Andru Branch is the real deal, the genuine article, an authentic. Nothing else can be said of a reggae outfit that, in the words of The Sunday Herald of Kingston, Jamaica, “sounds like the Marley-inspired tunes all The World has come to know and love.” Continue reading Andru Branch & Halfway Tree Invite Resilience with ‘Weather The Storm’
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Kristen Martell Wants You to Grow and Rise Up and Dance With ‘Quiet Hearts’
Kristen Martell is keeping up her collaboration with award-winning artist Gabrielle Papillon and award-winning Producer Dan Ledwell (Jenn Grant, The Fortunate Ones, Rachel Beck). Following up the trios previous effort, “Photograph of Secrets,”, is “Quiet Hearts,” a dreamy new single about resilience when the world is a little less and sunshine and rainbows. Continue reading Kristen Martell Wants You to Grow and Rise Up and Dance With ‘Quiet Hearts’
Empathy is at the Core of Heather Armstrong’s Debut Album ‘Fearless Contribution’
Songwriters have such fascinatingly varied ways of working: some write for a project or album, some write daily or weekly, and some sit on songs for years. Heather Armstrong, however, works at a frantic pace, overcome by the need to get the songs out.
Writers sometimes call it lightning in a bottle. Armstrong’s debut album, Fearless Contribution sits squarely within this description. Written in the span of a few months, the record touches on themes that are timeless and does so with a positivity that’s contagious. Continue reading Empathy is at the Core of Heather Armstrong’s Debut Album ‘Fearless Contribution’
Lashes Play Devil’s Advocate With Controversial Album ‘When The Internet Calls’
Halifax duo Lashes is nothing if not complicated. Formerly known as Lvbor Cvmp, the band has made efforts to soften their image in time for the release of their new album When The Internet Calls—which leans so far into the realm of a concept album that it plays like an uncomfortable manifesto. Continue reading Lashes Play Devil’s Advocate With Controversial Album ‘When The Internet Calls’
Hillsburn Offer a Glimmer of Hope in the Midst of Despair on ‘Slipping Away’
Day-to-day living has become such a burden for so many of us in recent years, and for a sadly growing variety of reasons. The struggles, hardships, and barriers (sometimes self-inflicted as Hillsburn will address) have become a horrendously relatable weight we all rise to. Yet amidst all the depression, detachment, disenchantment, and despair; we find glimmers of hope and hopefully that is what Slipping Away leaves listeners feeling. Continue reading Hillsburn Offer a Glimmer of Hope in the Midst of Despair on ‘Slipping Away’