Some things never go out of style. Unfortunately, some day, the popular music we cling so tightly to now will be a relic, replaced by a future sound or style which in turn will be fossilized for yet another. Yet, in this bleak …
Category: Piano
Three Awesome Pop Rock Bands for Your Weekend
Three Awesome Pop Rock Bands for Your Weekend “Pop” has such a negative connotation in this indie world and I mean to change that. Pop can just mean upbeat and major chords. Pop doesn’t mean trashy or bubblegum. It just is a way …
Album Review: Greg Jackson Combs – Messenger
Album Review: Greg Jackson Combs – Messenger Greg Jackson Combs has a pop sensibility that can sometimes feel like U2 or Coldplay, while other times preserving a smaller, more intimate sound. But Combs writes with an urgency in his music that makes it …
Album Review: Abby Gundersen – Aurora
Album Review: Abby Gundersen – Aurora From the opening lines of Abby Gundersen’s album Aurora, listeners feel an immediate sense of calm. There’s a spirit captured in the album that is equal parts hopeful and satisfyingly curious. That is to say there is …
Fresh Music Thursday: Brenna Whitaker : an explosive voice and a classic soul
Some things never go out of style. Unfortunately, some day, the popular music we cling so tightly to now will be a relic, replaced by a future sound or style which in turn will be fossilized for yet another. Yet, in this bleak …
Album Review: Alexa Melo – Alexa Melo
Alexa Melo – by Alexa Melo Album review by Hannah of www.rockmycommute.com This is the self-titled debut album for a remarkable young lady, with huge cynical eyes and a big voice. “Still Right Here” has a song title that sounds like it should …
Ben Abraham – Sirens – Flawless vocals lead a deceptively deep album
If you’ve ever been on Ear To The Ground’s site before, you’ve probably heard Greg or I blathering on about Ben Abraham. Whether we were posting on of his phenomenal covers or acoustic originals, we could and can not get enough of him. …
Joe Pug – Downbound Train –
The next time one of your friends tries to tell you “they just don’t make music like they used to” you shut them up with this song right here. Joe Pug is a songwriter and brilliant performer. This song is dripping with emotion. …
Ben Abraham – Speak
I’ve been following the updates on Ben’s new album for a few months now. I think we’re getting really close. I honestly can’t remember anticipating an album like this before. All of his videos are phenomenal, as you’ve seen if you’ve been to …
A Sunday Night Show You Can’t Miss
Marshall Jacklin: Putting on a Show Marshall Jacklin/Bandcamp, 2014. http://www.marshalljacklin.com Hailing from Toronto, Ontario, Marshall Jacklin plays piano like an early-career Bruce Hornsby, with a touch of Rufus Wainwright. He brings verve and a wry smile to his performance on Putting on a …
