Wild Rivers, Eight-Eight Review

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Wild Rivers is a four-piece folk-pop band from Toronto, Canada that immerse pop flavored melodies with folk forms and sonics to create an enjoyable musical style. Comprised of vocalists Khalid Yassein and Devan Glover, who also plays guitar with Andrew Oliver also on guitar and bass and Ben Labenski on drums. The band’s latest project … Read more

Leslie Satcher and the Electric Honey Badgers, 2 Days in Muscle Shoals Review

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Leslie Satcher is a singer with multiple talents, as a songwriter, she is best known for her highly successful hit songs: “When God Fearin’ Women Get The Blues” performed by Martina McBride, “Troubadour” brought to the massed by George Strait and the Gretchen Wilson & Merle Haggard hit “Politically Uncorrect.” Satcher’s songs have been recorded … Read more

Lake Street Dive, Free Yourself Up Review

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Lake Street Dive is a quartet that started in Boston in 2004 while the members where attending the New England Conservatory of Music. The group has a sound that, though based in an indie rock emphasis, infuses: classic jazz, soul, and swing music from the pre-rock era of music. The band’s sound has a hip … Read more

Cowboy Junkies, All That Reckoning Review

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After six-years, the band that has mastered the art of subtilty and pertinence in their songwriting has a new album titled, All That Reckoning. For over thirty years the Cowboy Junkies have been creating a body of music that is emotional and unique in its sound, with an instantly identifiable vocal and songwriting approach that … Read more

LA River Bend, Run These Hills Review

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California’s indie Americana folk band LA River Bend is a quartet that is building their reputation on poetic lyrics, catchy melodies, intricate guitar parts and creative vocal harmonies all dispersed through strong songwriting skills. The four-piece band is made up of: Nate Weiner (vocals, guitar), Emily Elkin (cello, vocals), Branden Stroup (bass, vocals, guitar) and … Read more

Sills & Smith, Maps – Burned or Lost Review

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The music of Sills & Smith careens between pastoral folk, trippy indie rock, to progressive rock. A duet of singer/songwriters Jeremy Sills and Frank Smith, they have just released their sixth album of original music called: Maps – Burned or Lost with famed producer Phillip Victor Bova at Bova Sound in Ottawa. This recording is … Read more