Jason Barie’s musical alter-ego, The Ramblin’ Fiddler, has opened creative vistas for the respected musician that playing under his own name doesn’t. He first adopted the persona for 2019’s Pieces and returns to the role for his new collection from Billy Blue Records entitled Radioactive. Barie has enlisted the help…

In his latest record, the minimalistic Fubar, Ranzel X Kendrick’s Alias Wayne project dabbles in postmodernity on multiple fronts while staying true to the alternative singer/songwriter style he set forth at the onset of his career some time ago. Kendrick’s warm vocal leads the way through four of the most…

Max Satow’s Noshows is a New York City based alternative project that’s garnered considerable acclaim in recent years. Their spate of single releases builds on the preceding track and the latest, “Paranoid”, promises to continue the band’s impressive run. Genre means nothing to Satow. Noshows’ music spans a wide gamut…

My idea of a flute player is Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson so I admit I felt a little out of my depth reviewing Bill McBirnie, Bill Gilliam, and Eugene Martynec’s latest release Outside the Maze. I didn’t need to worry. The improv approaches the aforementioned trio adopts for the album’s…

Comprised of little more than raw pastoral charisma, smart lyricism, wildly attractive string play, and rustic harmonies straight out of country’s golden era, there’s an instant accessibility to the new single “Everyday Thing” by The Goodwin Brothers that doesn’t pertain to fans of bucolic balladry alone. …

“Be the Flame,” proclaims Barbie Brewer, in a key passage of her new book Lead and Let Live: Leadership Lessons for the Future of Work. She elaborates, “…Here’s the thing about bringing in young people to your company. Of course it can be risky because they’re still new to everything…

San Francisco’s Jay Middleton is no stranger to longtime music fans. Though it’s been nearly three decades since he lodged his last Top 40 hit in the United States, the outstanding singer has never stopped living and breathing music. His new release Forward highlights his songwriting ability alongside his outstanding…

gloryBots have been quietly building a nice following for themselves in the last couple of years, and in 2023, they’re making it known to the press and newfound followers that theirs isn’t a campaign of fleeting dedication. Radiation Skies, their new spring LP, has a distinct confidence to its eleven…

About ten to fifteen seconds into “We May Die But We Will Not Rust,” the opening salvo of Elektragaaz’s brand new extended play Your Own Private Cinema Part 1, a nervous beat is joined by an airy arrangement that provides us a little bit of light in the dark sonic…