MUSIC REVIEWS

The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina – Act 3 BANDCAMP: https://themerrymakersorchestrina.bandcamp.com/releases There’s a subtle, strung out set of notes quivering in the foreground. A kick drum joins in like a dying heartbeat. There’s a burst of fuzz, and before you know it, we’re off and running on alongside The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina in their …

Sara O’Brien and The Community Rocks Kids URL: http://www.communityrocks.org/sara-obrien-and-the-community-rocks-kids/ Perfect for any day and any season, New Jersey’s Sara O’Brien and The Community Rocks Kids, have the answer to your kids’ summer boredom and winter blues. Some adults might even find themselves humming along to the 11 tracks in Let …

Fitzsimon and Brogan release Big Blue World SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/0mNkbqGb6iy28kzpZbcCg0 With an electrified glow, Fitzsimon and Brogan come swinging into a blues rock dirge reimagined as a dream pop ballad in “Very Last Day in Clown Town,” a bittersweet, cathartic micro blast from their hot new record Big Blue World, out everywhere …

Clayton Morgan – Taste For Love (single) URL: https://claytonmorgan.com/ We’ve seen it before – second and even third generation sons and daughters of musicians trying to make their mark. There’s Wilson Phillips. There’s Matthew & Gunnar Nelson. There’s Jakob Dylan. There’s Lukas Nelson. There’s Ruby Stewart. There’s Deacon Frey. Add …

Edenn drops new Single URL: https://edennmusic.com/ A melody rises from the silence like a mysterious fog over a lake. It starts to warm things up, and I wonder if this isn’t fog after all. Maybe it’s steam? Maybe the warmth of the air around us, represented in Edenn’s gentle vocal, …

Lusitanian Ghosts release self titled LP URL: http://lusitanianghosts.com/2018/01/02/hello-world/ Portuguese-Canadian singer/songwriter Neil Leyton hasn’t been active much in the last ten years, and certainly for good reason. He’s been cultivating a new sound for all of us to enjoy as a follow up to his last record, The Betrayal of Self, …

Mikey See (Don’t Wait) URL: https://www.mikeysee.com From left coast to right, pop fans are getting pumped about California’s hottest  breakout singer/songwriter, Mikey See, his new debut single “Don’t Wait,” which looks as inward at interpersonal relationships and the emotions that come with them, as it does outward to the exciting future …

Cathy Hutch Free Wheelin’ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/CathyHutchMusic/ The very first song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 was Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” in August of 1958. Since then, over a thousand different songs have held the same chart position as Nelson’s Sharon Sheeley-penned classic from his self-titled …

Fate Under Fire – La La Love INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fateunderfire/ Pure, unadulterated pop like Fate Under Fire pushes with their latest single “La La Love” is an increasingly rare commodity in our music world. The arbiters of musical taste, unfortunately, decided long ago that melody didn’t matter as much as beats …

Patiently Awaiting the Meteorite – Electrified FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/patientlyawaitingthemeteorite/ Patiently Awaiting the Meteorite’s debut single “Electrified” and the music video that comes with it reminds me of MTV’s arguable “prime”, the years when traditional artists possessing a strong visual and theatrical sense, like former Genesis front man Peter Gabriel among others, …