Rock may have taken a back-seat to a lot of newer genres of music, but there’s still a place for good rock and roll as exhibited here by Micky James anthem, Kings, the subject of which is: Take your country back before it’s too late! It’s a simple subject, and a timely message for a world gone completely nuts and politics gone deliberately sour. Though the anthem may be dire, the music is anything but. This is indeed an anthem, a raise-your-fist-in-the-air, singable, foot-stomping, toe-tapping anthem, that will have you…
Read MoreI fell instantly in love with this track as soon as I heard it on Serious XM Alt-Nation. So it was time to dig up as much information as I could find on The Shelters. Enter You’re Different (seen/heard here) from the band’s latest long-player, Jupiter Sidecar (September 2019). This song is so much fun and the long-player has plenty of depth, good rock and roll, and nice harmonies with an abundance of danceable and foot-stomping moments as well. Jupiter Sidecar is twelve tracks of carefully produced rock, worthy…
Read MoreThe recently released (May 2019) video for Before I Do from Barbra Lica’s latest long-player, You’re Fine (November 2018), is the type of vocal jazz that plays beautifully as a background for any warm afternoons contemplation of relationship commitment. Barbra’s voice is, as always, warm, clear, soothing like a gentle touch. She massages the message into a lullaby that is irresistible. A Toronto-based songwriter, her latest long-player explores the intertwining of American country music and jazz in a way that is very accessible on both counts. On the…
Read MoreThe Wolf Is Free is from Lily & Madeleine’s new long-player, Fumes, (October 28, 2014) which expands on the beautiful musical creations the two sisters have constructed before. If you are new to Lily & Madeleine’s music, then you can look back to Things I’ll Later Lose, Tired, and Come To Me for reference points. What hasn’t changed is the sisters delivery. They have a thing for the plaintive, two-part harmonies that somehow lift the spirit and heal the soul. What…
Read MoreFocus On Moon Safari On A Little More Vodka, I spend a lot of time looking first for good music and second for a good video to go with the music. There have been a number of times when I’ve found the former but not the latter. This goes back to the band marketing post that I’ve mentioned or referred back to several times on this blog. It’s frustrating to run across a group of musicians with excellent music and no good video. This, after all, is a music video blog. I’ve been thinking for awhile now that I should at least…
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