A band named Rosetta West, which sounds a bit like the grandmother to Kanye, has released a new album called Night’s Cross. After listening to it four times, this record is everything Rosetta West says it is: “[Night’s Cross] mixes rock, blues, and Romani folk styles in a cohesive work that frequently contemplates suffering and […]
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Sam Edelston is releasing his debut album titled, Making Waves. While this might be Mr. Edelston’s first album, you can tell by his “Sam The Music Man” ContemporaryDulcimer YouTube channel that he has been playing this stringed instrument for a long time. One of my favorite things about Making Waves is that Sam Edelston is
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Peace… That is what I hear when Starlit Impromptu plays through my speakers. I want to breathe deeply and feel the song as it moves me through each moment. I want to feel the electricity of the song in my ears. I want to sing along with sparse drums. I nod my head from left
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I have found that the best way to evaluate music is to activate the subject and then talk about how the songs make you feel. What subjects come to mind as your mind is washed in melodies? With Mystic Tales by Fouad Samiei, I am spread out across a desert—a place with unimaginably hot days
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This album is something else. I don’t mean it’s overly complex or hard to understand. I mean “something else” as if I can’t believe someone made a project like this. Listening to 90 Beats per Minute by Cherry Makes Waves, I feel how people felt when Bjork came out. It’s like Nelly Furtado working with Massive
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I’m not sure how one would do this, but Anahita Modarresi is a self-taught music composer. Rather than pop, folk, or even hip-hop music, Modarresi gifted herself with the ability to create full-on classical musical projects. Recently, Anahita Modarresi released an EP titled, Prophecies which “is about the experiences of the last decade of Anahita‘s
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Kate Trajan is a gifted artist. A quite gifted artist. It only took her nine tracks on her new album, Ancient Fires to sum up the peaks and valleys of her life journey. In just one record, Kate Trajan might be one of the best songwriters I’ve ever come across. Imagine getting invited to poetry
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I’ve been into music for a very long time… long enough to come up with sayings for my musical experiences. The Tale of the Desert Mountain brought one to my attention as I listened to it, “Anything that makes you meditate is magnificent.” Meditation is the point of this album. According to Marinho Nobre, the
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The question on everyone’s mind is “What does Calgary have other than the fact that a Jamaican bobsled team competed there once?” Well, Calgary also has The Daniel Pelton Collective. Featuring a string quintet, alto sax, percussion, and vocals; their newest EP, The School Sessions is every bit the “jazz, blues, classical, and comedic” record the
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From Australia to Fiji and all around the world, Watermelon Boy and his associates have crafted one of the greatest albums I’ve ever heard. The Wow Signal will make you mouth “wow” with every song. It sounds amazing, combines many different styles, and presents them in such a satisfying way. It makes music production and friendship seem
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