Articles by Clay Burton

The latest release from Jupiter in Velvet’s fecund songwriting imagination Anthems2Love immediately occupies a much deserved slot alongside his earlier collections. Velvet hasn’t changed in radical ways since first debuting but has accomplished something else two-fold – […]

Reading Dying to Live: A Tapestry of Reinvention is an affecting emotional experience. Author Michael Bianco-Splann invests every iota of his considerable literary powers to depict his journey from a childhood as an adopted son in an […]

2019 has been a solid year for independent bluegrass artists, with a number of veteran players like Donna Ulisse recording new material with a spectacularly youthful enthusiasm, but in Ulisse’s own Time for Love, we hear […]

A decadent drumbeat. A piano drawing breaths as big as a tornado, storming against the backdrop of a mild bassline. A crisp vocal adorning the ensuing groove with affection and reflective emotion. This is “Never […]

A number of factors distinguish Vicky Oliver’s contributions to the world of non-fiction business self-help books and her individualistic edge is evident in her most recent publication Bad Bosses, Crazy Coworkers & Other Office Idiots: 201 […]

An embodiment of emotion both personal and cultural, Colin Ray’s lead vocal is bluegrass passion personified in “A Memory of You,” a cornerstone track of Jeff Parker & Company’s new record Time Has Made a Change, […]

Despite the fact that Bill McBirnie’s primary musical instrument is flute, his book The Technique and Theory of Improvisation offers tremendous values to musicians of various types. His dual motivations for writing the book focus on providing […]

The book Capitalism for Democrats: Why The Country Needs It Now from Martin Lowy promotes a long overdue reckoning for capitalism and its ambitious spirit is in keeping with Lowy’s six previous publications. Lowy’s book is an […]

Robert Starks and the Diamondtones Dance Band are closing out 2019 on a musical high note with the release of the two singles “21st  Century Grandma” and “Text-MEE-Baby”. Starks has prospered and earned a great deal […]

Reverend Terry Allan Christian’s What Did Jesus Say: The Seven Messages from the Master collects Christ’s actual words from the New King James Bible as an inspirational text for Christians to reference without immersing themselves in the […]

A plaintive strum. A seasoned melody. An angelic voice as smooth as silk. It doesn’t take more than a couple of seconds after first meeting the sweet sounds of Casey Ahern’s new single “Just a […]

Julia Navarro’s You Shall Not Kill has a strong historical flavor considering how she sets her story around the end of the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. It is a novel with violence always […]

“Dream Symposium”, the first single from the Toronto Tabla Ensemble’s pending seventh studio album, is an ever timely reminder of what world music can accomplish. We still do not hear, even in a modern world […]