Your Soundtrack To Life
Classical music does not always have to begin with grand tragedy, ancient mythology, or some weighty philosophical proposition. Sometimes, apparently, it can begin with a farmer heading off to visit…
There are certain bars that feel less like businesses and more like pieces of local mythology, places whose names get mentioned in passing by people who know exactly what they…
Some songs feel as though they arrive from another era, carrying the fingerprints of countless voices that have sung them before, and Stephani Ezatoff’s “Run On” possesses precisely that kind…
It is a particular kind of loneliness, one that only artists may understand. It is the loneliness of creating something so intimate, only to find that those closest to you…
“The Crown” doesn’t so much begin as blow up. From the very first seconds, The Lazz unleashes a furious, high-octane guitar soundscape that immediately conjures a world of scale, tension,…
There’s an instant appeal in an artist who won’t hide behind unnecessary production polish, and Maria Grazia Altea’s “Black Out” is just that sort of conviction. The single, which came…
There is a certain joy in a song that knows what it wants to be. The Sonic Travelers’ “Let’s All Go To The Rodeo” isn’t trying to change country music,…
There is an honesty that comes with looking back at your life and admitting that you weren’t always who you wanted to be. It takes more honesty to recognize the…
There is something inherently cinematic about waiting for a bus in the rain. It is an ordinary scene, almost invisible in the rush of everyday life, yet it can suddenly…
Some songs arrive with so much history attached to them that covering them can feel like walking into a room where everyone already knows the conversation. “I Can See Clearly…