Author: Al Geiner

“Bed of Roses”: Eleyet McConnell Bleed Quietly into the Microphone and Dare You to Feel It
May 27, 2025 No Responses

“Bed of Roses”: Eleyet McConnell Bleed Quietly into the Microphone and Dare You to Feel It

“Bed of Roses”: Eleyet McConnell Bleed Quietly into the Microphone and Dare You to Feel It There’s a moment when the lights go out inside someone and instead of collapsing they just stare you down and sing. That’s Bed of...
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Ken Holt’s “I Did Not Know” — Regret, Wisdom, and the Echoes of Ghosts We Should Have Loved Better
May 22, 2025 No Responses

Ken Holt’s “I Did Not Know” — Regret, Wisdom, and the Echoes of Ghosts We Should Have Loved Better

Ken Holt’s “I Did Not Know” — Regret, Wisdom, and the Echoes of Ghosts We Should Have Loved Better Ken Holt walks into the room with a song and a mirror. Not the cracked funhouse kind, but the brutal morning-after...
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Pamela Hopkins Sets Fire to Niceness on “Me Being Me”
May 22, 2025 No Responses

Pamela Hopkins Sets Fire to Niceness on “Me Being Me”

There’s a moment on Pamela Hopkins’ “Me Being Me” when the facade of what country music has become completely collapses like a two-dollar lawn chair under the weight of its own Botoxed, overproduced, algorithm-chasing mediocrity. That moment is the ent...
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Noble Hops: “Kelso Beach” (Shady Lady/MTS)
May 22, 2025 No Responses

Noble Hops: “Kelso Beach” (Shady Lady/MTS)

Noble Hops: “Kelso Beach” (Shady Lady/MTS) Noble Hops aren’t trying to impress you. That’s their charm. “Kelso Beach” is what happens when a seasoned regional rock band decides to stop pretending they’re chasing hits and instead writes the kind o...
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Pol Sembrano Breaks Boundaries with Empowering New Single and Video “Open Mind” Ahead of Genre-Bending Debut Album
May 22, 2025 No Responses

Pol Sembrano Breaks Boundaries with Empowering New Single and Video “Open Mind” Ahead of Genre-Bending Debut Album

Pol Sembrano Breaks Boundaries with Empowering New Single and Video “Open Mind” Ahead of Genre-Bending Debut Album Pol Sembrano is a Filipino-American composer and classically trained pianist from Seattle who has recently decided to step out of his comfor...
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Alex Krawczyk’s “A Song for You”: The Soft Revolution Sings Again
May 19, 2025 No Responses

Alex Krawczyk’s “A Song for You”: The Soft Revolution Sings Again

Alex Krawczyk’s “A Song for You”: The Soft Revolution Sings Again This is not a song. This is a confession in a cabin. It’s what happens when someone grabs a guitar instead of a therapist. “A Song for You” by...
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Radiance, the latest single from violinist Bernadett Nyari
May 19, 2025 No Responses

Radiance, the latest single from violinist Bernadett Nyari

Single Review: Bernadett Nyari – “Radiance” Radiance,” the latest single from violinist Bernadett Nyari, arrives not as a statement of virtuosity but as a meditation on feeling. It is a piece that moves with deliberate calm, offering more b...
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Pete Price Reaches Into the Silence on “Better Angels”
May 19, 2025 No Responses

Pete Price Reaches Into the Silence on “Better Angels”

Pete Price Reaches Into the Silence on “Better Angels” Pete Price’s “Better Angels,” a standout single from his introspective album Pictures in Time, takes its time. It doesn’t build toward a climax or unfold with cinematic sweep. Instead, it linge...
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In “West Virginia,” Cliff & Susan Explore the Quiet Courage of Letting Go
May 19, 2025 No Responses

In “West Virginia,” Cliff & Susan Explore the Quiet Courage of Letting Go

In “West Virginia,” Cliff & Susan Explore the Quiet Courage of Letting Go There is a certain kind of country song that resists sentimentality by telling the truth. Not the fairytale truth, not the polished version, but the kind that...
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The latest hit from RogerHill Music “Nobody Knows
May 18, 2025 No Responses

The latest hit from RogerHill Music “Nobody Knows

The latest hit from RogerHill Music “Nobody Knows”  delves right into the core of one’s being.  On first hearing the song it hits you as a tune about sensual, passionate enthusiasm about a man declaring his love through vulnerability to...
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