SHARK-FIN AWARDS

Saddle of Southern Darkness, aka SOSD, is the brainchild of brothers Trent and Chase Williams, and they bring metal and country together like that of no other on the single “Killbilly” which is graphically depicted in the promo video, but the song itself is quite a twang-fest crossed with a …

“Take a walk / Around the block / Down the hill / And through the park” sings Liz Kennedy in the opening verses of her latest single, the patient and chilling “Hike Up Your Socks,” with a graceful groove shadowing her every utterance. Kennedy’s voice is dripping with a vulnerability …

URL: https://www.richardlynchband.com/ The latest album from Richard Lynch, titled Think I’ll Carry It On, starts off in red, white and blue-painted grandiosity with “We’re American Proud,” a countrified American anthem that sets the tone for the eleven erudite tracks that will follow it. The hustle and bustle of this opening …

Derek Davis has demonstrated the rare ability for moving between various musical styles and delivering his artistic vision convincingly in each form. His quarter century association with hard rock band Babylon A.D. has produced an impressive body of guitar driven work, but Davis’ interests reach into other areas like soul, …

There aren’t many singer/songwriters alive today who have the same depth of emotion in their work that Lauren Crosby does, and her capabilities as a composer and crooner are on full display in her latest record, the unapologetically stylish I Said Take Me to the Water, which is due out …

URL: https://francinehoney.com/ Sizzling yet smooth, perky yet pendulous, immaculate and yet still unvarnished and edgy – the guitars that dot the landscape of the new single “Stay” from Francine Honey are sonic duality personified. While they’re only one component in the emotional ballad from this singer/songwriter, they’re as formidable an …

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/a_picture_made/ The axiom “a long time coming” is oftentimes used but perhaps no more appropriate than in the case of the vision of A Picture Made. Birthed in the early 80s, the foursome boasting friends and musical cohorts from Kansas and Missouri came together and joined their creative powers …

URL: http://www.goldlightmusic.com/ A rustic harmonica and its complementary guitar melody are waiting to greet us at the onset of “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,” the opening salvo that starts us off in Gold Light and Snakemusk’s Shadows In The Shallows, which is due to be released this coming May …

2019 has produced a mixed bag of results so far, and following with that trend, Kingdom of Birds’ new EP Glitz mashes together a similarly eclectic collection of studs and duds this spring. In songs like “Your Friends,” we experience Kingdom of Birds at their most reserved, but more importantly, their most …

URL: http://jeffreyhalford.com/ Instrumentally speaking, the latest album from Jeffrey Halford & the Healers – titled West Towards South – tells us a story as grand as its lyrics do in surreal songs like “A Town Called Slow,” “Ballad of Ambrose and Cyrus,” “Deeper Than Hell” and the title track. Progressively stylized but …