Jake Winstrom is a lifer. A single listen to this release reveals Winstrom’s songwriting. The nine songs on his new album Circles are the obvious product of someone interested in perfecting their craft realizing, all the while, that such perfection is impossible. It is the striving that matters. These songs don’t announce their ambitions with blaring fanfare […]
The sound of Clay Harper’s – Dirt Yard Street, is the sound of music at his feet with a fresh batch of eight original songs of his own, with mostly acoustic arrangements, piano, vocals and horns. The organic approach to the songs have a charming appeal to them, with Harper turning a world class songwriting […]
The flutist duo of Patricia Lazzara and Steve Markoff team up for a stunning interpretation of Ennio Morricone’s “Gabriel’s Oboe” from the latter’s score for director Roland Joffé’s 1986 movie The Mission starring Robert DeNiro and Jeremy Irons, among others. This score is from later in Morricone’s composing career and the low-key musical interplay powering this performance […]
With a slinky lead vocal to guide us into the warmth of the subtle but nevertheless brooding instrumentation, it’s clear from the get-go that Jeff Coffey has some lofty goals in mind with the release of his new album Origins – Singers and Songs That Made Me and star tracks like “Who Wants to Live Forever.” Alongside […]
With a slinky lead vocal to guide us into the warmth of the subtle but nevertheless brooding instrumentation, it’s clear from the get-go that Jeff Coffey has some lofty goals in mind with the release of his new album Origins – Singers and Songs That Made Me and star tracks like “Who Wants to Live Forever.” Alongside […]
If you’re from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, you’ve probably heard a thing or two about the rock band The Little Wretches. Co-founder, lead singer and lyricist Robert Wagner’s visionary rock group has had its fair share of personnel changes, but Wagner’s outlook and lyricism can’t be overlooked. The band’s 10th full album release, Undesirables and Anarchists is […]