Blog Masonry

With so much experimentalism blowing up in the underground at the moment, there’s been a lot of debate among critics as to what constitutes smart compositional dabbling and what is merely a cheap recreation of Sonic Youth, but in the case of the new record Tides from The Transonics, I think the talent of the creators speaks […]

Americana is an easy label to slap on Ben Bostick’s new album Grown Up Love but misses the larger picture. Bostick utilizes an assortment of traditional instruments seldom used in modern songwriting and his influences skew towards the blues/folk end of the spectrum but, more than anything else, these tracks are an auditory document, an autobiographical statement […]

Brielle Brown calms the storm, unleashes the human spirit of connectivity amidst an endearing pop/adult contemporary standard in her new single “She’s Come To Sing”. The track, from Brown’s The Well, draws inspiration from the idea of renewal, hope, sparking community and most of all, the idea of love. Furthering her artistry and presentation is a […]

It’s rest assured that the state of songs from the great American songbook are in safe hands when it comes to Hughie Mac. One of Philadelphia’s most beloved local singers, and a prolific one at that, his most recent collection of songs, Hughie Mac Sings Some Great Songs Part 4, continues his sonic journey of bringing […]