Stefan J. Selbert and PAV Reviewed
September 9, 2025
Stefan J. Selbert – Persimmons
When managers and producers make arrangements for a music artist to record new material, the assumption seems to be that the artist in question is a master in selling illusions. Stories are created, and a mythology is built…
Bo DePeña and Jessica Breanne Reviewed
September 9, 2025
Bo DePeña – Old Bull Winter
To some, hunting is a barbaric activity, especially in the 21st Century and in places where people tend to die because of too much food, not out of its scarcity. But just like any great and frightening thing that has existed throughout…
Chris Barbini and Ella Ion reviewed
August 31, 2025
Chris Barbini – DARLENE
For the most part, people know exactly what other people like. Everyone, in a sense, gets the same set of cards to play with. With this in mind, why doesn’t everyone cater to those tastes all the time? Wouldn’t it make everyone…
Foot Ox and Winter Harvest Reviewed
August 19, 2025
Foot Ox – Bed Of Violets
Andy Warhol got his five minutes of pop fame, courtesy of Lou Reed and John Cale and somewhere down the line, in the not-too-distant future, every person in this world and every little town or village will have their own…
Lil' Red & The Rooster and Timmy Skelly Reviewed
August 12, 2025
Lil’ Red & The Rooster – Wild’s Rising
Yeah, there’d be no pop music without the blues. That’s not simply an exaggeration meant to shine a light on the beauty of this music. It’s the truth, and it’s how things worked out. The first great…
Maddisun - “The Pages” Review
August 5, 2025
What is real nowadays, and how much does it matter? Or, let me put this another way. Would you still care about popular music if you’d learn that every single song or album that you’ve ever liked had been created by an army of a dozen music producers stuck in a…
Justin Tracy and Holcombe & Ashe Reviewed
August 1, 2025
Justin Tracy – Atlantic
It’s hard to forgive the world, or even to start small by forgiving yourself. And it’s all the harder when there isn’t silence to accompany these meditations. At its core, folk music contains gently whispered, true stories meant to…
Henhouse Prowlers - “Unravel” Review
July 9, 2025
It’s all lining up perfectly for serious musicians who want to earn a living by playing complex compositions, or by jamming their way through complex 10-minute solos. In fact, a new audience is just being built specifically for them.
Why am I so confident? Because…
Pat Carter and Graham Farrow Reviewed
July 3, 2025
Pat Carter – Big Machine
There’s a whole industry dedicated to pointing out the differences between you and other people. There’s a whole lot of money funding this industry, and a lot of interests that need to be served. One more unhappy person is one more notch…