Review: Blue & Lonesome – The Rolling Stones
Honestly, just how often is it that a band of so many albums, so many songs, and so many years in the business of manufacturing Rock and Roll make one…
Notes on The 2CD Uriah Heep Collection, Your Turn To Remember: The Definitive Anthology 1970-1990
Uriah Heep was one of the bands that helped to begin and further the progressive fantasy element of Rock music way back in 1969. Their debut album, Very ‘eavy, Very…
Review: Something To Ruin – Ages And Ages
Music is a long, long running addiction for me. I listen to way more of it than I should, which seriously reduces my time to fully appreciate the classics and…
Review: Strangers – Marissa Nadler (too good to ignore)
Marissa Nadler is not one for the usual stream of Pop. Rather, she uses a strong sense of melancholy to permeate all of her songs. That usually isn’t the way…
Review: That Thing Reality – Beau
As with all music, we look for the one that separates from the others. These days, with over 50 years of Rock and Roll originality behind us, that’s a difficult…
Review: The Things That We Are Made Of – Mary Chapin Carpenter
What separates a Mary Chapin Carpenter album from others of her style (folk/country) is the simple ability to haunt us with her words and musical arrangements. Certainly she has had…
Review: Earth Luminous – Erik Wøllo and Byron Metcalf
The latest album by Erik Wøllo, as a collaboration with ambient artist, Byron Metcalf, is a tribal rhythm grandeur. It is an unrelenting set of tracks, eight in all, that…
Review: Beneath The Serene – Mercury’s Antennae
Mercury’s Antennae is not only an intriguing name for a band, it also represents a band of intriguing possibilities. Mercury’s Antennae is made up of three members, all of whom…
Review: Dave Mason: The Columbia Years – The Definitive Anthology
After Dave Mason‘s sporadic tenure with Traffic, he gave fans of his voice and songwriting talents a reason to hang around with his solo works. Beginning with his first solo…
Review: IV – Black Mountain
Classic is the term you’re going to get from me when I wax favorably over IV. As you may know (or not), IV is the new album from Black Mountain.…
New Lycia single, “Silver Leaf”, Excels As Distinctive Sound Tapestry
Since the late ’80s, Lycia has long been a unique band in ambient music. With a style that can’t be replicated, largely due to the realization of the sound heard…
The Ambient Series: Letters To The Farthest Star – Forrest Fang
Forrest Fang is a multi-instrumentalist who has experimented with applications of traditional instruments like the violin, piano, guitars, and other, more exotic and classical instruments against backdrops of electronics to…