Your Soundtrack To Life
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…
Echoes of Paradise doesn’t really start but rather arrives, coming out of astral piano arpeggios, shimmering strings, and an ethereal atmosphere that seems to be somewhere between a dream and…
Some songs already come with a story, and some songs make you think of your own story before they finish. Keesha Blair’s “The Inheritance” is a good example. The track…
Relic, the latest historical meditation from Trude and Soldiers, is immediately unsettling, because the song does not approach war from the perspective we usually expect. Instead of telling the story…
LIGHT OF BLUE “Sugar Ocean Girl” arrives like a sudden change in weather, opening with rolling waves before a glistening melody begins to shimmer across the soundscape. It is an…
There is something instantly appealing about a song that captures the strange contradiction of falling in love after heartbreak. You know what it’s like to lose your footing, remember the…