Album Reviews
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Robert “Freightrain” Parker – Outside Ourselves
Buffalo based bassist, songwriter, and singer Robert “Freightrain” Parker has established himself and his band as one of the pre-eminent instrumental outfits working the music...
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Project Grand Slam – Greetings From Serbia
As the crowd goes wild in the background, guitarist Tristan Clark slides into the funky opening riff of “1972,” one of the more rollicking tracks...
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Stephen Winston – Unresolved
Stephen Winston has quietly set about, not by conscious design, building one of the best under-the-radar discographies in the music world today thanks to the...
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Seven Against Thebes – Art Of Deception
Outside the box guitar playing, evocative vocals, and a lively rhythm section attack immediately distinguish Seven Against Thebes as a powerful four piece working in...
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The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina – Little King and the Salamander
New York City’s The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina open Little King and the Salamander with the curt opener Hey Everybody, a guitar dominant instrumental with a strong Hendrix influence...
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Severine – Feel The Rain
I don’t know where the shortsighted notion of pop music being nothing more than two minute hook-laden jingles came from, but I find that it’s...
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Barry Abernathy & Darrell Webb – Appalachian Road Show
Barry Abernathy and Darrell Webb present Appalachian Road Show, the first joint musical effort between Abernathy, Webb and guest star Jim VanCleve on fiddle, is...
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The Cold Stares – Mountain
From the moment that Mountain comes smashing through our speakers like a wrecking ball in the song The Great Unknown, there isn’t any debate as to whether...
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Abby Zotz – Local Honey
It is no surprise Abby Zotz’s first solo collection Local Honey is about personal journeys, interpersonal relationships, and how those things take on different trajectories in our...
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The Blackmail Seduction – The Blackmail Seduction II
Jess McClellan has a knack for writing about serious subjects set within substantive and entertaining musical landscapes. It isn’t a skill shared by everyone. Even...
