “Wise Up” would be the palm that doesn’t just sting, it rearranges your perception. Fusing Afrobeat, Amapiano,...
GET READY FOR A RIDE DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH 13-YEAR-OLD AVA!
With the poise of a seasoned performer and the vulnerability of someone still learning how to say goodbye, Ava Valianti’s latest single,...
THE ARTIST’S STRENGTH LIES IN HOW MUCH HE IS WILLING TO STICK AND SPEAK HIS TRUTH!
In a world where much of mainstream music leans toward the polished and the palatable, Larry Karpenko’s...