Eliza Rickman appeared here not all that long ago with her new video for her 2012 track, Start With Goodbye, Stop With Hello, from her long-player of that same year, O You Sinners. Footnotes For Spring (October 2015), picks up where O You Sinners left off-with both the good and the bad. There’s no denying Eliza Rickman’s beautiful bell-like soprano voice. Her songs are always interesting and fun, but as with O You Sinners, the latest long-player suffers from one flaw…
Read MoreIf you can’t rock out to Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, then there is something absolutely wrong with you. S.O.B. is delightfully irreverent, raucous, energetic and fun, and it is from the band’s self-titled debut long-player (August, 2015). This song reaches into your soul and exposes the real you. The remainder of the long-player is a study in the rich, soulful, bluesy and raw, each song rife with emotion. Truth be told, lead man in this troop Nathaniel Rateliff,…
Read Morehttps://youtu.be/igcCyxuhtsM Holly Arrowsmith has stories to tell and she tells them so well! Born in the desert South West of the US, she now calls New Zealand her home and has made quite a name for herself there. Voices Of Youth, from her first long-player, For The Weary Traveler (July 2015), strips away the confines of layers of instruments to lay bare the soul, story, and Holly’s beautiful voice. The simple guitar is upbeat and the tune is bouncy and light. You can find more information on Holly Arrowsmith by visiting her nicely formatted website, which includes links to her iTunes and…
Read MoreSara Niemietz has a luscious, rich voice, that serves these jazzy, bluesy, lounge numbers with great affect. Here on Taxi Outside, from Sara’s latest six-song EP, Fountain and Vine (September 2015), you hear that fullness, that richness, along with a touch of humor and play. This is Sara’s second EP, and it shows some musical growth from her earlier effort, Push Play (June 2012), which was itself a wonderful collection. Born in Chicago, IL and transplanted to California, Sara Niemietz has done a…
Read MoreOver a year ago, I reviewed the awesome single between Ben Balmer and Aly Tadros entitled Whim. In that review, I referred to Ben Balmer’s long-player at the time, and that Aly Tadros was part of that as well. Well, I’m a dork. Apparently a bit quick to post the review, I didn’t do more digging to find out that the long-player in question, Dug In (October 2012), was Ben’s project alone. My apologies to Mr. Balmer for that screw up! Thinking, is…
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