D Ferren is the quintessential singer/songwriter. He makes gritty tunes that aren’t quite country, aren’t quite folk, but are very much rock n’ roll....
A clever song title like “The Good in Goodbye” can be taken in a couple of different directions. One way would be to turn the phrase into a kiss-off,...
When you hear about a band called Microwave Miracles what comes to mind? What is the first thing you think of? For me, words like “disposable,” “non-biodegradable”...
The sounds of the space age in the intro that kicks off Secret Mezzanine’s Passing Dreams hint at a modernist ambition in the duo’s music, and the album’s...
Mark Allen has modest goals for his self-released, self-titled EP: he just wants to sell the CDs he’s having produced. Despite the opportunities offered...
Funk is in the middle of a resurgence right now, no doubt about it, but funk of the slick, uptown variety is not the kind that Shoeshine Tommy play....
Guitarist Patrick Brown says that when he thought about starting his own band, he had a vision of incorporating the influence of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin,...