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Ruby Dice has now developed a collaborative album Take Me Back, and a short documentary Making A Life Out Of Art, celebrating the artists, friendships, and creative spirit that make Austin unique. This album is excellent and features lots of musicians and different musical influences. URL: https://www.rubydice.com/ Take Me Back features Ruby Dice’s …

Debut albums usually announce an arrival. Claude Carmichael’s Tennessee Hill asks what happens after the moving boxes are unpacked and the excitement wears off: When does an address become a home? For this veteran session singer and film music producer, the answer arrived on a country road outside Franklin, Tennessee, …

Some tribute albums arrive embalmed in reverence. Chrissi Poland’s Forever Muscle Shoals comes through the door breathing hard. Recorded live at FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, this twelve-song collection honors an extraordinary American musical legacy without treating it as museum property. Poland approaches songs associated with Aretha Franklin, …

Indie music is having its day in court. Much like the film industry, merit is starting to inform the trend again, establishment recording houses finding themselves somewhat outsized by the rise of self-representing musical acts dominating the independent charts, algorithms, and dominating clicks as much as any Warner Bros. record …

There’s always a risk in revisiting a beloved song. Listeners carry their own memories into it, and any new version has to justify its existence rather than simply imitate the original. Fortunately, Daron Tate’s bluegrass take on Robert Earl Keen’s “Feelin’ Good Again” clears that hurdle with ease, delivering a …

It Just So Happens, by Rob Alexander, features fifteen tracks deep and anchored by piano throughout. It’s the kind of record that earns your attention rather than demanding it. Alexander is no stranger to this platform. Despite this he never ceases to amaze and has managed to put together something …

Rob Alexander’s latest musical endeavor, Young Man’s Eyes, is a sonic masterpiece that seamlessly blends rock sensibilities with heartfelt storytelling. With thirteen tracks clocking in at just around fifty minutes, this album takes listeners on an exhilarating journey filled with introspection, raw emotion, and infectious hooks that will have you …

Thomas Howell is one of the most prominent young actors of the 1980’s, known for his generation-defining role in the classic The Outsiders, among other fine films. He continues working in film and television today, but his artistic interests broadened with time. He’s taken on the name Tommy Howell for his …

Lisa Marie Claire has a poet’s soul. The singer/songwriter takes her cues from the tradition established by such artistic luminaries as Joni Mitchell, but it misses the point to stop there. She does what any talented artist, musical or otherwise, sets out to do – use their influences as a …

Some of the most iconic songs of our generation are Christmas songs; just ask Mariah Carey, who makes, I’m guessing, 95% of her net worth double every single December as “All I Want For Christmas” controls the airwaves for thirty-one days straight. URL: https://haleydreismusic.com/ There’s something incredibly lucrative about being …