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Music Round-Up: K.P. Wolfe’s ‘Exodus’, Michael Van & The Movers’ ‘A Little More Country’, Thorin Loeks’ ‘Thirsty Hearts’, April Martin’s ‘In the Blink of a Life’, and Dylan Tauber’s ‘Dolphin Trance 2’

February 6, 2017

K.P. Wolfe’s ‘Exodus’ EP The main attention-grabbing element in K.P. Wolfe’s debut seven-track EP, Exodus, is her voice. Her vocal range is wide and embodies a lot of attitude, firmly setting the tone throughout the entire set of attention-grabbing and catchy tracks. While they do at times sound familiar, Wolfe’s special attention to writing thoughtful… Read More Music Round-Up: K.P. Wolfe’s ‘Exodus’, Michael Van & The Movers’ ‘A Little More Country’, Thorin Loeks’ ‘Thirsty Hearts’, April Martin’s ‘In the Blink of a Life’, and Dylan Tauber’s ‘Dolphin Trance 2’

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Music Review: The Liquorsmiths – ‘This Book Belongs To’ EP

May 16, 2016

San Diego folk rockers The Liquorsmiths have put together a six-track EP titled This Book Belongs To. To be released August 21, 2015, it is an emotional, sincere, and engaging collection. The mainly folk ambiance that Drew Thams (vocals, guitar), Ryan Fischer (keyboards, drums, percussion), and Clayton Payne (drums, percussion) is also imbibed with rock… Read More Music Review: The Liquorsmiths – ‘This Book Belongs To’ EP

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Music Review: Luca Bash – ‘The Single Drops’ EP

May 2, 2016

Rome-based singer and songwriter Luca Bash released in 2014 a collection of four EPs, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key Black, collectively known as CMYK. The Single Drops, his newest effort, is a compilation taking one selection from each release and topping it off with a new addition, “Your Tomorrow”. With only two acoustic guitars, Luca… Read More Music Review: Luca Bash – ‘The Single Drops’ EP

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Music Review: The Furious Seasons – ‘My Love Is Strong’

January 25, 2016

The Los Angeles folk pop/Americana band The Furious Seasons released its fourth album last month, entitled My Love Is Strong. The broad emotional reach of its 13 tracks is built on catchy melodies, thoughtfully built harmonies, and storyline lyrics that engage listeners from the get-go. While certain influences come through clearly—the most obvious one being… Read More Music Review: The Furious Seasons – ‘My Love Is Strong’

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Music Review: Juliette Jules – ‘Black Crow’

November 4, 2015

There are a lot of 16-year-old singers who go down the pop music path. But there are also a number of them that go somewhere completely different. I am reminded of Montreal’s Nikki Yanofsky a few seconds into listening to Juliette Jules’ EP Black Crow, in which she displays a vocal know-how well beyond her… Read More Music Review: Juliette Jules – ‘Black Crow’

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Music Review: Echo Sparks – ‘Ghost Town Girl’

March 5, 2015

Orange County trio Echo Sparks, featuring CC Kinnick on vocals and guitars, DA Valdez on vocals, guitars, banjo, and drums, and Cindy Ballreich on upright bass and mandolin, released last month a new full length album, Ghost Town Girl which brings together country, folk, and rock. The most striking feature of this album are the… Read More Music Review: Echo Sparks – ‘Ghost Town Girl’

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Music Review: Ethan Jano – ‘I’ll be Fine’

February 26, 2015

Ethan Jano is a young folk singer originally from Pennsylvania bringing together a collection of twelve tracks to be released in album form in February this year. There is an interesting mix of simplicity in the instrumentation with complexity in the vocal delivery and in the lyrics that lovers of the genre would appreciate. Dashes… Read More Music Review: Ethan Jano – ‘I’ll be Fine’

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Music Review: i am Love – ‘i am Love’

February 23, 2015

To be released mid-January 2015, Philadelphia folk band i am Love’s self-titled offering is a progressive folk rock album using cello, woodwinds, zither, sax, and reverb. (And yes, I had to look up what a zither is.) Joshua Christopher (vocals, guitars, chorded zither), Will Whitmire (bass, banjo), and Kris Jackson (percussion, keyboard, vocals) have put… Read More Music Review: i am Love – ‘i am Love’

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Music Review: The Society Islands – ‘The Big Sleep’

December 20, 2014

The solo project of a Germany-based singer and multi-instrumentalist, Boris Rogowski, The Big Sleep is a dreamy sounding neo-folk, pop, and indie rock fusion marked by mid-song stylistic shifts. Rogowski is the main contributor here (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, woodwinds, percussions, drums), supported by Moishe Lichtfuss on saxophone, Benedikt Filleboeck on trumpet, and Isabelle Holder… Read More Music Review: The Society Islands – ‘The Big Sleep’

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Music Review: Joe Con – ‘I Choose You’ EP

December 20, 2014

From the first notes of the opening track of Joe Con’s new EP, I Choose You, you get a feel of who he is and the environment that shaped him: a relaxed, fun guy who has spent hours on Venice Beach’s California coast. Most of the songs on this six-track EP are fun to listen… Read More Music Review: Joe Con – ‘I Choose You’ EP

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