MUSIC REVIEWS

Hitting their stride inside a couple of seconds flat, Alan Bibey & Grasstowne get right down to business in the title track of their new album, the impeccable Hitchhiking to California, which was released this past January to acclaim from across the bluegrass spectrum. Although built on an enormous groove, this …

With a furious thrust, we’re quickly escorted from darkness into light on the back of a string melody in “Midnight & Lonesome” as strong as the southern wind in fall. As much as the name of this song might want to fool you, there’s no feeling isolated amidst the harmonies …

In their latest release, an album titled Hopeless Romantic, Bobby Dove takes up the task of adapting a popular sound to suit their own style of play with mixed results; the best of which being the record’s title track and first single. We’re immediately hit with a bucolic balladry upon pressing …

Understated, throwback pop has been trending hard in the United States and Canada lately, and in her new single “Love to the Moon,” Raquel Kiaraa puts her own spin on the style with some interesting results to say the least. “Love to the Moon” is undeniably defined by its stinging …

Progressive R&B is finally seeing women dominating on every level of the game, and this is no doubt thanks to a vibrant underground scene producing the likes of ayoka and the unique generation of players she’s representing. In her new single “Elevate,” ayoka works a “Studio”-style beat into the corner …

In the track “All or Nothing” on Go Time!’s latest release the magnetic and manic Eight Ball, there’s a line “I always take it too far, never see it coming, leaving me reaching for all or nothing” and I’d argue more than the albums titular song, this is the best …

Sometimes, a simple slew of guitar strings summarizes the tone of an entire composition long before lyrics ever enter the picture, and though it can certainly be said that there’s more to Coming Home’s title track than its guitar part, this doesn’t make its intro any less spellbinding. In this first …

We never stop growing, even when we think we’re done. Take rapper Cliz of his hit new drop “Find Myself.” He’s gone on record as saying that early on, he wasn’t the biggest fan of Rap or Hip Hop because he hadn’t really been exposed to anything that truly connected …

John McDonough’s new LP, Second Chances, is a stellar extension of his already full body of work. An entirely acoustic project, McDonough strips down his sound, to deliver an emboldened and impassioned performance. Sporting 10 tracks in all, Second Chances, features acoustic versions of select choices from McDonough’s previous efforts. …

There is a subtle air of mystique, surrounding R&B artist, Vianchi. His sound is easily categorized, but his persona isn’t as transparent. Hailing from Springfield, MA, he seems relatively new to the industry. We don’t have much material to go off, but his new single “Die [Alone]” shows a great …