May You Wake to Find You Are ‘Kings and Queens’
Have you ever felt stuck in … “the in-between”? (Ha! Yeah, how many times, right?)
‘Walk a Mile in Another Man’s Shoes’ – The New Respects
The New Respects, an homage to throwback rock n’ roll, with high energy seem to have a message from the heart they intend on taking as far as the world as possible. Their music is threaded with acceptance, love and a wider perspective. “Shoes” (Album: Here Comes Trouble) is
‘I’m Like a Star That Hasn’t Paid My Own Light Bill’ – Tank
Just because I couldn’t get enough of Tarriona Ball (‘Tank’, artist of Tank and the Bangas) the first time around, I could barely fit in my seat to contain myself when I stumbled across this video. (Thank you, again, Stylelikeu.com ! There was a part 2?) She’s bone-chillingly vulnerable. In heart-churning pros, she undresses her […]
It’s Do or Die – Tarriona ‘Tank’ Ball
I watched with tears and rented heart as ‘Tank’ shed her clothes article by article. She is more than style. More than her big hair. More than her layers of scarves. More than multi-colored stripped socks stretched to her knees. Than her large vintage glasses her smiling ears showed through. So, piece by piece, they […]
They’re Not Just Another Sister Band (Joseph, the Band)
Joseph – a sister trio—has a bit of an old school Mumford and Sons feel as they strip it down to bare bones with just an acoustic and their voices. Meegan Closner, Allison Closner, Natalie Closner hail from Portland, Oregon with their pop-folk sound. There’s something rich here in their declarative “White Flag”, which kicks off the […]
Suzanne Santo “Regrets” – Absolutely None.
Suzanne Santo “Regrets” … absolutely none. Honesty, candor, vulnerability, realness aren’t always in the top 5 attributes for songs written for the masses. So, when someone like Adele breaks through with this standard of genuineness, everyone gathers around this fire with sympathetic harmony no longer feeling so misunderstood. Dig further into less heralded forms of […]
Cold War Kids Show Us ‘Love is Mystical’
Right away, I pull something out of this song. It continues that way to the finish. It’s electric from the start. It feels like a Monday morning alarm. There’s an internal ‘Yes!’ that sounds off — An alert to love. Love has an inexplicable power to set us free. I know it can seem […]
Margaret Glaspy’s ‘You and I’ – Flipping The Script
Let’s just say this song was not built for the 1950’s. This one carries a more modern depiction of relationships. Sometimes, a man setting the emotional terms is not the case. A woman detaching herself and choosing to only be about “one thing” can also be the story.
Come As You Are – The New Respects
This Tennessee-groomed quartet, The New Respects, have a refreshingly personal take on Rock and Roll with hints of pop and soul. Come As You Are has a defined anthemic groove, and the reminder it carries is stunning: “You don’t have to be lonely… Come as you are… You don’t have to do this […]
Jake Isaac and JP Cooper ‘Carry You Home’
This collaborative song, entitled “Carry You Home” from EP War Child, is a stripped-down, heart-felt soul session rendered by Jake Isaac and JP Cooper. These two singer songs writers deliver a sincere acoustic guitar performance. Oh troubled hard oh weary soul How did you get here, get so far from home Under the stars […]