MUSIC REVIEWS

Forever is a seven song collaboration between award-winning flutist Bill McBirnie and singer/songwriter Bruce Jones. Several impressive achievements mark McBirnie’s career but perhaps the most notable are winning all three of the National Flute Association’s competitions in the Soloist, Masterclass, and Big Band categories. Iconic flutist Sir James Galway has picked …

Stephen Wrench’s single “Storm in My Heart” is an unabashed love song. It’s more evidence of Wrench’s deep connection to the muse in an over forty-year music career. He’s worked in virtually every capacity within the music world, among them tour manager, performer, and songwriter, and has relationships of varying …

The newest single by Singer/Songwriter, Lorenzo Gabanizza, is a blues soaked ballad, with an existential overtone. “You’re Not There” is one of those titles that tells you just enough to peak your interest, yet holds the potential to go several directions. In this case, Gabanizza is by turns, self-reflective and …

With a strutting groove to set the tempo, Neal Fox explores a chillwave-style beat with extra melodic moxie in the title track of his new album Unhinged this October, making it clear in this song’s first sixty-seconds what kind of a carnival thrill ride we’re in for in this LP. The lyrical …

Alabama based husband and father of three Tony Turner brings a strong sense of family and tradition into his songwriting. He weaves a vivid picture of a world in miniature, touching on character and rendering a feeling for place on every level. He has a robust soulful voice with a …

The frenetic riffs mashed up against the voice of a new generation, Kristen Ford sets the stage for a space-age modern rock sound in the crushing “Grey Sky Blue”. The Nashville-based singer/songwriter is a whirlwind of blasting, distorted guitar and a candy-laced pop vocal. The instant rhythm and the drizzling …

Bass. Minimalist groove. Eroticism via a restrained vocal delivery. It doesn’t take much to draw together a certifiable hit in hip-hop when you’ve got the kind of talent ALYST does, and in his new single “Gleeming,” he puts that talent to use in an efficient, brilliantly thoughtful expression of self. …

Stylistically speaking Elektragaaz is a super unique musical experience founded by a reclusive Frisian composer who goes by the name Poppo Redband, and a group of talented musicians from the New York Metro area. Their hird EP, “The Synaesthetic Picture Show Now Playing, Pt. 3,” was released on September 14th …

Compilation albums are usually hit and miss affairs. There is usually little effort, frankly, put into assembling such collections. They are released as afterthoughts or cash grabs from fly by night companies. There are often shaky licensing agreements justifying the presence of some songs, outright illegality in the case of …

For the record we don’t normally review books on this platform, but in this rare case we made an exception. Why you ask? To put it simply – “Because it Rocks.” Veteran rock photographer Lisa Johnson’s new book is simply titled Immortal Axes: Guitars That Rock. If the semi-esoteric first …