MUSIC REVIEWS

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 …

On the whim of a reserved groove, the guitar play that greets us at the onset of “The Roads We Didn’t Take” washes us in colorful harmonies that represent only a fraction of what David Gelman’s latest release, Last Surviving Son, has to offer anyone who gives it a spin …

Safe as Houses fuse melodic indie pop with mild alternative rock in their latest single “Lucky Lucky,” and though it’s a bit more experimental a track than I was expecting to hear when I first picked it up, it’s definitely an interesting exhibition of where this band’s sound is taking …

At once decadent and conservative in tone, a guitar’s brittle melody paints the opening bars of Whitebeard’s new single “Paris” in melancholic blue, only to counter them with a blustery countrified swing a couple of stanzas later in the chorus. They’re devoid of virtuosity, but the strings full of as …

URL: https://www.alexiskeegan.com/instagram R&B aficionados need to check out Alexis Keegan’s new single “What Am I Supposed to Do” this April and find out precisely why critics like myself are falling head over in heels in love with the rising soul star’s latest work. This isn’t the first hit from Keegan …

YOU TUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0FLNYDGheI Brian Cottrill understands the value of an attention grabbing opener. “Remember My Name” is built around acoustic guitar, vocals, and harmonica, but it bubbles with the energy of a full rock band at work as Cottrill throws himself headlong into the performance with instrumental talents and …

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 …