Natalie McCool – Someone Nue is available @ Apple Music. by Walter Price Every once in awhile in the current vast sea of formulaic pop-songs something brilliantly unique comes to shore. Liverpool’s top vocal talent Natalie McCool has released a dynamite new single, “Someone Neu”, and it has distinct powers that largely lie in its…
Dragland – The Roadmaster is available @ Bandcamp. by Walter Price Listening to singer-songwriter Adam Dragland’s music, you get a sense that he doesn’t stray too far from his personal experiences, friends, and family to find inspiration. Often writing about hallowed memories, love and what will be, Dragland continues to create the soundtrack for his…
Adam Foster – Dirty City is available @ Apple Music. by Walter Price The raw, lo-fi production of Nashville singer-songwriter Adam Foster’s recent single “Hotel Nowhere” holds a certain je ne sais quoi. Imagine how you felt as you listened to early Young, Petty or Mark Oliver Everett songs. Experiencing that initial intensity of the…
Charlotte Carpenter – Follow You Down is available @ Apple Music. by Walter Price UK singer-songwriter Charlotte Carpenter’s recent single “Follow You Down” is shiny and delicate in all the right places. From the opening verse that’s reminiscent of the vocal rhythm of New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle” that then effortlessly morphs into an empowering…
Alias Patrick Kelly – An Unclaimed Inheritance EP is available @ Bandcamp. by Walter Price There are, not exact, but significant similarities between Alias Patrick Kelly’s recent single “Invisible” and Alice In Chains’ “Rooster”. While Chains’ classic is a tale of a soldier’s resilience as he watched his mates fall and what he has at…
Matt York – “Going Crazy” & Bruisable Heart LP sneak peek @ Bandcamp. by Walter Price Massachusetts singer-songwriter Matt York is one of those storytellers that will spell realities out in heartbreaking beauty. And his forthcoming album, ‘Bruisable Heart’, a collection of ‘sad songs’, is no different. Addiction, love, loss, and yearning for change. York,…
Justin Rutledge – ‘Passages’, out 31 May 2019, is available for pre-order now at Bandcamp. by Walter Price As the award-winning singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge nears the release of his latest album, ‘Passages’, I’ve had a closer dozen or so more listens to the set’s title track. I’d already accepted the notion that this song…
Michael Paul Lawson – ‘Some Fights You’ll Never Win’ EP, available for pre-order @ Bandcamp. by Walter Price Should I stay or should I go, has a rich history as a heartbreaking backstory for song. The new single, “Wolf by the Tail”, by Virginian singer-songwriter Michael Paul Lawson is a beast of a…
Jonathan Facka – Streetlight in the Woods is available @ iTunes. by Walter Price In honor of ‘Love a Tree Day’, singer-songwriter Jonathan Facka has released a heartfelt new single/video, “The Tree”. Joined by the incomparable Thalia Tymowski, the song laments on what could have been, lost love. “You disappeared, long ago,/Life has a…
Jill Hennessy – I Do is available @ iTunes. by Walter Price Singer/songwriter Jill Hennessy is mostly known for her acting on Law & Order and her star turn on Crossing Jordan. What she should be more widely recognized for is her music career, you see, that is where it all started…Busking in the…
Lucy Dacus – “I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore” is available @ iTunes. by Walter Price Inevitably there will be times when everyone contemplates and sets in motion freeing themselves from expectations. Some notions are perpetual for most of us but living and learning and hoping to be perceived in your self-prescribed image is…
Gordon Holland – “Melbourne Bitter” is available @ SoundCloud. by Walter Price Setting out on your own, chasing a dream is often daunting, disconcerting and more often than not, can bring you to your knees. Australian singer-songwriter Gordon Holland (The Naysayers) has a scintillating new single, “Melbourne Bitter”, which is a personal and bittersweet…
Dragland – “The Roadmaster” is available @ Bandcamp. by Walter Price There’s always that undeniable classic rock sound to Dragland’s music. Blended soft earthy rock and hints of psych soundtracking from-the-heart lyrics. Their new one, “Colors” is no exception. A beautiful ode to those tricky long-distance relationships. The highs, lows, and overwhelming eagerness all…
Brandi Carlile – By The Way, I Forgive You is available @ iTunes. by Walter Price The power of love can be an uneven concoction. And the foundations of an endless list of your favorite songs. And, although late to the party, a new fave is now embedded in my landscape. Multi-Grammy winning Brandi Carlile’s…
Maija Sofia – Stains, from The Sugar Sea EP, is available @ iTunes. by Walter Price To paraphrase Chaucer, “There is an end to everything…”, and these things can and often do leave indelible marks. Memories wafting through moments of isolation. Powerful energies tugging and tearing at your soul. Irish singer-songwriter-poet Maija Sofia has a…