Letting go of expectations from an Americana and folk singer and songwriter will allow listeners to give the EP a fair chance.
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Music Review: Steven Price – ‘Suicide Squad’ (Original Motion Picture Score)
This decent score comes recommended with reservations - it offers plenty of content but falls a bit short on making memorable music. This WaterTower Music release is a great deal on digital formats and is also available on CD.
Read More »Music Review: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood – ‘Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel’
'Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel' is a dream of an album. Continuing much of the spacey jam-rock of the band’s previous three albums, it also breaks rank from those other releases and manages to forge along in a new and seemingly less restrained path.
Read More »Music News: Sacramento Radio 94.7 Finalizes Lineup of 2nd Annual City of Trees Summer Concert Event
Radio 94.7 presents its 2nd annual City of Trees Summer Concert Event with Weezer, Panic! at the Disco, and Phantogram on September 10, 2016.
Read More »A Mostly Mozart 50-Year Retrospective: Making the Most of Mozart’s Genre-Bending Spell
Over its 50 years, the Mostly Mozart Festival has built a large following, enjoyed an international reputation and presented A-list performers, all while tending to the shifting expectations of trendy New Yorkers. Under festival director Jane Moss and music director Louis Langrée, it genially circumvents the self-imposed restriction of its catchy name.
Read More »Music DVD Review: Deep Purple – ‘Live at the NEC’
Newly released in standalone DVD and digital formats, the band's final show with founding keyboardist Jon Lord includes classic hits – "Woman from Tokyo," "Highway Star," "Hush," "Space Truckin'," and of course "Smoke on the Water."
Read More »Music Review: Scott Smith – ‘The Sum of Life’
Scott Smith’s tendency of combining catchy melodies with thoughtful lyrics makes for some solid tracks.
Read More »Music Review: Tumbler – ‘Come to the Edge’
A melodic theme permeates the entire set with enough unique twists to keep the album from being interminably, repetitively long.
Read More »Concert Review: Mark Peskanov, Julian Schwarz, Marika Bournaki – Brahms at Bargemusic (Brooklyn, 8/27/2016)
The three musicians did right by Brahms as they played some of the composer's most beautiful and dynamic music for violin, cello, and piano in Brooklyn's floating waterfront concert hall.
Read More »Music Review: Macy Gray ‘Stripped’ on Her New Album
With 'Stripped', Macy Gray marries her songwriting and interpretive skills in one place. The new album acts as proof that Gray's style has become its own blueprint on making, and playing, by one's own set of artistic rules to achieve longevity.
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