MUSIC REVIEWS

There’s a lot of good music coming out of the Midwest at the moment, and in the country genre, one of the more talented duos to catch my attention this summer has been Eller Rhodes. Comprised of a father and daughter with enough musical experience to really get your attention …

A slow, creeping bassline peppered with melancholic keys gives a nod to listeners pressing the play button on “Ghost – Freestyle” this summer season, and although just an intro to the track, the first couple of moments we have with this new song from Santa Sallet are significant nonetheless. There’s …

With a groove that is arguably as ghostly as its main vocal harmony will become, “Unity” feels translucent and invasive at the same time, largely because of how haunting its componentry is. In this first song on The Ever After’s Take Two EP, we enter a thick cloud of melodic instrumentation and …

Welsh based alt rockers, BOI, have released their debut album, Coron O Chwinc. The album is sang entirely in traditional Welsh, and the song titles list like a Rosetta Stone exercise. They say, Music is the universal language though, and BOI certainly exemplify that idea with the sheer power of …

See Your Shadow is the brainchild of Singer/Songwriter, Michael Coleman. Known as “The Metropolitan Cowboy,” Coleman enlists a revolving reel of musicians to participate in See Your Shadow. Originally formed in Columbus, OH, Coleman is the primary songwriter and creative director of See Your Shadow. See Your Shadow seems more …

When I first sat down to refamiliarize myself with the work of Louise Cappi, I had to do some minor research to remember her background. The daughter of Al Cappi, the late great jazz guitarist, there was certainly a great deal of musical education sprinkled across her past. Growing up …

In Live at the Mattress Factory by southern twang-infused folk singer Robert Andrew Wagner, operating under the band title Little Wretches, we find the man wrestling deeply with plenty of complexities that give way to a clearer picture of desire. URL: https://littlewretches.com/ Right off the bat, I’ll say there’s something …

Quietly strumming to life in the simplest of terms an acoustic guitar can produce, we find Justin Rudolph’s “Make Your Move” aiming to please traditional pop fans right out of the gate. There’s a retro quality to this crossover folk tune that is evident in the structure of the song …

With the opening lyrics “Take me home, cook me in the frypan / Season me good, tell me I’m your man / Don’t just taste me,” it should be obvious from the jump that eccentricities are a big part of the new solo album from the mind of Eagle Johnson, The …

There’s been an endless barrage of new jack swing-revival coming out of the woodwork since the start of last year’s quarantine – ironically enough – but of the interesting tracks to have roots in this classic genre that I’ve listened to in 2021, RockLee’s “It’s a Feeling” is one of …