Author: Kim Muncie

Posted on: June 20, 2019 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Oliver Ray’s Out Passed Nowhere

Emerging from the shadows like a thief in the night, the somber string reverberations of “Edge City” invite us into a nearly ten minute-long closing epic that brings audiences full circle to where we first began in Oliver Ray’s Out Passed Nowhere, the debut album from the acclaimed singer/songwriter due out this June everywhere that independent music is sold and streamed. In our first look at his solo work, Ray…

Posted on: June 18, 2019 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Richard Lynch’s Think I’ll Carry It On.(LP)

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/richardlynchbnd?lang=en Gently, with a pendulous groove underpinning its immaculate melody, a guitar paints us a picture of a black and white world with kaleidoscopic colors in “Back in 1953,” one of the more patient ballads to behold in Richard Lynch’s Think I’ll Carry It On. It isn’t the lone example of the strings telling us a story of their own in this most recent release from the critically-acclaimed country…

Posted on: June 18, 2019 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Christopher Hill & The Stardust Crush releases new LP

Christopher Hill & The Stardust Crush are a band out of Seattle, Washington, with a unique take on the current state of United States politics. Rather than taking the traditional dystopian approach – this four-piece rock band combines folk, disjointed rhythms and harmonies to create a sometimes wistful, but trippy collection of songs in their seven-track album, MAABA (Making America All Better Again). ᐧ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thestardustcrush/ Out of the gate…

Posted on: June 12, 2019 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Dane Maxwell makes it look all too easy

A debut single can be the hardest track that an artist will ever record, but Dane Maxwell makes it look all too easy in his rookie release, the anti-bullying ballad “Where I’m Seen.” Maxwell steps up to the microphone with an unrehearsed confidence that could become a signature element in his sound if he learns to harness all of its multilayered potential. His words dance against the silky string section…

Posted on: June 12, 2019 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

W.C. Beck releases self titled LP

Like a gentle breeze rustling the branches of an old willow tree, “The Long Way Home” has a way of dispelling all of the tension that would normally sully a perfect summer afternoon, and as I recently discovered, it isn’t the only song capable of such mysticism in W.C. Beck’s third album, First Flight, a deceptively titled record that sees its composer executing one flawless ascent into the sonic heavens…

Posted on: June 6, 2019 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 1

Derek Davis – Resonator Blues (LP)

Derek Davis’ third solo release, Resonator Blues, is a departure from the soul and funk leanings of his previous solo outing Revolutionary Soul and his history of releases and shows with Davis’ longtime band Babylon A.D. The dozen songs included on this release are drenched in blues, but never the paint by numbers variety that inspires big blues fans to sigh in despair. Instead, even on the album’s cover tunes, you get a…

Posted on: June 1, 2019 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Lauren Crosby delivers a musical treasure chest

With a sweet little swing, “You Don’t Need a Rose” infects the air with a confident swagger that listeners won’t be able to shake when taking in its decadent strings alongside the other ten tracks that Lauren Crosby’s I Said Take Me to the Water has in store for pop fans this spring. Driven by its lighthearted lyricism and freewheeling rhythm, “You Don’t Need a Rose” is a good sampling…

Posted on: May 30, 2019 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Brandon Siegel – The Private Practice Survival Guide

One of the keys to making “self help” books, especially those of a decidedly professional nature, successful for readers is personalization. It is one thing to, essentially, consume a multi-hour lecture in text form, no matter how well composed, if there is no personal element present in the author’s presentation. It is quite another thing, however, to feel drawn into the life experiences that helped shape their philosophy and carried…

Posted on: May 23, 2019 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

David Gelman releases new LP

In a velvety-soft guitar melody, David Gelman paints us a vivid picture of undying romance in “My Vows to You (Wedding Song).” With the aid of a pristine piano’s melancholic yearn, he conjures just as evocative a harmony in “Presence of the Lord.” Exotic percussive swagger drives the lush lyrical center of “In the Sun,” and though it’s not quite the swarthy swing of “Feel Alright,” it’s perhaps even more…

Posted on: May 23, 2019 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

So Far Away” by Jas Frank & the Intoits

“I’m entitled, to some little attention / I’m entitled, so don’t let me down,” Jas Frank declares at the onset of her monolithic performance in the new single “So Far Away,” which can be found on her all-new album with the Intoits, The Girl from Cherry Valley. Together with her band, Frank utilizes every second of this song to crater us with her commanding presence in the studio, which by…