Robert Schroeder:Â Space Of A Dream
Robert Schroeder Space Of A Dream (CD Baby) Washes of synth starts off “Dream Theatre,” the song that starts off Robert Schroeder’s new electronic music album, Spaces Of A Dream. Things kind of stay to the synth wash, and percussion pops until about 2 minutes in when a tribal beat begins with some arpeggiated keys, then a lead flute synth More...
Kenny Dubman: Conflicted
Kenny Dubman Conflicted (Kenny Dubman) A heavy rocker featuring Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr on lead guitar rumbles under Kenny Dubman’s vocal on “Old Dogs,” the opener on his latest album Conflicted. “Modern More...
Chris Forte: Backyard Astronomy
Chris Forte Backyard Astronomy (CD Baby) From the sweet clear lead and big open guitar strums of “Searching” to the 70’s white soul groove of the cover “The Thrill Is Gone,” with LaShera Moore’s solid More...
Arnab Sengupta: Leap of Faith
Arnab Sengupta Leap of Faith (3614030 Records DK) A sly solid groove is created by snapping snare and bass on “Face in the Crowd,” a great poppy start to Arnab Sengupta’s Leap of Faith. As Andrija Gavrilovic’s More...
Dylan Tauber:Â He Loves Carmen
Dylan Tauber He Loves Carmen (Dylan Tauber) A heavy bed of keys, then a pulsating tight beat starts “Don’t Tell Me,” the kick-off track to Dylan Tauber’s album He Loves Carmen. We get unintelligible More...
Ad Vanderveen:Â Candle to YouÂ
Ad Vanderveen Candle to You (Ad Vanderveen) Ad Vanderveen’s Candle to You is contemporary folk at its best. Opening with the simple proclamation of the mid-tempo ballad “Do What You Love,” and then channeling More...
Ann Wilson:Â Fierce Bliss
Ann Wilson Fierce Bliss (Silver Lining Music) If you have been living under a rock for the past few decades, you might have missed that Ann Wilson is the lead singer/flautist/songwriter and one-half of the creative More...
Eric Harrison: Dear John
Eric Harrison Dear John (Eric Harrison) Kevin Salem’s in-the-pocket snare snap, a simple yet perfectly placed lead guitar, and Eric Harrison’s distinctive vocal pushes the wonderful opener “Till You Make More...
Lochness Monster:Â Working for a Future
Lochness Monster Working for a Future (Venemusic LLC) Loud guitars and a stuttering drumbeat from Rene Rivera opens the fantastically desperate “Glass Jar,” the first tune from Miami’s Lochness Monster’s More...
Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz: Variant Blues: Music In The Time Of Coronavirus: Songs 21-30
Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz Variant Blues: Music In The Time Of Coronavirus: Songs 21-30 (Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz) The fourth release from Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz, Variant Blues: Music In The Time More...
