Loneliest Holiday: Pauline Andrès – “Christmas in Paris, TN” is available on iTunes. by Walter Price With a population someplace around 11,000 and a name synonymous with La Ville Lumière, Paris, TN is seemingly an odd place to spend a holiday alone in. Or is it. When singer-songwriter Pauline Andrès decides to take on a subject,…
Global Texan Chronicles Christmas Playlist is nice and fresh. “December is full of the beauty of Light and love we can bring into our life. You can choose to be stressed or you can choose to let the small stuff go and be peaceful this Holiday season. It really is a choice you make.”…
Terry Lee Hale’ is available @ iTunes. by Walter Price Terry Lee Hale is a well-traveled singer-songwriter who’s journeyed vast musical landscapes in his winding career and proof is in his 2013 album The Long Draw (Glitterhouse). An album that is as soul-stirring and timeless as an achievement can be. A number of years ago,…
“This December (A Christmas Song)” is available now @ Bandcamp. by Walter Price Oakland’s punk-poets Everyone Is Dirty have released what will be considered an instant holiday classic. “This December (A Christmas Song)”, a song written by the band’s Sivan Lioncub and Christopher Daddio, isn’t exactly an enchanting lullaby you normally associate with yuletide cheer.…
Naysayers are available on iTunes. by Walter Price Depending on what part of this planet you live on, Melbourne Australia doesn’t instantly come to mind when it comes to origins of ballsout rock ‘n’ roll Christmas tunes. But, you, wherever you are, are about to have your ears blown. Australia’s DIY garage-rock outfit The…
Ten Benson are available on iTunes. by Walter Price When a holiday song conjures up images of a post-apocalyptic love, some would cringe. But if that song was created by the near-mythical sludge-rock outfit known as Ten Benson, holiday glee instantly fills the air. Ten Benson activity is a bit sporadic at best. To…
Moon Over Indigo, the album by Willy Bo Walker is available on iTunes. by Walter Price In the tradition of not being all that traditional, blues rocker Wily Bo Walker has a Christmas-like track, “For The Children”. What does “Christmas-like” really mean? Well, to explain it best, in a 2016 YouTube post, Walker broke…
Creem Circus on iTunes. by Walter Price Not all Christmas songs are filled with Santa Claus, snowy hillsides, and decked hall. Every once in awhile, there comes a rock n’ roll holiday track filled with beautiful thoughts of glam. Philadelphia’s Creem Circus have a seasonal song that fills those glamorous platformed shoes. “Glamorous Christmas”…
Lovers Electric – I Want You (For Christmas) is available on YouTube. by Walter Price Although this hot holiday track was released in the not too long ago year of 2014, it is certainly a Christmas classic by any measure. Lovers Electric’s “I Want You (For Christmas)” is one of those seasonal pop songs…
Skinny Lister – ‘The Devil, The Heart & The Fight’ (DELUXE EDITION) available at Xtra Mile Recordings. by Walter Price It’s that time of year. Time to contemplate the year and relationships that were, and perhaps to let things go for a bit, enjoy the Holidays, and look to better days ahead. And this year’s…
Freedom songs for the 4th of July 2017. by Walter Price Remember back in 1776 when John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, about the events of July 2nd, “The second day of July 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will…
Spent my Christmas morning picking up possum guts… by Nathaniel Parbery Only Christmas story that might be interesting was my Xmas last year. It was my first Christmas away from home (I grew up in Perth and had flown over for every Christmas up until last year). My girlfriend and I were house sitting a…
You need more than my money can buy… by Walter Price There has been plenty said about Fire Tiger’s retro sound and it is certainly inescapable. Vocalist Tiffany Alkouri’s beyond comprehension style and soulful delivery reminiscent of Bonnie Tyler or Kim Carnes and again I’m sure those comparisons have been iterated times over. This…
I want the spark that never dies, I want the look that never lies, I want you…. FEATURED HOLIDAY ARTIST: Lovers Electric Eden Boucher, David Turley and family They’re back but not in the way we anticipated just a couple months ago. The dynamic DIY duo that is Lovers Electric have dazzled in a…
I wanted to focus on a man who was truly counting his blessings and wishing for a little more perhaps. by Walter Price Terry Lee Hale is a well traveled singer-songwriter who’s journeyed vast musical landscapes in his winding career and proof is in his 2013 album The Long Draw (Glitterhouse). An album…