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Carolyn Lee Jones is back and releasing a new Christmas project for us to enrich our Holidays with an album of classic Christmas tunes. She presents twelve Christmas tunes on Christmas Time Is Here that are brought to life by a rotating list of top musicians. Each song has a fresh arrangement and keeps the classic design but is unique enough to be of interest.
“Jingles the Christmas Cat” is a fun and less-common Christmas tune that showcases Jones swinging, playful vocal style. Todd Parsnow performs a fun guitar solo as the band swings with delight. Jones has a vocal style that is easy to enjoy as she sings with [...]
Cherry Lena is a Montreal, Canada alternative pop and R&B singer-songwriter that first captured audiences’ attention on The Voice Quebec in 2018. She won many fans with her warm-toned sensual singing and R&B rhythm and inflections. Lena has teamed up with producer Pops & Poolboy to release her single titled “Love-Bombed And Ghosted.”
“Love-Bombed And Ghosted” is set to a relaxed electro-pop mixed with a lo-fi R&B feel, with Lena’s silky voice delivering an irresistible melody. Though the music is upbeat, the lyrics paint a more melancholy setting. Lena explains, “Although the [...]
Mastodon returns with their keenly anticipated ninth full-length album, Hushed & Grim, released on Reprise Records. Mastodon recorded the album in their hometown, collaborating with producer David Bottrill (Tool, Rush, Muse, Peter Gabriel), and Hushed & Grim is their most ambitious body of work. The album has a hefty 15 tracks styled in rock, psychedelia, punk, metal, alternative, and prog threaded together by these four musicians’ naturally expressive musical interplay. However, the album also has an atmosphere of loss, loneliness, and longing that permeates through the trio of cathartic vocals as they musically say goodbye to an old [...]
Michael Feinberg is back with his eighth album as a leader called Hard Times. The bassist and composer is joined by Godwin Louis on alto saxophone; Noah Preminger on tenor saxophone; Billy Buss on trumpet; Orrin Evans on piano; Leo Genovese on synth, keyboards, organ; Jeff Tain Watts on drums; and Gabriel Globus-Hoenish on percussion. In addition, trumpeter Randy Brecker makes a guest appearance on track nine. The set is comprised of Feinberg originals and four covers.
Miles Davis’ “Nardis” has a great bass line and groove from Watts’ drum set. The color and mood are a fresh approach to the standard of the modern [...]
Joy Crookes is releasing her debut album titled Skin. “Skin is my debut album and the proudest work I have made to date,” said Crookes. “It is an autobiographical body of work covering subjects from casual sex to generational trauma, abuse of power, and mental health. I was fortunate enough to make this first album with the exceptionally talented producer Blue May. I sat across the whole production process, and I’m proud to say I’ve been credited with Blue as a co-executive producer. The majority of the album was made at the incredible Konk Studios; we also had the pleasure of recording an 18-piece string section at Abbey Road [...]
Guitarist Billy F. Gibbons returns with his third solo album, Hardware. were readily available. The frontman from ZZ Top presents twelve growling blues-rock selections with an outstanding cast of musicians and a diverse set of songs. Drummer Matt Sorum, of Guns’ N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, and guitarist Austin Hanks shine on Hardware, which was produced by Gibbons, Sorum, and Mike Fiorentino and engineered by Chad Shlosser. The album brings the heat with plenty of Texas attitude.
“My Lucky Card” is built around a fuzzy Texas blues riff with Gibbons’ gravelly singing. The band is steady and deep with feeling as the [...]
