Defining Roots Music in the 21st Century “Roots” music is one of those labels that seems to be thrown around in the music industry like a wild card. Every song is made up of the same root of musical notes and rhythms, right? …
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Live Show Review: Lake Street Dive at Cleveland’s House of Blues
Live Show Review: Lake Street Dive at Cleveland’s House of Blues Cleveland loves Lake Street Dive. You can feel it in the air. From the moment we walked into the venue, it was obvious that there was a “buzz” around the evening’s act. …
Guest Album Review: Mike Meerdo on Chris Stapleton – Traveller – An Intoxicating Debut
Guest Album Review Chris Stapleton: Traveller “An Intoxicating Debut” By: Mike Meerdo Chris Stapleton is not new to Country music. He has six number one songs, seven ASCAP Awards dating back to 2006, and his highest charted single to date, ‘Tennessee Whiskey’ is …
Album Review: Barrence Whitfield and the Savages – Under the Savage Sky
Barrence Whitfield and the Savages – Under the Savage Sky Album review by Hannah of www.rockmycommute.com The band’s website suggests that Under the Savage Sky “might be the most soulful punk record – or perhaps the most punk soul record you’ve ever heard”, …
Follow Apollo – Muscle Shoals rockers kicking some neo-soul
Let me get right to it, this is an awesome album. If Muscle Shoals, Alabama soul music doesn’t mean anything to you… well, sit down, friend and a get an education. One of the deepest, most soulful traditions in American music is still …
Elephant Revival- These Changing Skies: Changing the world one note at a time
Elephant Revival. These Changing Skies. Itz Evolving Records, 2013. http://elephantrevival.com Elephant Revival is a quintet that’s emerged from Nederland, Colorado, and in 2011 won a best album of the year award in the progressive edge category from the Indie Acoustic Music Project. Their …
Artist Interview – Ben Caron – Pop soul vocalist exclusive performance on ETTG!
1) Upon first listen you seem to have an Amos Lee flavor. a.) Is he an influence? Amos Lee is definitely an influence of mine, and I’m glad you heard it in my music. He’s not only one of the best songwriters I’ve …
St. Paul and the Broken Bones – “Call Me”
I invented the YouTube Gem concept two years ago because I wanted to share the incredible things I found here and there that may not fit into a larger article (yet). I seriously have listened to this song every day since I discovered …
Free Music Friday! Great Divide – Great Divide
I haven’t been this excited about a Free Music Friday yet. Great Divide is a big, jazzy, soul band from Chicago, one whose goal is to bridge the “great divide” between the different genres of music out there today (their words, not mine). …
Artist Interview- Alan Brooks
Alan is unique thus far, in that he approached me to review his new album, A.liB.i, and that intrigued me, so I had to learn more. Low and behold, Alan wasn’t just an enterprising musician, but an amazingly gifted one, but with very …
