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Juan Sánchez Grants Us A ‘Rebirth’

Music creators will run into much self-doubt in their journey. The process of crafting sounds from scratch as a solo performer is even more difficult. There is no one to really bounce your ideas of. This often leads to questioning if what you are doing is worthwhile to the masses. When you are able to […]

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Enjoy The Sexy ‘La Bikina’ from Esteban Alvarez

Opening with a minimalist strut across the piano keys, “La Bikina,” the new single from Esteban Alvarez’s fantastic new full-length LP Piano Meets Mariachi, it doesn’t take long for us to get this idea that this is not mariachi music as we have been brought up to understand it. No, Alvarez is crafting something a […]

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Jeremy Dutcher Soon to Release ‘Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa’

Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa is the new project of Canadian virtuoso, Jeremy Dutcher.   Yes, you read that album title correctly and yes, it’s a lot of letters. It is the native language of the Tobique First Nation, an indigenous community in Canada, called Wolastoqey and it means “Our Maliseet Songs.” The album is a romantic ode […]

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Celebrate ‘Bic’s Birthday’ with Kody Nielsen

Kody Nielsen’s “Bic’s Birthday” is magical and I’m not in opposition of this unique instrumental replacing the traditional birthday song. Birthday Suite by Kody Nielson Visionary Classical-Hip Hop Fusion Nielsen shared the single in honor of New Zealand artist Bic Runga, and on her birthday, January 13th. (Happy belated, Bic!) The single comes ahead of […]

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Emancipator’s ‘Baralku’ Belongs with the Stars

The Yolngu are an aggregation of indigenous Australian people. In their mythology the Djanggawul, three Yolngu siblings, created the landscape of Australia and covered it with flora. The legend goes that they were from an island that lies to the east of Arnhem Land where Barnubirr, the creator-spirit who guided the Djanggawul siblings and rises […]

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Sariah Mae – “Somethings” is Truly Something Special

We relate what we hear to what we know. Or at least I do. It is comforting to be able to relate two things that are completely opposite ends of the world, differ in every way that doesn’t matter, and mirror each other in every way that does matter. And when I hear L.A. native […]

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Toni Castells Provides A Neo-Classical Journey To 2045

As beautiful and creative as classical music is it is often an afterthought of the music community. People take classical training and then veer in totally separate directions creating music that lacks the sustainable beauty that the classical genre has given them. Our friend Toni Castells, whose music we covered some years ago HERE, is […]

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Daniel Ketchum – Healing Through Classical Piano

It has been well documented that music can have an effect on not only the mental state of the listener but also the physical state as well.  It is no secret to a lover of music what a stream of sounds can do to change your mood.  Our recent find Daniel Ketchum seems to have […]