MUSIC REVIEWS

Petrella’s new album Songs of Many Colors is an album born from the pandemic. It isn’t the first nor the last release referencing the subsiding wave of illness sweeping the world over the last year plus but contributes a unique and individual document. Her work will join a chorus of voices responding …

Instruments and words are considered by many who appreciate incredible music to be a link between humanity and the divine, and when listening to a record like Sandy’s new LP Magic Mind, it’s easy to understand the theory. Working elements of pop and experimental songwriting into a single, psychedelic format fit …

Opening an album with a song like “Roadkill Rita” is a bold move most might not want to start their debut LP out on, but there’s nothing typical about Izzie’s Caravan, a fact listeners will surely discover with Blow The Lid. The full-band sound is on total display, having evolved …

desmond the songwriter is a rising star, hailing from Kingston, Jamaica. His new song, “Rise Up,” kicks off his fresh concept album “Happiness Is Priceless.” While the song is instantly recognizable as a reggae tune, there’s something fun about it that keeps it from melding in with the reggae of …

Some artists prefer a vague and understated persona. They strive for a mystique and an enigma that gives their music an added shroud of intrigue. This is not the case with Sarantos. Sarantos  doesn’t just show his cards, he tosses the entire deck on the table, with zero hesitation. Sarantos …

Say whatever you like about the state of mainstream rock n’ roll today; when a guitarist as talented as Robert Bussey grinds out a riff like the one we start his new record I Dug a Well off with, chills are essentially guaranteed. The hard-riding “The Drill Bit” kicks off I Dug a …

If you look at the commercial angle rock n’ roll is being framed from most frequently in 2021, you might get the impression there isn’t much to be excited about in the genre anymore – but the truth is that nothing could be further from the truth. Acts like Pistols …

A lot will be said about the lead vocal in DICI’s new single “Five Rings,” but for me, without the keyboard element that we’re first greeted by in the intro to the song, I just can’t say for sure whether or not the chills factor would be as astronomical as …

The exciting new singer/songwriter Hope Arden crafts a gem of a pop song in the single “Meant For Life”. Dazzling the listener with an unstoppable music base, a rhythm that corrals the listener to fall into line, “Meant For Life” draws inspiration from the audacity of Lady Gaga, the pop …

A diamond in the rough doesn’t have to be the shiniest gem to stick out, it can sometimes do so effortlessly. In the new pop song, “All The Time” from Kechi Okwuchi it might not be the lyrics that grip the listener, but it’s the feeling. It’s a rare thing …