CD Reviews

Tyler Morris Band introduces itself with feisty, tasteful Next In Line

Tyler Morris Band introduces itself with feisty, tasteful Next In Line

Tyler Morris Band’s debut album Next In Line is full of high voltage performances from the local teenage guitarist who has been burning up local festival stages the last several months. Featuring many of the songs most of us have heard him play live since he came out of nowhere last year, this CD will […]

Sarah Mendelsohn's debut solo disc IF an emotional, lyrical, musical masterwork

Sarah Mendelsohn’s debut solo disc IF an emotional, lyrical, musical masterwork

Sarah Mendelsohn’s debut solo CD IF is one of those local artist offerings that make you wonder why this artist is not already signed and famous. IF, loaded with finely crafted, rich, tuneful songs, manages to be a complete album experience from bright beginning to glorious finale. There are not too many traces of her […]

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Doug MacDonald Band let it rip on Soundcheck

Doug McDonald Band just released their fifth album since forming in 2008. Titled Soundcheck, it shows a seasoned band that hasn’t let its quirkiness get washed out of their sound by studio producers or trends. In fact, this simple duo of guitarist-vocalist Doug MacDonald and drummer Patty Short don’t sound quite like anyone we’ve heard […]

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The Jordan TW Trio offer fine Celtic music experience on Live At Cedarhouse

The Jordan TW Trio have recently released this fine document of their live performance at The Cedar House recording studio and venue.. Located in North Sutton, New Hampshire, Cedar Wood, owned by Gerry Putnam, have added a concert series and he and the trio decided last minute to record the material which became this live […]

Bird Mancini more clever, colorful than ever on Dreams And Illusions

Bird Mancini more clever, colorful than ever on Dreams And Illusions

Bird Mancini’s latest CD Dreams And Illusions not only continues the fine lyrical, harmony, and instrumental work of Ruby Bird and Billy Carl Mancini, it finds the husband and wife team taking things to a higher level. Their finely tailored work of lead vocals, harmony vocals, and perfectly placed instrumentation is stronger than ever. They […]

Linda Marks CD shines brightly on many fine Moments

Linda Marks’ latest CD Moments is a fine document of where that Boston jazz lady is at. She might be at her zenith, a height where beauty and art combing into something memorable. Moments is loaded with fine originals and several outstanding renditions of some of the best recordings of our times. Combining her pop […]

Ruby Rose Fox turns artistic, narcissistic self indulgence into something brilliant on Salt

Ruby Rose Fox turns artistic, narcissistic self indulgence into something brilliant on Salt

Ruby Rose Fox has recently released her second full length CD, Salt, and it’s a wide departure from her debut disc, Domestic. Whereas Domestic rocked things up with driving beats and R&B influences, Salt is a slab of artistic self-indulgence, with Fox letting her contralto voice, unusual lyrics, and new ideas sprawl out in down […]

Cosmos Sunshine's Comes With The Fall is pure rock and roll fun

Cosmos Sunshine’s Comes With The Fall is pure rock and roll fun

Cosmos Sunshine’s new CD Comes With The Fall finds the Connecticut indie rock artist being very independent of what everyone else is trying in Connecticut. Sunshine makes the most of his class rock influences and spreads them across the breadth, depth, and width of this fine piece of work. “Doomsman Of The Year” opens the […]

Belle Of The Fall most certainly “Rise Up” with aptly titled CD

Belle Of The Fall released this Rise Up CD to much fanfare not too many months ago. Since then, it’s been nominated for awards and has received plenty of favorable reviews. Belle Of The Fall is a duo comprised of Tracy Walton and Julia Autumn Ford, two Connecticut singer-songwriters well respected in their own rights […]

Kate Callahan's new Triumph CD reveals her many lyrical, musical strengths

Kate Callahan’s new Triumph CD reveals her many lyrical, musical strengths

Connecticut singer-songwriter Kate Callahan has dropped her third full length CD, Triumph. As on her previous recordings, this former Connecticut State Troubador maintains a quiet but powerful presence. She infuses her songs with feeling and personality without seeming to try. Natural as life, gentle as a butterfly, Callahan lets her voice and the singer-songwriter it […]