First finding his voice and confidence as a singer/songwriter busking on L.A.’s iconic Santa Monica Pier, Ben Bostick’s bounced gleefully along stylistically, pinballing between progressive country, hard-edged rockabilly/blues and graceful balladry in the small handful of years since the release of his critically acclaimed self-titled 2017 debut. During the pandemic lockdown year, he spun a beautiful creative 180 from his rollicking, L.A. residency inspired jam Hellfire, toni

With one of the most identifiable, infectiously exuberant horn and piano riffs in contemporary jazz history, Herbie Hancock’s iconic 1962 composition “Watermelon Man” has been recorded over 200 times – including a well known hit version by Mongo Santamaria and a later funked-up twist by the composer himself. Just in time for its 60th year anniversary, the song everyone loves to jam to finds itself hitting the airwaves afresh in the wildly adventurous and imaginative soundscap

As an adult listening and tappin’ toes to the rockin’, peppy and wildly motivational title track to veteran Grammy nominated children’s music duo Greg & Steve’s 20th album Get Up & Dance (subtitle: Songs and Stories That Rock), a key thought came to mind. Though the song, like the whole dynamic and uber-fun 9-track collection, uses infectious music in a variety of styles to promote movement, social-emotional development and early literacy, why should the pre-school and kinde

Nearly 15 years after receiving national recognition as part of Michael Bolton’s New Haven Choir and shared the stage with Patti Labelle, Nick Lachey, Blake Shelton, et al on NBC’s reality competition show, multi-faceted Connecticut based vocalist and songwriter Greg Sherrod continues on his incendiary tear of “Bluessoulrocknroll” – first coined as the title of his 2015 solo debut album - amping up his jamming, funky horn-drenched fusion of all those styles on Do You Feel It?

Soul Pilgrimage, the epic latest beautifully textured, richly impressionistic and highly experimental set of guitar and synth duets by Tim Reynolds and Michael Sokolowski, expresses a glorious reality we can all find inspiration in: that some friendships and musical partnerships are so seamless and embedded in the DNA that they can pick up dynamic momentum and flow anew even after decades of the individuals riding on separate paths. In 1992, Reynolds – a multi-instrumentalist

Versatile multi-genre veteran guitarist Bob Sabellico has one of the coolest musical superhero origin stories ever, being shone on by the gods on the outskirts of Philadelphia at 16 to replace the legendary Randy Bachman in The Guess Who at the early peak of their fame, just as “American Woman” was scaling the charts. Sabellico has been takin’ care of business ever since, touring with his own bands, working with the likes of Jaco Pastorius, Steve Cropper, Victor Wooten and Ge

For many indie artists, a mention of their swirl of previous day jobs is a line of questioning to be avoided -but in the life and career of the wildly eclectic singer/songwriter J. Ramada – whose fascinating latest EP Turquoise needs only five tracks to offer a master class in fusing edgy rock, Americana, jazz, EDM, folk, Latin/flamenco and soulful, grooving trap vibes – those gigs are essential parts of understanding his creative timeline. He released his debut album Tongue

From the depths of the earth’s vast oceans and the peaks of its mighty mountains to the stunning desert vistas and the multi-faceted landscapes of America’s National Parks, new age, mindfulness and ambient artists have drawn endless conceptual and thematic inspiration from the eternal art of nature and its connection to humanity. Yet not until Palm Reading – the fascinating new visionary dual project by musical veterans Scooby Laposky and Charles Copley – has a project in thi

Checking out Matthew J Van Howe’s bio while listening to his divinely trippy ancient meets modern mythological melodrama Legend of the Galactic Princess, it’s not surprising to learn that the Chicago based visionary singer, songwriter and adventurous master synthesist is not only an established recording artist – whose industrial rock driven debut album Transmogrify earned him a small but passionate fan base – but also an indie film director (“Voice of the Vespers”) and board

Till Delta, it looked like we were heading for a carefree, almost post COVID summer full of fun, concerts and worry free small and massive gatherings – a celebratory vibe that we can still hope for and look forward to as we rock hard, roll steady and breeze along to the mix of fiery, life affirming jazz, R&B and blues inflected jams and sensual, mid-tempo ballads on Coral Moons’ dynamic and (to draw from the nature borne metaphor of their provocative moniker) full length debu

Considering that prior to emerging as a solo artist in 2012 Stephen Chopek was a veteran touring and studio drummer for the diverse likes of Charlie Hunter, John Mayer, Jesse Malin and Norah Jones, it’s not surprising that his latest collection as an artist, the epic and explosive EP Dweller, is top heavy with boom, propulsion and eminent punchy grooves. Having developed his intense and infectious style as a singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist over the past

You can always tell if an artist is truly committed to creative evolution when, like ethereal vocalist and soulful piano man James Raftery, he pops out an impressive notoriety fetching decade long discography early in his career under an assumed identity (Rat Wakes Red), then returns from an overlong hiatus under his real name to record two albums (Everything, and now, the ingeniously hypnotic, melodic and sweetly sensitive Tornado) completely different in tone and texture. A