The pop-rock hook of Giving Her More from Chapell (a.k.a. Alan Chapell) is undeniable, but the hook is just part of the charm. Giving Her More, from Chapell’s stellar March 2016 long-player, The Redhead’s Allegations, is a study in the positive; A positive story and a positive and uplifting feel. And why not? Alan Chapell has a lot to be thankful for. He was blessed with an abundance of talent, a penchant for attracting the right friends (Talking Heads keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison led production duties for The Redhead’s Allegation),…
Read MoreBritish Columbia’s, Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk are a confab of various artists surrounding singer, song-writer, vocalist, storyteller, Lauren Mann. Let’s describe Lauren Mann as a positive force in folk. So why a video from 2014 just now? Well, Lauren Mann is out with a new album and it is full of bubbly pop-influenced folk tales of her last four years of travel, loss, adventure-you name it. Dearestly (July 2016), is 16 tracks that range from the brief (Idyl 1, 2,…
Read MoreGet up and dance! Yep! That’s the feeling that the Italian band Be About invokes with the first listen of Home (May 2016) from the band’s freshman (as near as I can tell) effort of the same name. The instrumentation throughout the LP tends toward the acoustic and is much more in the pop-folk vein than the pop-rock of Home (seen/heard here). Home (the long-player) is a nice introduction to a band that has some obvious chops to carry it further and do more. Be About has a nice website,…
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