I’ve been a fan of Norwegian singer Maria Mena for over twenty years but haven’t been lucky enough to see her in concert. She does shows in Europe but never in the USA. She hinted once about coming to New York City which had me hyped but that never materialized. When I was in Amsterdam…
September was the month of double albums, a few weeks ago Paula Cole put out her two Sonic Memoir volumes and last week Carly Rae Jepsen dropped her twenty-four track (one for every hour of the day) double disc Day And Night. The first twelve songs are the Day disc. Daytime Carly is experimental with…
The List is the Susanna Hoffs album I’ve been waiting years for. In March I went to The Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut to see Susanna perform most of the songs off The List with a few Bangles songs thrown in. I’ve been a fan for decades but it’s seldom that Susanna tours or puts out…
Paula Cole’s new double album, Sonic Memoir Vol I and II is four and a half hours containing 63-demos spanning the first nine years of Paula’s career. Finally, a diva who recognizes the appropriate amount of songs for a new release. Paula went into her vaults to dust off these musical treasures (from 1989-1998), gave…
Candi Carpenter’s new EP and short film, Reincarnation, has hard rocking beats over sermons of independent thinking. Their message is delivered with some anger sprinkled with humor. One minute I’m head banging against my car’s steering wheel and the next I’m on my knees with laughter at Candi’s outrageousness. Candi was raised religious but had…
Over the past few years, there’s been a lot of talk about AI in the music industry. However, what if it’s been around longer and is just letting itself be known now? Picture it, the late 1990’s, a young diva is just coming off a popular soap opera (Neighbours) and taking the world by storm…
I became a fan of Kathy Troccoli’s pop albums (Pure Attraction and self-titled) in the 90’s, but she mostly does Christian music now. It’s not my jam but I followed her career over the years, picking up her Christmas (A Sentimental Christmas) and covers (Heartsongs) albums along the way. In 2016, I saw her jazz standards…
In my gay opinion, Zee Machine might be a son of a Bee…a Bee Gee that is. Zee’s new EP Hymphomania Vol 1 has many high-pitched vocals over some old-school 80’s vibes. If all the Bee Gees were still alive and putting out music, this is the sound they would be going for. Modern rock…
What I like about Bonner Black is just how honest her songwriting is. Her new EP, Little Bird In A Big Sky, is musical storytelling at it’s best with a sound that is unlike anything else out there, strong vocals over a modern pop country-folkish vibe. Bonner reflects on her past (“Happy As We Were”),…
Leave it to Madonna to cash in on something that’s been around forever but make it her own. Sequels are a staple in film but I don’t think it’s been done in music, until Confessions II, a companion to her 2005 album Confessions On A Dance Floor. Historically sequels are never as good, but in…
