MUSIC REVIEWS

When John Vento sings, the sound of thunder and a roaring assembly resonate in his deep-baritone voice. Vento’s new track “America (The Saints Come Marching Home)” is a resounding, sing along with rich harmonies and even stronger grit. “America” saddles together the steel-neck guitar of outlaw country and blends it …

“Tomorrow Is Today” is the latest single from Canadian singer/songwriter Ed Roman. The rocker takes a few cues from The Foo Fighters and John Cougar Mellencamp in his approach, but uniquely takes the baton and rolls with this. “Tomorrow Is Today” rounds up a murky music bed with a rock …

It’s a rare thing to have a sun-kissed synthesizer harmony and sticky bass guitar riffs, let alone adding into that mix some quirky beats and a vocalist that knows his way around the lyrics. Such is the case for Yachtclub101 self-titled release. The 10-track sonic odyssey is dripping with feverish, …

Resisting the darkness with a powerful but grainy groove that keeps coming at us before slowly descending into a pendulous sway, “Love Race” makes it known inside of its first forty seconds what kind of a rollercoaster ride we’re in for when listening to the self-titled debut LP from Velodrone …

Fans of the bluegrass beat are getting a lot of treats in 2020, and if you’re looking for a documentary in the genre’s underground vein that won’t leave you unsatisfied, the James Reams biopic Like a Flowing River: A Bluegrass Passage is definitely a Prime Video addition that I would recommend you …

You’ll easily find yourself humming along to the new track “Together” from rockers American Greed. Not quite a ballad, but not quite a head-banger, the adrenaline is contained in this melodic rock offering. Bolstered by awesome backing harmonies, lead singer Dave Farver delivers an impressive array of octaves and emotions …

Appropriately titled Afternoon Ambience, the new six-track album from Dan Blanchard is an escape into the mind’s cavernous corridors. Sleek and at times cascading like the sunset creeps up across Mother Earth, the hauntingly beautiful violin strings inject an honored second wind. These songs, these hymn-like instrumentals are triumphant expressions …

Set to a humble groove that only grows more intoxicating with every passing moment it occupies the air around us, Rock Hearts’ cover of “99 Year Blues,” originally recorded nearly a half-century ago by rockers Hot Tuna, is just the right cocktail to get this started right in their debut …

A pounding drum arrangement. A rousing, rebellious guitar. A man singing his truths as if he were warning a nation – the new song “More Than Meets The Eye” from Bill Abernathy is a provocative look at society. Calling out personal freedoms and actual truths, Abernathy cloaks his Americana – …

The holidays are here and the brighter the cheer the better, and Dallas String Quartet have just the right timing once again, with “Deck The Halls” being the first single from this year’s Christmas EP. The track is done the usual way the quartet perform the songs and this instrumental …