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Album Review: Rags Across the Sun by Neil Holyoak

Review of Rags Across the Sun by Neil Holyoak Review written by Hannah of www.rockmycommute.com Press the play button on Neil Holyoak’s release Rags Across the Sun and right away, you’ll be pulled into sounds of something something warm and familiar, giving you …

Afterwards – Rage – Italian Lo Fi Alt Rock

If you were to make a list of places that represent rock and roll, Italy would have a difficult time cracking the list. Yet if alt rockers Afterwards are any sign of the Italian music scene, then the future is brighter than ever. …

Crowdfunding Friday: Hudson Freeman’s Kickstarter Campaign

Okay so Crowdfunding Friday doesn’t sound quite as nice as Free Music Friday, but we’re really trying to get the word out on some pretty great projects we’ve found.  If you’d like to submit a crowdfunding project for our consideration, feel free to …

2015 Independent Music Awards – Winners for Folk, Americana, and Related Genres

Independent music is doing pretty well in this digital music age. As such, industry professionals have a lot of hard work sifting through the millions of available albums to find the best of the best. We thought we’d provide a little bit of …

Album Review: Matthew McNeal – Compadre

Album Review: Matthew McNeal – Compadre A high energy, captivating singer songwriter, Matthew McNeal has the uncanny ability to make the stories of the everyman timeless and seemingly effortless. On this album Compadre listeners find both rock-infused country as well as stripped down …

Album Review: Stranger In My House – By Vincent Colbert

Stranger In My House – By Vincent Colbert Review by Hannah of www.rockmycommute.com When you check out a new release by yet-another singer-songwriter, there is always the challenge of how to describe this new artist in contrast to the rest. There is usually …

About Music-Themed Online Slots

Visit any online casino and the only thing that may seem more surprising than the various music-themed slots would be the number of music genres represented in the slots’ game rooms. Whether you love head-banging to death metal, or prefer some Miles Davis …

Anadel – Well and the Wild – Atmospheric Folk

Discovering bands like Anadel are why I love writing for Ear to the Ground. We get a ton of solid music submitted to us weekly – music that should be recognized more widely. Yet every now and then you get a band that …

Crowdfunding Friday: Thom Alan folk singer songwriter’s Kickstarter Project

Okay so Crowdfunding Friday doesn’t sound quite as nice as Free Music Friday, but we’re really trying to get the word out on some pretty great projects we’ve found.  If you’d like to submit a crowdfunding project for our consideration, feel free to …

Four Unique Singer Songwriters to Mix Up Your Midsummer

Four Unique Singer Songwriters to Mix Up Your Midsummer Late July is that time of the year where the summer starts getting tedious. It’s a time when parents are antsy for the new school year to start and kids are dreading the same. …