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Them Dirty Roses Light It Up with ‘Candle In The Dark’

Them Dirty Roses achieve a perfect blend of old-school Southern Rock and present-day Hard Rock on the band’s new single “Candle In The Dark.”  Released March 1st, 2024 on Garden Party Records, “Candle In The Dark” is a strong, mid-speed cut that goes all out from the jump. It’s built on huge-sounding guitars, tough drumming, […]

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Extra Time Spaces It Out With ‘Songs With Long Titles’

With much of modern music going the all digital route there seems to be some soul lost. The amount of production tricks and tools used to “fix” every note suck out the natural life of well written songs. Fortunately there are still bands like Extra Time out there that are keeping the classic sound alive. […]

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Bob Russell Takes Us To ‘Bourbon Street’

There is never ending power in music. People that are willing to pour their time and talent into it will always find a way. Life may sometimes not let us get to our musical dreams until later, but if we want it music will wait for us. Our recent discovery Bob Russell may not be […]

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‘Epilogue’ is Rockford Road’s final act

Rockford Road are Virginia residents who have devoted their sound to classic rock. Since 2016 they have been churning out music. They rally for one last hurrah. Epilogue will be their fourth and final album. I must confess, I was unsure as to the definition of epilogue and looked it up. Epilogue is the perfect word to […]

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Les Fradkin Lets Us In With His ‘Artist Kit Sampler’

With a bubbling talent for writing and performing uplifting tracks, multi-instrumentalist Les Fradkin has released his studio album Artist Kit Sampler, which explores the artist’s passion for the state of the world, both good and bad.  His tracks ‘God Bless California (Oooh L.A.)’ and ‘Everything is Wrong’ work in juxtaposition painting opposite images of where […]

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Les Fradkin has some ‘Spare Change’ For us

Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Les Fradkin unveils a perfect radio single, “Spare Change,” that dates from his days of working with legendary guitarist Mick Ronson (David Bowie, Ian Hunter, Roger McGuinn, Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review).  “Spare Change” actually dates back to 1982, when Ronson, bassist Fradkin, and drummer Hilly Michaels formed a new group […]

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Fearless Heart by Tokyo Tramps is Rock N Roll done their way.

What’s in a band name? Most band names are clever buzz words put together. It’s true, some monikers have no meaning whatsoever. Our featured artist’s name has a deeper meaning. Vocalist Satoru Nakagawa and Yukiko Fujii relocated from Japan to the bible belt. By chance they met in Boston and Tokyo Tramps was born. As far as […]

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DID NOT! Say ‘DID SO!’

Along with Blunt Objects, DID NOT! is one project of Bill Owens, a recording artist from Tucson, Arizona. Working together with Matt Rendon, they are revitalizing songs written by Owens in the 1970s. They focus on a sound that became overshadowed by disco and corporate rock of the time, full of jangly guitar and moody […]