Category: Features

Posted on: December 12, 2014 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Healing Rain Worship Team Interview

Hello. Can you provide us a little information about yourself and what you are attempting to do with your music? “Healing Rain Worship Team” is a vibrant ministry in the Twin Cities, Minnesota and our maiden praise and worship album is titled “Miracles Still Happen”.  To give you a little background, Healing Rain Worship Team is a subsidiary of Healing Rain Christian Music and Media Production, a local group of…

Posted on: December 12, 2014 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Mountain Rio She’s In Love With Santa and Let The Lights Shine Single Reviews

The biggest problem during the holiday season is that a great many of the Christmas-themed songs that are played are those sample old tracks that listeners have been hearing their entire life. The United Kingdom’s Mountain Rio (the nom de plume of Frank Robinson) looks to establish a new seasonal tradition with the release of two new tracks, She’s In Love With Santa and Let The Lights Shine. She’s In…

Posted on: December 12, 2014 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Tostitos Rolls

  The traditional tortilla chip is something that a wide variety of individuals will gladly eat but there is some sense that the snack is a little on the staid side. To counteract this Tostitos has created their Rolls product line extension. The tortilla chips are rolled up into a tight shell meeting that individuals can dip with impunity. Furthermore there is a slightly different flavor profile that exists when…

Posted on: December 12, 2014 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Steve Henrichs Dawn CD Review

Dawn is the latest album from Steve Henrichs, and it will immediately hit listeners with a funky, soulful composition that does more with the interplay between musical elements than vocal-heavy bands can do in the space of their album. There’s A Song feels at home at all periods; there are subtle nods to the seventies, nineties, and the current generation – when the vocals kick in, listeners are given a…

Posted on: December 12, 2014 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Basil Hayden’s Bourbon Whiskey

Whisky is one of my favorite spirits but the amount of different types of whiskeys that are on the market is considerable. There are good, decent, and bad efforts so finding the proper whiskey for your taste and uses is essential. Basil Hayden’s Bourbon Whiskey is a versatile spirit that will work equally well in mixed drinks, on the rocks, and even as a shooting spirit. The overall flavor profile…

Posted on: December 12, 2014 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Fistmas Ale

This is the time of the year for Christmas beers and Chicago’s Revolution Brewing has just released their Fistmas Ale. The beer pours with a dark oche to copper coloration with a tannish head that will take some moments to dissipate. The beer is not overwhelmingly sweet like many of the Christmas offerings but provides imbibers with hoppy, malty, and lightly sweet elements. The higher ABV of Fistmas provides a…

Posted on: December 9, 2014 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Healing Rain Worship Team Miracles Still Happen CD

There Is No Other God has a tremendous instrumental side, with considerably more complex and intricate interplays between the synth, bass, and vocals than other similar efforts; it is this care and dedication that is taken in the creation of the songs on Miracles Still Happen that will get the most listeners interested in what the act has to say. Freedom Released is a bouncy, bassy track that unites a bevy…

Posted on: December 8, 2014 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Jupiter in Velvet Interview

We’re sitting down with Jupiter in Velvet. It’s been a while. What has the band been doing this last year? Well, writing songs, rehearsing, recording, making videos – in addition to living a reckless rockstar lifestyle.

Posted on: December 8, 2014 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Salt Interview

Q. The Greenman is your latest album. What does the disc add to the story that is Salt? A. The Greenman attempts to provide an insightful 5-track EP that provides listeners with a glimpse of the diversity of song-writing and sounds that the band have been working on over the past year. However, it is only a scratch on the surface of the material that is coming out of the…

Posted on: December 8, 2014 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Tripod Interview

Which artists most influence the band’s overall sound? Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains are maybe in the core,  but of course we listen to a lot of different music that plays it’s part. From Billy Joel to the Dillinger Escape Plan.