UK singer, Jon Allen adds just a dash of gravel to his voice, but it isn’t at all unpleasing, as the tuneful (and funny) Dead Man’s Suit from the June 2009 album by the same name suggests. This up-beat romp on death is, yes, a little dark, but the toe-tapping kind of dark, and the “I can’t believe I’m laughing” kind of dark. Jon Allen’s words don’t get lost in the mix, and that’s always a good thing, and the mix is…
Read MoreSinger-songwriter and cat lover, Sam Hart has a beautiful tenor voice and plays a great lick on his acoustic guitar here on The Snowman from 2011. While the track does not appear on his new EP Ink, the EP features six great songs with the same pleasing melodic style and at a digital download price of just a dollar (or more) from his bandcamp site. That site links to his Facebook, YouTube channel and Twitter accounts as well. You can pick up the…
Read MoreEva & Manu I’ve posted twice on this blog-there is a third post coming in October-about Eva & Manu and their self-titled long-player. As one of my purchases this cycle, I was excited to get my copy of their debut CD from Helsinki and placed it in the player almost immediately. Now I don’t want you to get the wrong impression, the CD is absolutely stunning; a folk-pop musical masterpiece. That said, there were some questionable omissions and some subtle changes from the original releases of Feet in the Water and In Montreal. These changes were not nasty-they were arrangement tweaks…
Read MoreWarrior Song is instantly pleasing, powerful and rich. Norwegian transplanted New York based Hildegunn Gjedrem has everything that you could want in a jazz vocalist, and she isn’t hard to look at either. While this is most certainly vocal jazz, it is very accessible and totally pleasing to the ear. You can find out more information on Hildegunn Gjedrem by visiting her web site. (social links included). You can purchase a digital copy of the long-player Share Your Secret on her bandcamp site…
Read MoreBerlin, Germany Electro-Pop duo, Jack Beauregard is like air in the mountains; fresh and clean. The spare instrumentation used on You Drew a Line from 2011’s long-player, The Magazines You Read, serves to draw attention to the duo’s vocal harmonies. This is pop music lovingly expressed! There is no unified one-stop for Jack Beauregard, so to find out information, you’ll have to use a host of sources. To help with that, here is the band’s Facebook and MySpace links. Enjoy Jack…
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