Giving us as much physicality as he is a harmonic backbone from top to bottom, Alex Lopez sounds completely content with the groove in his song “Spanish Blues,” one of the brightest stars from his new album Looking for a Change this September. There’s plenty of pickup in his attack…

Bluegrass has been making a major comeback in the last few years, and for evidence supporting as much, I’d recommend taking a peek at the underground and some of its brightest stars such as Edgar Loudermilk. Loudermilk’s new single “My Picasso” is a celebration of bluegrass that doesn’t tether itself…

With a sturdy tempo driving its initial push, “Come to Jesus” comes into focus on the back of a tremendous arrangement, but its main draw isn’t its toned rhythm. Surreal and perhaps the strongest lyrical delivery Danny Burns has submitted to date, this selection from the ten-song Promised Land from…

Rising out of the silence with a soft but nonetheless present strut of the guitar, there isn’t any doubt that Lucas Jay means business upon listening to the opening instrumental salvo that gets his new single “Sunshine” started with a bang. The melodic fireworks are pretty potent, and even though…

“It’s hard to believe that companies…can fall behind the times, begin closing locations, and then vanish completely before our eyes. Sadly, the stories of the demise of these businesses are all too common in today’s world,” writes business expert Zain Raj, in his semi-fictional, semi-business and leadership advice book The…

Good neighbors make good bosses, in a nutshell — Julien C. Mirivel and Alexander Lyon write in their new book, Positive Communication for Leaders: Proven Strategies for Inspiring Unity and Effecting Change. In its pages, they elaborate on how adhering to a model they personally developed can effectively be a…

“You have the ability to take better care of yourself if you strive to use your mindset to be autonomous, introspective, and collaborative in your activities. Awareness of mindset, inquiry, and learning will help you make good decisions for sustainability and growth for yourself and/or your organization. I aim to…

Michael C. Fillios has this refreshingly unabashed, straightforward quality as a writer. He has this kind of no-nonsense, take no prisoners clarity — perhaps a bit ideologically exclusive, but ideal for anyone looking for guidance on how to apply the principles and methodologies in the book’s pages. “Technology is an…

2023 has been huge for alternative and indie singer/songwriters, and you needn’t look much further than David Gelman’s fourth studio album Dusty Highway to hear some of the best the year has to offer. For those who haven’t heard his music before, David Gelman brings new meaning to thoughtfulness in…