Well, I thought 2024 was a trying year, but 2025 turned out to be an even bigger shitshow! Between the death of my cat and the unending nightmare of the odious and spectacularly corrupt Trump regim…

Photo courtesy of FREEP!K At the end of each year, I publish a list of my Top 100 Songs, representing my picks for what I think are the best songs – my favorites actually – for the entire year. Las…

Photo of sombr from his Facebook account ‘With its sweeping cinematic ‘wall of sound’ arrangement and lush orchestration, the beautiful anthem “back to friends” by alternative pop…

British artist Kiffie (the music moniker of Daniel Paul Kiff) is a creative and fascinating singer-songwriter, composer and producer of electronic music based in Norwich, England. Drawing from a wi…

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Time for another installment of my Fresh New Tracks series. Today I’m featuring new songs by, in alphabetical order, Italian electronic/synthwave duo eLxAr, English singer-songwriter Joe…

English singer-songwriter & producer Frank Joshua remains at #1 for a second week with his lush single “Walls”, while Fontaines D.C.’s “It’s Amazing To Be Young&#8…

Photo of Brian Lambert by Olivia Rodriguez The rousing garage rocker “Take This Heart” by Denton, Texas-based singer-songwriter Brian Lambert remains at #1 for a second week, while &#82…

Photo by Olivia Rodriguez Brian Lambert is an affable, thoughtful and talented singer-songwriter from Denton, Texas who refers to himself as a “Friendly Neighborhood Rock and Roller”, and is also o…

What you always wanted to know about…Rich Woman

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Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.

It’s been a while since my last edition of Fresh New Tracks, as I haven’t much felt like writing given the worsening onslaught of mendacity and horrors issuing from America’s curr…

What a horrific week it’s been in America – and around the world, quite frankly – as our delusional, ignorant psychopath of a president precipitated a global financial meltdown wi…

Four tracks by…Thank You Scientist

ALO; Will Johnson; L.A. Witch; Black Country, New Road; Craig Finn and Little Lore

I think Georgia-based singer-songwriter Teddy Swims (born Jaten Collin Dimsdale) is one of the finest vocalists around today. Influenced by the soul music of artists like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder…

Somebody’s Child, The Walters, The Darkness, Discus, Wallows and Alison Krauss & Union Station

Music is very subjective, and every single one of us likes or dislikes songs for our own particular reasons and biases. I’m a huge fan of melodic and alternative rock, so my picks for the bes…

Celebrating music with six random tracks at a time

Jeffrey Lewis, Floodlights, Dutch Interior, Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Southern Avenue and Brian D’Addario

“So Cold” by Balu Brigada, the music project of multi-instrumentalist and writer/producer brothers Henry and Pierre Beasley, is still my favorite song and thus remains at #1 on my Top 3…

“So Cold” by Balu Brigada, the music project of multi-instrumentalist and writer/producer brothers Henry and Pierre Beasley, is still my favorite song and thus remains at #1 on my Top 3…

Charismatic duo Balu Brigada’s wonderful “So Cold” remains at #1 for a second week, while “You’re My Drug” by one of my favorite indie artists, Northern Virginia…

Charismatic duo Balu Brigada’s wonderful “So Cold” remains at #1 for a second week, while “You’re My Drug” by one of my favorite indie artists, Northern Virginia…

Welsh indie artists Secret Postal Society and Guy Challenger have teamed up to create a wonderful little EP titled Embrace The Fear to help raise funds for the UK youth suicide prevention charity P…

When Covers Are Just As Much Fun As Originals

Welsh indie artists Secret Postal Society and Guy Challenger have teamed up to create a wonderful little EP titled Embrace The Fear to help raise funds for the UK youth suicide prevention charity P…

Not a lot of changes on this week’s Top 30, with Twenty One Pilots holding the top spot for a second week with their beautiful and cinematic “The Line”, while Balu Brigada remain …

Not a lot of changes on this week’s Top 30, with Twenty One Pilots holding the top spot for a second week with their beautiful and cinematic “The Line”, while Balu Brigada remain …

Not a lot of changes on this week’s Top 30, with Twenty One Pilots holding the top spot for a second week with their beautiful and cinematic “The Line”, while Balu Brigada remain …

Something Has To Give

As the United States – under the control of a brazenly corrupt administration headed by a team of cruel psychopaths – quickly descends into an outright authoritarian oligarchy, at least…

Brook Ellingworth, Yves Jarvis, Domestic Drafts, The Vapors, Cloakroom and The Men

Celebrating music with six random tracks at a time

I’ve been a huge fan of American alternative rock/electropop/hip hop duo Twenty One Pilots since learning about them in early 2015, and they’ve remained my favorite musical act for the …

I’ve been a huge fan of American alternative rock/electropop/hip hop duo Twenty One Pilots since learning about them in early 2015, and they’ve remained my favorite musical act for the …

Ellis Mano Band, A Great Big World, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Ziggy Alberts, The Murder Capital and Kameron Marlowe

For my latest edition of Fresh New Tracks, I’m showcasing terrific releases by four acts I’m especially fond of – Irish singer-songwriter Cormac O Caoimh, Philadelphia power pop b…

Celebrating music with six random tracks at a time

Photo by Shervin Lainez The beautiful, uplifting song “Arrow”, by Seattle-based folk rock band The Head and The Heart, takes over the top spot on my latest Top 30 chart after a five-wee…

The Altons, Winona Fighter, Richard Dawson, Chatham Rabbits, The War and Treaty and Manic Street Preachers