Rosemary Lawton’s new album, Untamed, may be full of traditional ballads, but she’s done away with any sort of traditional gender roles. “A Man in Love,” the first single, is rowdy take on an Irish classic penned by a County Antrim schoolmaster by the name of Hugh McWilliams. The song first appeared in the book Poems and Songs on Various Subjects which was published in 1831. Continue reading Single: Rosemary Lawton Gets Progressive à la 1831 with ‘A Man In Love’
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Single: Chris Kirby Gets Into Some Delicious Wordplay on ‘Pot of Gold’
Chris Kirby is one of those guys who if you don’t know you him, you definitely still know his work. He’s Matt Andersen’s on-stage keyboard wiz, and has worked with what seems like half the east coast including Stephen Fearing, The Once, The East Pointers, Tim Chaisson, Charlie A’Court, Keith Mullins, Brianna Gosse, Beauwater, Quote The Raven and more. His latest single, “Pot of Gold,” is about as funky as all those other projects combined, with Kirby substituting wordplay for foreplay.
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Premiere: Cyrus R.O. Quartet Offer a PSA of Sorts With ‘Space Flunky’
The Cyrus R.O. Quartet have yet to release a full album, but they’re already to launch into the massively popular format of PSAs. With their new video “Space Flunky” the band want to remind you that there’s more than one way to get to outer space, but you need to choose which one is right for you. Continue reading Premiere: Cyrus R.O. Quartet Offer a PSA of Sorts With ‘Space Flunky’
New Music: Jont Offers Existential Wisdom on ‘Gentle Warrior’
Last month, following a soft release on his own site, Jont released Gentle Warrior. It’s his ninth album, his first since the passing of his father and, perhaps uncoincidentally, his most sentimental. The album finds Jont exploring subjects like mortality, the metaphysical, the spiritual, and the universal raison d’être .
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Music Video: Smaller Hearts Find Excitement in the Mundane with ‘Circuitry’
Ahead of the July 12th release of Honestly, Smaller Heart’s second album, the band have released “Circuitry.” The latest single from husband and wife duo Kristina Parlee (The Maynards/The Reference Desk) and Ron Bates (Orange Glass/The Memories Attack) tackles the repeated patterns of our lives and, inadvertently, some of the more mundane challenges of existence. Continue reading Music Video: Smaller Hearts Find Excitement in the Mundane with ‘Circuitry’