Theresa Lucia delves into her personal experiences to create an emotional and confronting EP with the folk and country-tinged Boxes. For many, music is therapy. If you’re creating it, you can use it to work through your own personal issues, and if you’re listening to it, you can draw comparisons that can help in whatever you’re going through. Brooklyn-based Theresa Lucia’s … [Read more...] about Theresa Lucia: Boxes – EP Review
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Willie Nelson: First Rose of Spring – Review
Country legend, Willie Nelson, graces us once more with latest album First Rose Of Spring, not venturing far from what has previously earned him 10 Grammy Awards. Willie Nelson has outlived most of his peers, but now at 87-years-old, he is still going strong, artistically. Releasing his 70th solo album, there has rarely been a year of his career where he hasn’t put out work. … [Read more...] about Willie Nelson: First Rose of Spring – Review
Geoff Gibbons – Keep On Driving: Single Review
Geoff Gibbons proves to be a troubadour of wisdom and compassion, offering a sense of identity and hope with new single Keep on Driving. In these troubled times, it’s important that there are the arts that we can relate to and draw strength from, whether it be music, cinema, performances or anything in between. Vancouver-based Geoff Gibbons’ new folk-laden track Keep on … [Read more...] about Geoff Gibbons – Keep On Driving: Single Review
Lara Taubman: Revelation – Review
Lara Taubman brings out a beautiful mix of Americana, folk and emotional honesty in the tantalisingly courageous Revelation. Described as an ‘outlaw folk Americana’ musician, Lara Taubman may have a basis in these genres, but the real power of her music comes from the emotional honesty littered throughout. Following a call to start performing and recording music only five … [Read more...] about Lara Taubman: Revelation – Review
Glints: 28 Days – Mixtape Review
Glints 28 Days: A fascinatingly disturbing insight into the whole gamut of lockdown emotions. “Face mask on, matching rubber gloves like I’m way too fashion – frustration. No I’m not doing too well”. Probably the most accurate summary of lockdown life, Glints’ latest release 28 Days presents a sharp and poignant depiction of the emotional turmoil of isolation. The mixtape … [Read more...] about Glints: 28 Days – Mixtape Review
Sufjan Stevens: America – Single Review
The whisper-voiced, folk-strumming chronicler of the human condition, Sufjan Stevens dangles the opulent, twelve-minute unburdening of America as the first weighty taster of his forthcoming The Ascension album. The singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens once famously joshed about making an album for each of the USA’s states, but he remains preoccupied by the health of the Union. … [Read more...] about Sufjan Stevens: America – Single Review