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REVIEW: “Wide Open Sky” by Pat Irwin + J. Walter Hawkes

By ELI JACE > Guitar & trombone pace between the aisles under a cloudless sky on the debut album from Pat Irwin & J. Walter Hawkes. Its title, Wide Open Sky, is appropriate imagery. The above plane is expansive and reaches out infinitely. The music here is in no hurry. Like wind where there is...

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A brief history of melisma in popular music feat May Devun

A Brief History of Melisma in Popular Music

As you find yourself standing on the edge, do you fall or fly? What’s real is surreal, LA indie pop songstress May Devun sings in her latest track, “Say the Words,” released last week. To answer the question: The earth-shattering vocal runs in “Say the Words” are enough to send me over the edge and...

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Fort Lauderdale Rapper RuudAwakening Shows 2PAC Grit, Purging Depression, Fear and Misery on “CATHARSIS” Album

“Are you hearing those screams? See, my people ain’t free. They just want us to freeze.” – Magic,  by RuudAwakening Careful or this one will go over your head. RuudAwakening is that rare rapper who brings a complete subversive level to his rhymes, using sarcasm and brutal honesty to deliver atypical messages over hard modern...

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New York’s Prolific Indie Genius Nehedar Fends Off Polarized Cultural Forces in “Pendulum” single

New York-based artist Nehedar, brain child of restless musical genius Emilia Cataldo, has been consistently releasing excellent music since 2007 (Nehedar has 9 albums on Bandcamp & some secret releases on Soundcloud.) Think of artists like St. Vincent, PJ Harvey and Sharon van Etten and you’re on the right track. Always insightful and lyrically relevant,...

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New Music Friday – Essential New Artists for the True Music Connoisseur

It’s New Music Friday again, and there’s a plethora of essential new artists for all you music connoisseurs out there. Below we’ll outline our curated recommendations. Most of these picks are included on our Independent Music Worldwide playlist. Hope – Red Man Find something more powerful than this for me. Don’t worry. I’ll wait….it’s just...

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