Album, Song & Download Review
On Sunrise Over Sea John Butler blends traditional elements of blues and folk with alternative rock and reggae. To this he adds a healthy splash of his very own special sauce spiced with rhythm and bluesy hip hop.
Less a concept album and more a collage the Drive-By Truckers create a musical menagerie of various images and characters, their lives and situations. Each song pulls you deep into the psyche and emotional state of the protagonists.
Introduction to a new series on great albums released since the beginning of the new millenium, focusing on releases that can cross boundaries and garner new listeners of all generations.
Michael is a master at combining various musical styles such as hip hop, rock, reggae and punk and merging it into a smooth yet complex cocktail. His lyrics range from the personal to the topical without shying away from the controversial. Yet he never offends, instead asks you to question your notions and look at things through a different light.
There is a fine line between Punk and Metal, Thrash and Death, Progressive Metal and Progressive Rock, Doom Metal and Stoner Rock, and occasionally two seemingly contrarian styles can be combined if the proper path is followed. No genre in modern music develops in a vacuum.
The Blues is Southern Rock, Southern Rock is Hard Rock, Hard Rock is Classic Rock, Classic Rock is Country Rock, Country Rock is Folk Rock, Folk Rock is Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelic Rock is Jam Band Rock, Jam Band Rock is Southern Rock, and Southern Rock is the Blues. Its all come full circle.
A hard rocking playlist of ladies getting loud and being proud. Including artists and bands spanning 5 decades and multiple genres. Hard Rocking Indy Punk Alternative Blues’n’Soul Metal!
easy going rock’n’roll playlist for the monday morning commute spanning five decades and multiple genres, from the Beatles to Larkin Poe. Jam rock, blues, folk, rock, jazz rock, reggae, indy, and ethno. Don’t let the road rage get you!
A mixed tape style collection of songs by female artists combining soulful Folk and Hip Hop sounds with a bit of old school psychedelic Motown, Rock’n’R’n’B, danceable Hard Rock, Electronica, trippy Indy, and Acid Rock
Was there even Gospel Rock before Bob Dylan recorded his Christian Trilogy? No matter if you are a believer or not, these multifacetted covers are great, and shine a light on a very underrated era of Dylan’s career. Hope you enjoy!