Lisa Bastoni uses subtle grace to achieve grand feeling on How We Want To Live
Lisa Bastoni’s latest CD How We Want To Live is a study on how to say a lot by keeping a message direct and simple. It is also a study in how to make a listener feel a lot about a song without having a lot of busy instruments or rippling notes. Rather, Bastoni, a […]
Dave Bailin & The Bailouts are all aces on Music In My Head
Dave Bailin & The Bailouts are at it again, releasing another Americana flavored album. Their new Music In My Head disc is available in many and sundry different formats, including a USB flash drive that looks like a cassette tape. As usual, this band has elements of everything from oldies rock and roll, classic rock, […]
Cardboard Dream House rock hard, prove their worth with Perspective
Cardboard Dream House has just released their latest disc of hard charging, action packed music. Their new CD, Perspective, on Connecticut’s Neurotronix Records, reveals a band with kaleidoscopic talents, a band that can, within one shift, turn a song into a louder, more colorful work, a band that does all that while remaining true to […]
Passing Strange pass gracefully through The Water And The Woods
Passing Strange is the enigmatic Connecticut-based duo of pianist-vocalist Kate Mirabella and drummer Anthony Paolucci. From their opening track to their concluding 11th song on their new The Water And The Woods album, this pair manage to create tones, atmospheres, and vibes that color each of their songs with its own personality. Opening cut “Weather […]
Anthony Geraci dreams big, plays big on Daydreams In Blue
Anthony Geraci has mastered many forms of music with his sophisticated songwriting and his exquisite piano playing. He performs and records with different outfits throughout each year. His work in blues music is well known, as he continues to play blues festivals around the world. Geraci’s latest solo CD, Daydreams In Blue, captures the essence […]
Monica Rizzio rises even higher with Sunshine Is Free
Monica Rizzio’s new Sunshine Is Free album accomplishes her mission of reaching the human heart by exposing her own vulnerable feelings all the while keeping her songs in a danceable motion. One can picture barrooms, honky tonks, and being out on the range as Rizzio’s lyrical drama unfolds within her country strong narratives. Opening cut […]
Terry Kitchen provides a clear, beautiful glimpse into his life with Next Time We Meet
Boston folkie Terry Kitchen has just released Next Time We Meet, his 15th full length album in his long, storied career , a singer-songwriter career that dates back to 1991 which was when he came off a band career that had dated back to to the early 1980s. Kitchen’s prolific output can be linked to […]
Creamery Station offer splendid sophomore roots album Walk With Me
Sounding like they grew up listening to The Band, Bob Dylan, and Emmylou Harris, Connecticut band Creamy Station offer original songs that come from a good place, have a great natural, rootsie sound, and are very accessible to most music fans. New sophomore album Walk With Me is loaded with tracks just teeming with these […]
Tom Smith offers masterwork of folk idioms, protest songs, and lyrical truths by Planting In A Drought
Tom Smith’s latest CD Planting In A Drought is a masterwork of folk idioms, protest songs, and lyrical truths. In every single moment, the listener can feel Smith taking them somewhere and the arrival is even more strongly felt. Smith is clear about his vision of America and how we are going to get there. […]
Andy & Judy’s music and lyrics ring out with sincerity and authentic folksy tones
Andy & Judy Daigle have just released their new folksy album This Road. Loaded with perky acoustic instruments as well as the duos low key vocals, The Road manages to ring with authentic folksy tones. Numerous acoustic notes fill the space between their voices, adding another layer of grit to each of their stories and […]
