Showing posts with label Independent Musician. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Independent Musician. Show all posts

1/18/2012

Review: Brandon McHose – Late Night EP

Artist: Brandon McHose
Title: Late Night EP
Genre: Rock
Label: Independent
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Brandon McHose developed his passion for music as a child when his father shared his eclectic music collection and began to teach him on his 74 Les Paul guitar. As McHose grew in his musical talent, he spent a lot of time in the Austin music scene and then landed in Chicago...READ MORE...

11/27/2011

Review: Sojourn – A Child Is Born

Artist: Sojourn
Title: A Child Is Born
Genre: Holiday/Alternative Rock
Label: Sojourn Music
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Sojourn is a band created from the Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Wanting a different kind of church, they set out with founding member Pastor Mike Cosper to create an environment rich in the arts, church fellowship and worship. Now with three campuses in Louisville, the church has grown, and with it, the band...READ MORE...

8/30/2011

Mike McGuire Releases Country- Americana Classic Beyond The Ark

Louisville, Kentucky-August, 31, 2011- Mike McGuire’s guitar and voice unify to create a new classic for Country and Americana fans to enjoy titled Beyond The Ark...READ MORE...

8/01/2011

Review: Candye Kane-Sister Vagabond

Artist: Candye Kane
Title: Sister Vagabond
Genre: Blues
Label: Delta Groove
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Candye Kane is the jump blues phenomenon from East Los Angeles who has been rocking the blues scene since she was in her early twenties. She has been listed as one of Dan Akroyd’s 30 Essential Women of the Blues...READ MORE...

7/18/2011

Review: The Mighty Mojo Prophets

Artist: The Mighty Mojo Prophets
Title: The Mighty Mojo Prophets
Genre: Blues
Label: Rip Cat Records
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The Mighty Mojo Prophets are guys that truly love the blues. They are: Big Son (blues shouter), Mitch “Da, Switch” Dow (guitars), Scott “Hot Rod” Lambert (standup and electric bass), Ronnie Johnson (harp) and guest artists Big Rockin Daddy (harmonica) and Smilin Jack Debuan (drums). The band has been playing venues all over California and is a huge hit on the local blues scene...READ MORE...

6/26/2011

Review: Ed Hale-Ballad on Third Avenue

Artist: Ed Hale
Title: Ballad on Third Avenue
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Dying Van Gogh Records
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An activist, blogger and rock star, Ed Hale, also known as the Ambassador, is a talented solo artist and the lead singer in the Brit-pop/rock band Ed Hale and the Transcendence...READ MORE...

3/28/2011

Review: Pyewacket-1967

Artist: Pyewacket
Title: 1967
Genre: Classic Rock/60’s Psych
Label: ItsAboutMusic.com
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The term “Pyewacket” comes from the book Bell Book and Candle referring to the spirit of a witch. The group, which formed in 1967 in California...READ MORE...

2/02/2011

Alexander Gilblom-Self-Titled Review

Artist: Alexander Gilblom
Title: Self-Titled
Genre: Rock-Pop
Label: Independent
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When you spend 2 years working on one album you anticipate good results. I think Alexander Gliblom has no reason not to be completely satisfied with his new self-titled release...READ MORE...

8/11/2010

Handful of Luvin' Release Eclectic Recording Life In Between

Hollywood, CA-August 10, 2010- Handful of Luvin’ refers to their music as “fiddle driven roots rock” however with their latest offering Life in Between they prove to be all of that and more.Handful of Luvin’ began in Bellingham, WA...READ MORE...

11/23/2009

Arthur Adams-Stomp The Floor Review

Artist: Arthur Adams
Title: Stomp The Floor
Genre: Blues
Label: Delta Groove Music
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Arthur Adams may come as a surprise to some folks that enjoy the blues. He is not a household name like his idol B.B. King but you will soon find out that his talent rivals anyone that is playing the blues today...READ MORE...

10/27/2009

Dino Jag Releases Previously Unreleased Tracks From The Demo Vault

Adelaide, Australia-October 27, 2009- Dino Jag has made his mark dating back to 1995 when he was the lead vocalist for the band Stolen Waters. Since then his development as a recording artist has been on a steady incline and recognition for his work and projects with icons such as Sir Paul McCartney have been well documented...READ MORE...

9/18/2009

SwampDaWamp Release Latest CD Rock This Country

September 15, 2009-Hollywood, CA- Country fried rockers SwampDaWamp (pronounced swamp duh wamp) from Charlotte, NC unfold their much anticipated 3rd independent release this week (2nd full length) Rock This Country available now in most major digital retail outlets and in physical form at www.SwampDaWamp.com...READ MORE...

7/22/2009

Andy Rothstein-Wit of The Staircase Review

Artist: Andy Rothstein
Title: Wit of The Staircase
Genre: Jazz-Rock-Fusion
Label: Vermicious Kind Music
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Jazz is challenging to the people that create it and the fans that listen to it. I know you are probably thinking why would I want to be challenged as listener, after all isn’t it supposed to be relaxing and fun? Well Wit of The Staircase is all of that and then some...READ MORE...

2/24/2009

Jake Hertzog Releases Jazz Fusion Instrumental Album Chromatosphere

New York, New York-February 24, 2009- Jake Hertzog is a guitarist, composer, and bandleader that has just realized his potential with an all instrumental jazz fusion release titled Chromatosphere on That’s Out Records, which will be released April 7, 2009...READ MORE...

12/01/2008

Roger Kellaway-Live At The Jazz Standard Review


Artist: Roger Kellaway
Title: Live At The Jazz Standard
Genre: Jazz
Label: IPO Recordings
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The most remarkable thing about Live At The Jazz Standard is how Roger Kellaway and his ensemble make this recording sound as if it was recorded right in the studio. This is a tribute to the excellence of Kellaway on piano, his exceptional accompaniment, and not to mention the high standard of recording a live performance...READ MORE...

11/26/2008

Roger Kellaway Shines On Live At The Jazz Standard Set

New York, New York-November 24, 2008- No one can make a piano sing like Roger Kellaway, and nowhere is that more true than on his new release, Live at the Jazz Standard. Beautifully performed and recorded at New York’s legendary Jazz Standard, Kellaway and his usual cast of virtuosos – including guitarist Russell Malone and vibist Stefon Harris – bring to life the classics of Nat King Cole...READ MORE...

11/21/2008

The James Moody and Hank Jones Quartet-Our Delight Review


Artist: The James Moody and Hank Jones Quartet
Title: Our Delight
Genre: Jazz
Label: Mighty Quinn Productions
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With a mere 140 years of performing experience between them, James Moody and Hank Jones finally decided to sit down and bounce some ideas off each other and Our Delight was born.....READ MORE...

11/20/2008

Ralph Lalama Quartet-Energy Fields Review


Artist: Ralph Lalama Quartet
Title: Energy Fields
Genre: Jazz
Label: Mighty Quinn Productions
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Ralph Lalama (tenor sax), John Hart (guitar), Rick Petrone (bass) and Joe Corsello (drums) are the extraordinary musicians that are the Ralph Lalama Quartet....READ MORE...

11/16/2008

The James Moody and Hank Jones Quartet Release Jazz Classic Our Delight

New York, NY - November 14, 2008- With two amazing careers traveling alongside one another but never intersecting, it only seemed natural that James Moody and Hank Jones would finally find each other on the same road...READ MORE...

Ralph Lalama Quartet Releases Jazz CD Energy Fields

New York, NY - November 17, 2008- When a group of similar minded musicians gets together and can relate to each other on a fundamental level about their influences, everything seems to fall into place. In the case of The Ralph Lalama Quartet, those quintessential synergies are apparent on their new release Energy Fields....READ MORE...