Project Grand Slam releases PGS 7
I’m blown away by this album. Project Grand Slam has evolved through a number of combinations since first forming in the waning years of the new century’s first decade, but band leader Robert Miller has […]
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Midnight Shine release new Single/Video
Out of the darkness and into the light, Midnight Shine’s new music video for the single “Heart of Gold” (a cover of the Neil Young song of the same title) opens with the group’s frontman […]
Drake Jensen – Talk Me Down
TWITTER: twitter.com/drakejensen?lang=en Since first appearing on the popular music radar with his 2011 debut, Drake Jensen has demonstrated a healthy respect for tradition and willingness, if not eagerness, to defy convention within the country music […]
The Respectables – The Power of Rock ‘N’ Roll
OFFICIAL VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCcty_OEC0k Rejoice, lovers of rock and roll, because there are still bands out there pushing forward with a vision of the genre as fresh as ever, but grounded in its roots. The Respectables […]
Tommy Botz and the single “Teddy Bear”
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/Tommy-Botz-114239501971509/ So much can be said about Tommy Botz and the single “Teddy Bear,” that it could take up a small storybook. It’s not just a heartfelt country tune, it’s a seriously fantastic song […]
Gary Douglas Band release “Million Miles Away” single
Americana/Rock sensations the Gary Douglas Band return with yet another stunning slice of Americana incarnate in the all-new single “Million Miles Away,” out now everywhere that independent country music is sold and steamed. Douglas doesn’t […]
Greg Kieser – Dear Machine: A Letter to a Super-Aware Intelligent Machine (SAIM)
SUPER SYSTEMIC: www.supersystemic.ly/dear-machine Dear Machine: A Letter to a Super-Aware Intelligent Machine (SAIM) opens in a disarming way.It’s a compelling start for a non-fiction work aiming to investigate and deliberate over the effects artificial intelligence or […]
This power trio pulls out the big guns for Little King and the Salamander (demos)
TWITTER: twitter.com/themerrymakerso?lang=en The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina have everyone in the American indie underground abuzz at the moment with their new album Little King and the Salamander (demos), and it’s not without good cause. This power trio pulls […]
Stephanie Rose releases new EP and Single
Canadian born singer/songwriter Stephanie Rose looks to expand on the success of her debut EP Go Where the Wind Takes You with another EP named Sprout. She’s played numerous live gigs since her first EP, including a standing […]
To Be Continued by Francine Honey
Country swing meets good old fashioned folk balladry in To Be Continued…, the all-new album from critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Francine Honey, and though it’s as smooth and accessible as anything currently dominating North American pop charts, […]
Strawberry Moon LP by Sarah Parker
URL: sarahparkermusic.com/ The comforting hum of an organ. A soft vocal to remind us of our humanity. Playful guitars that beg for us to remember a simpler time. “You Can’t Tell a Heart” is one […]
Robert Parker releases Outside Ourselves full length LP
URL: freightrainband.com/track/1233587/outside-ourselves Freightrain’s Outside Ourselves is a full-length album driven by the stylings of frontman Robert Parker and made up of nine different songs, each one of which is arguably as evocative and beautifully realized as the […]
“Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout” Bluegrass Gospel from the pen of Rick Lange
In the eponymous title track of the brand new compilation album Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout, Claire Lynch, Brandon Rickman, Josh Swift and producer Jerry Salley forge a harmony that seems to wash its accompanying rhythm in […]
Robert Miller’s Project Grand Slam Releases Greetings from Serbia
Last August, far away from the comforts of a posh New York recording studio, Robert Miller’s Project Grand Slam took the stage at the Nisville Jazz Festival and left the crowd absolutely awe-inspired by the […]
Seven Against Thebes release Art of Deception LP
Anger. Disgust. Angst. All of these are the sort of elements one might expect from a band that labels itself as a “platform for misanthropy,” or essentially a latent disgust and distrust of the human […]