Articles by Clay Burton

Canadian based Musician, and Visual Artist, Rick Christian, has just released what may go on to be known as the Covid chronicles. The New Normal is an EP, that is inspired by and centered around, […]

Whispering strings that dance beside delicate vocals male and female the same in “Waltz Through the Ages.” Hustling through a simple groove with exotic swing in “Be Better to Your Neighbor.” Restless in “Hillbilly Lilly” […]

Cheryl B. Engelhardt’s new single, “Ithaca,” is a beautifully ethereal song that captures a moment of inner peace. Without using words, Engelhardt still makes vocals the star of the show with other-worldly chanting layered over […]

There are some albums that take a couple of songs to really turn us on with nothing more than tonality, but if you ask me, Billy Droze’s Waiting out the Storm is not one of these albums. […]

Linda Imperial is a lifer. The talented vocalist and songwriter is not, at this advanced date, going to redirect her energies towards a medical career. I believe, however, she would never say she chose the […]

There’s a sense of adventure on Robert Millers’ new album Miller Rocks that feels like when you discover a record in your parent’s house that sounds like something familiar but also feels unlike anything else […]

I was blown away by the breath of fresh air received from both the song and music video for “Good Ole Love,” by Kenny Black, Shimmer Johnson, and Stephen Wrench, and it made me want […]

Gathered over the course of four years, Stephen Winston has taken his diamond in the rough and transformed them into complete diamonds. His newest album One True Story was technically recorded between 2003 and 2007. […]

Melanie Rogers’ first foray into writing her own material, the new single “Fever”, goes a long way towards establishing her as one of the most promising new talents working both in the pop and singer-songwriter […]

With their latest release “Havanna”, flutist duo Steve Markoff and Patricia Lazzara (joined by Grammy nominee Allison Brewster Franzetti) once again prove that they are at the forefront of this genre of instrumentality. Having released […]

No one will accuse Brian Shapiro of having dulcet pipes. His occasional red-line bray defines each of All We Can See’s none tracks and, sometimes to its benefit and peril alike, grabs the lion’s share of […]

What inspired your latest single? Our latest single was inspired by all of the conflicts that have been happening all around the world. “Tacy Sami” was written during the time of political and ideological divide […]

I can’t say that I’ve ever heard a song about being in a coma from the patient’s perspective. There’s a first time for everything – “You Sang to Me” from Chris St. John is just […]

Americana releases often collapse under the weight of their pastiche. Too many writers and performers treat the genre like a butterfly intended to be pinned under glass rather than allowed to breathe. They are too […]