MUSIC REVIEWS

Longtime touring keyboard player and vocalist Doug Kistner stays busy working with former longtime members of Billy Joel’s band such as renowned drummer Liberty DeVito, among others, and Glen Burtnik’s Summer of Love project. His need to express himself, however, doesn’t end there. His creative passions, ignited in childhood, burning …

Despite the plethora of naysayers proclaiming the End of Rock, progressive rock has sustained strong ongoing popularity while other genres receded in favor. Particular regions of the world are hotbeds for such acts and South America is one; the band Aisles, first formed in 2003, is a Chilean six piece …

The swagger behind the beats that kick everything off in “Lucky” could have driven all of the magic we discover in the fifth album from Greye, So Far So Good, this summer, but instead it’s utilized sparingly – giving us some of the cockier and more concisely provocative content this Florida-stationed …

Theatrics are hardly the sole element defining progressive songcraft anymore, and if there’s an artist alive and making credible work today reinforcing this notion, it’s the incomparable Federico Balducci. Balducci’s new collaborative LP with Francisco Javier Sanfuentes, El Velo de Lo Irrepresentable, bridges tracks together via the presence of larger-than-life tones …

Rebecca “DawgGoneDavis” is sick of crying. She’s sick of seeing innocent lives taken at the hands of gun violence, and existing in a state that’s seemingly so blasé about it. Who could blame her, shootings have been on a more than steady rise over the past decade, and with many …

Vineet’s new single “I Pray” is a stirring showcase for the Indian-born vocalist’s prodigious talents. It is the first effort he’s released in the trap hip-hop vein but understated secondary strands are woven into the music’s tapestry. Discerning listeners will detect a smattering of soul and R&B alike in the …

Aaron Jaxon’s first recording since 2015’s EP Light on the Inside, Saints Communion, marks the first time Jaxon has released a new album since he stopped drinking. It is a familiar tale of woe. Jaxon embraced a lifestyle early in his musical journey that had him often drinking any time he wasn’t …

Los Angeles based singer/songwriter/performer Brett Copeland has encountered several marquee names during his musical journey such as members of Guns ‘n’ Roses, INXS, among others. He’s likewise chosen to associate his own work with similar luminaries, individuals whose writing and recording alongside titans such as Queen and The Rolling Stones …

If you’re like me, you’re ready to shake things up when it comes to your musical library. And if you’re like the millions of other parents out there that never knew the love they would experience and have once a little one entered their life – then the song “She …

Tedi Brunetti is about as unique as they come, which should be expected from the rarity of mainly prioritizing the talent of being a vocalist that also drums; beginning her career with The Impalas, the B-Girls from Toronto, and Isis’ Carol MacDonald before branching off towards a solo career, it …