With a delightful wink and beaucoup style, on ‘Into the Heart,’ Sarah Banker invites listeners into a world of uplifting warmth.
Montreal-based vocalist Mira Choquette returns with ‘Hier Encore,’ a deeply personal and emotionally rich album that blends jazz tradition with intimate storytelling and international flair.
A live-wire song, “Can’t Hide Beautiful” swims in irresistible, heady harmonic surfaces set off by the beguiling vocals of Michael Gilas.
Like a thwarted animal on the loose, “Morbid Love” rampages hither and thither, discharging the wild momentum of distress.
Sad and utterly intimate, the expert pedal steel evoking intense sorrow, Hunter Benson’s “Heaven’s Letter” is strikingly mournful and wistful.
Highlighted by the urgency and ardor of Laura Vreeland’s bewitching voice, the Taz Taylor Band delivers a tour de force of a song.
Pulsing with propulsive energy, “Catch and Release” finds Vultures of Culture blending hints of punk and alt-rock with aplomb.
With “Madness,” SAWMOON summons forth wild, primeval emotions and anomalous responses of ferocity and aggression.
There’s a subtle grace, an indefinable elegance to ‘CreateBecome,’ akin to a delicate reminder to cherish the magic of life.
An earworm of a song, “Another Day In Paradise” establishes EJ as one of the foremost purveyors of catchy, contemporary music.
A truly amazing chansonnier, on “The Key,” Michelle Langone displays the luxurious elegance of her Elysian voice.
Suffused with an alluring freshness that makes it much more than just another prog-rock album, The Far Cry’s ‘Once There Was’ is outstanding.
Packed with harsh sensations of torment and unflinching candor, ‘SAVE ME 4 THE SPANK BANK’ confronts the bracketing oxymorons of life.
Chock-full of traditional jazz as well as experimental tangs, ‘The Drovers Unlimited Orchestra, Vol. 3’ is a sublimely wonderful album.
Uncomplicated and fresh, decorated with bravura horns, with ‘Hit Music,’ Greg Hoy just keeps on getting better and better.
