MUSIC REVIEWS

Austin’s Sylvie Abate is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with a clear grounding in Americana music far beyond average. Her new single “End of the Line” serves notice that her brand of soulful country is not just musically astute, however, but that she can call on a vocal powerhouse such as …

When country music is evoked in contemporary conversations on genre and themes, people tend to make assumptions. Modern country songs are joked about as tending to veer into two areas of lyrical content: partying with your big truck, or being extremely depressed over lost love. While this is something often …

The state of modern rock is in disarray as both fans and artists alike seemingly run in all directions, looking for inspiration and metaphorical gold rushes. There are undoubtedly successful artists still working within the mainstream rock genre, but for most to find success, there are only shadows of larger …

While it might flirt with certain synthetics just as a means of binding together its most sensuous angles, there’s something wholly organic about the main elements of “So Mysterious” that makes it clear just how invested in the music Noshows are this summer. FACEBOOK: https://m.facebook.com/noshowsofficial/ There are a lot of …

Senja Sargeant’s journey from Montreal to a growing global profile is a story about how music and talent still matter. Cynics and naysayers are abundant across the board in music as in life and it’s easy for us to fall into the trap of condemning outright anything new. Who can …

The work of Chris Cornelius is as inimitable as it is sprawling; from a lifelong love affair with music inspired by his own father’s career as a World War II Navy pilot/jazz keyboardist (who went on to perform on several tours after the war), Cornelius has a background most only …

If you listen to Joe Macre’s The Dream Is Free without reading any accompanying press about him, you may come away from an initial hearing envisioning Macre as a photogenic twenty-something singer/songwriter with a penchant for progressive music. It will startle such listeners to discover that Macre is, instead, a veteran musician …

Chicago-born Todd Christoffel wouldn’t have made a good Catholic choirboy. A love for mischief first sparked his musical imagination when the young boy began satirizing the lyrics of church hymns during Mass without other parishioners ever catching on. Those early flirtations with music weren’t all hijinks, however, as Christoffel remembers …

When an artist or band drops their debut, it’s the standard-setting release that essentially foreshadows what’s ahead in their career, and while there are a lot of boldly experimental elements to consider in the first official record from Heddlu, titled Cantref, there’s something very qualified about its creator’s drive, and, …

Melbourne, Australia’s Galliano Sommavilla’s love for creating music has helped sustain him throughout his life and enriches an already vibrant life with the ability for communicating with a mass audience. His new release Instrumental Music from the Heart is deeply connected with his Italian cultural roots as well as his wide array …