MUSIC REVIEWS

I knew I was hearing something special and individual only a minute in. Griffin Holtby’s single “Overgrown” isn’t a song that grows on you. I think it is a track that speaks to you on its first go-around because it contains such emotion and melodic style that you can’t resist …

Anthems 2 Love, the latest record from Jupiter in Velvet, starts amidst waves crashing on a deserted beach somewhere in “A Cooler Shade of Mad,” hinting at the distant surrealism that will be a theme throughout the next five tracks that come after this opening cut. A fuzzy guitar and …

The third album release from Kerry Pastine and The Crime Scene, City of Love, promises to be a transformative addition to Pastine’s growing discography. Pastine rates as one of the best vocalists today, regardless of genre or gender, and her commanding presence throughout the album’s title track and first single elevates …

Brimming with fresh pop color but as strong a rock n’ roll force as one would expect them to be, the powerhouse guitar parts found in The Inoculated Canaries’ new single “Donna” are laced with adrenaline and spiked with just a dash of polished swing as to get anyone listening …

In “The Statement is the Answer,” the opening salvo of guitar-driven sonic devilry forced out of the speakers by Parker Longbough essentially sets the tone for all of the violent melodies that will soon follow its four minute introduction to Green and Gold/Drink the Hemlock, Longbough’s latest release. A kaleidoscopic new …

Alone at first, a piano stumbles into the opening of “When You Think No One Loves You” like a lonesome drunkard looking to find some solace in the loving arms of a local pub, but only a few seconds into this new track from David Leask, Leask himself enters the …

“I Love Christmas” by Cassandra, is a smoking hot holiday tune and that’s only the first thing to notice among the music of this artist from Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario. Behind the tune is more than meets the ear, but the artist herself is one to watch for, and that’s the second …

The late 2010s have produced some really strong content from bluegrass artists around the United States, but back in the motherland of Kentucky, Jeff Parker & Company recorded what amounts to being one of their best records yet in Time Has Made a Change. Built on the back of oaky vocals …

The Gary Douglas Band’s “Deep in the Water (Redeux)” communicates its subject with sharp and muscular lines embracing imagery above all else. The percussive quality of the individual lines gives Douglas’ vocal a lot to work with and he doesn’t disappoint. He twists the lines and language to his uses …

“She Wants What” is the first single from the Lily Vakili Band’s soon to be released EP Set of Seven, her second release in two years, and sets the table well for this new studio outing to make a big impact. Born in Honduras during a coup to an Iranian father …