Matthew Ryan can write a song and make you feel it in no time at all. He’s got it; he understands the craft. And on this, his newest album, Boxers,…
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It’s not enough that I really enjoyed Stop, Look & Listen, the debut album from Bridgeport, Connecticut’s Lines West – now comes the 2nd solo album from the band’s singer…
This debut album from acoustic-based, singer-songwriter Johnny Lewis has yet to hit the streets, but when it does, I hope people will sit up and take notice. Hailing from Minneapolis,…
This young singer-songwriter from Minneapolis delivers his second album – filled with mature, lush arrangements and fully realized songs that instantly captures your ear. Only 19 years old, John Mark…
I’ve seen this very talented singer/musician as part of the Big Star “3rd” touring group (and will be seeing her again next week for another 3rd/#1 Record performance). She’s got…
Cold Revival is the title of the upcoming new solo album from Matt Turk, a singer-songwriter from Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. The irony of the album title is this album is…
Portland, Oregon native son Adam Zwig unleashes a new 5-song mini album – his 6th overall release – the magnificent Stones, Bones, and Skin. This e.p., I’m not ashamed to…
Australian-born, Los Angeles-residing Mia Dyson is a new name for me; a singer-songwriter who upon, first listen, sings like Bonnie Raitt and/or Stevie Nicks being backed by Elvis Costello’s…
I Meant It To Be Sweet is the sophomore release from Tommy Wallach, a Brooklyn-based published author-turned-singer-songwriter. His first completed novel to be published, We All Looked Up, will be…
This is not a typical album review; this is special. Grace Griffith is a Washington D.C.-based singer; a performer in the folk tradition – specifically Irish folk – and vocal…
Suzanne Vega has always been a delight in my musical life; I can’t pretend that I haven’t loved her from the moment I heard “Marlena On The Wall”. She is…
Falimy, the 9th album from Portland, Oregon’s Rachel Taylor Brown is awash in melody, almost a study in classic mid-’60’s songwriting: structural shifts, key changes, orchestration and most of all,…
Five albums into his solo career and English-born, New York-bred Edward Rogers delivers a grand slam of a release with this offering, Kaye. Dedicated to the late, great Kevin Ayers…
Chicago-based singer-songwriter Andrew Belle, recently unwrapped his second full length album, Black Bear. The ten-track collection is awash in atmosphere and does have a “soundtrack-style” feel in many of the…
Birmingham, Alabama native/Los Angeles-based Beth Thornley returns with her fourth release/first EP, Septagon and this is fast becoming a favorite of mine. Ms. Thornley knows how to construct a song…
I keep getting lucky in hearing melodic, thoughtful and American music, which has been my taste for a while. Yet again, a warm new voice is heard in Noah Gundersen,…
A name I hadn’t heard before, but was impressed by on first listen. Warm and melodic, this New York based songwriter offers up his (I believe) second full length album. …
Sam Phillips has been at this for a long time; a singer-songwriter who knows the value of taking the time to craft her work to a fine polish. On Push…
If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this edition of Desert Island Discs, singer/songwriter Chris Price gives us his picks.
Perhaps Todd Rundgren’s own restive muse — he’s dabbled in every major rock subgenre over the past four decades — simply makes him too difficult to categorize. Maybe Rundgren never…
Matthew Barber – Ghost Notes (Outside, 2009) purchase this album (Amazon) The leadoff track of Matthew Barber’s Ghost Notes, “Easily Bruised” (download), kicks off with a sequence of sounds that…
For a few precious years in the late 1980s and early Á¢€â„¢90s, the most communal experience on the pop touring circuit was a family affair. Recording artist-producer Don Dixon and…