The latest single from Brandon Howard Roy, “Here Now,” is not a quarantine song, the timing and circumstances just make it feel that way. As Brandon describes it, it’s “a nostalgic love letter to the friends you can’t see every day.” Thankfully, the perennial theme of wanting to spend time with friends and can be enjoyed with, or without, the looming context of social isolation. Continue reading Single: Brandon Howard Roy Pens a Love Letter to Distant Friends With ‘Here Now’
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Music Video: Levi Rowan’s ‘Let It Go’ is the Coolest Video We’ve Seen This Year
We are witnessing the ongoing and conscious evolution of Levi Rowan. Since the release of his single “Night Terrors” in 2019, there’s been a marked growth in his artistic style and production quality; eschewing teenage bravado for a deeper introspection better suited to 2020 and an artist of his talents. That growth figures into his latest single, “Let It Go”, in a big way as Levi totes the values of self-acceptance, especially when others aren’t prepared to. Continue reading Music Video: Levi Rowan’s ‘Let It Go’ is the Coolest Video We’ve Seen This Year
Music Video: Adam Baxter’s ‘These Days’ is an Act of Self-Care in Dark Times
Adam Baxter is among the many who have been forced to take full stock of their lives, a complete inventory of their souls and their homes, and a reckoning with their mental wellbeing, as the pandemic put a kibosh on live music performances, our social plans, and life as we once knew it.
For Baxter, who thrives on performing, 2020 has been a bit bleak. His aptly titled new single “These Days”, a co-write between himself and Quote the Raven’s Jordan Coaker, was, in itself, an act of self-preservation. As Baxter puts it, he was “looking for the faintest glowing spark to guide me through the dark.” Continue reading Music Video: Adam Baxter’s ‘These Days’ is an Act of Self-Care in Dark Times
Music Video: All Mother Debut With a Heavy ‘Solemn Warning’
The first official release from All Mother, the Yarmouth-based trio consisting Jessica Churchill along with Rain Over St. Ambrose members Marc Durkee and Spencer Muise, doesn’t beat around the bush. “Solemn Warning” drops like a lead weight with the recognition that life is full of surprises, and not all of them happy ones. Continue reading Music Video: All Mother Debut With a Heavy ‘Solemn Warning’
New Music: Matt Boudreau Ends the World 11 Times Over With ‘Armageddon’
Matt Boudreau’s new album Armageddon and the year 2020 have a lot in common: they both deal in endings. But while 2020 is full of more bleakness than opportunity, Armageddon leaves us with the comforting feeling that not all endings are bad, and many give way to new beginnings.
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