Roots Of Creation rock the reggae world with Dub Free Or Die vol.1
Roots Of Creation’s latest album, Dub Free Or Die vol. 1, feels more dance hall than anything they’ve done in the past. While it feels more dance hall due to the sea sawing dub grooves, the horns, guitars, vocals, and everything else still cozies up to the listener like a familiar friend. Opening track “Are […]
The Elovaters make reggae shine in their own special way
The Elovaters latest CD release Castles shows the Boston based-band moving through many reggae grooves and island vibes. Yet, this band does reggae its own way, employing a varied take on instrumentation and vocals to give their genre a new shine. Opening track “Be All Right” is a breezy, wavy piece, a mid-tempo reggae beat […]
Passing Strange offer mad brilliance on Afterthought
Passing Strange keep things interesting, very interesting on their new album Afterthought. With their palpable drum fills, eerie piano moods, and anxious lyrics, they conjure the vibe of one racing the antidote to a dying man who holds the ultimate secrets of mankind. The duo, in their wild creativity, are that good, creating moods, hooking […]
Mike Gendron offers multi-faceted vison on #Devolve
Rhode Island guitarist-vocalist Mike Gendron has released a saucy rock and roll album. #Devole reveals a lot of edge in the vocals and guitar and a touch of sophistication in its use of instruments like pedal steel and piano. Gendron rocks or soothes with an especially plaintive voice that maintains a sound all his own. […]
Dave Zinno Unisphere paint remarkable colors and play exciting passages on Fetish
Dave Zinno Unisphere is a good name for Zinno’s adept combo. Unisphere implies unity in a big way, and that is what Zinno and his men can bring all sorts of energy and urgency to their particular brand of jazz. Colors and tones are created uptempo in a way that makes a listener imagine an […]
Grace Morrison becomes a stronger artist on Daughter
Grace Morrison’s latest album Daughter is loaded with the fine combo of singer-songwriter sensibility and sweet country roots music she is know for.. Morrison’s smooth vocal spreads evenly over her support players, infusing each song with her girlish personality as they offer purty melodies that rise high and shine. Title track “Daughter” jumps into action […]
Major Spark make Beautiful Noise on superb debut album
Major Spark’s debut album Beautiful Noise is aptly titled. Beautiful Noise is loaded with seemingly simple rock song structures that offer plenty of catchy musical passages as well as hooky choruses. An electric guitar or two strut through all of these tunes in a way that brings a fresh perspective to simple approaches. Vocalists Mark […]
Linda Marks grows ever stronger in expression on Monuments Of Love
Linda Marks releases two albums a year, and each one is always a treat for the ears as well a balm for the heart and soul. Marks’ new Monuments Of Love ushers her listeners through these months of pandemic life with lively, lovely music and lyrical imagery of what life has become during these months […]
The Greg Sherrod Music Company shows true soul on Do You Feel It, and blues and rock ‘n roll too
The Greg Sherrod Music Company are releasing this dynamic Do You Feel It CD. Featuring Sherrod’s catchy, gripping original songs, his album blends and moves from rock to soul to blues, letting Sherrod apply his slick, slippery vocal to an ever changing genre in each song. Opening track “Rock Star” finds Sherrod delivers his soulful […]
John Stein works his magic on Serendipity
Jamaica Plain-based jazz guitarist John Stein has released another of his fine albums. Aptly named Serendipity, Stein, along with bass guitarist Ed Lucie and drummer Mike Connors, continues to find exquisite melodies with his guitar, seeming to pull them out of the ether, instinctively harnessing his music into something good each time. Each piece on […]
