11 May Musician Stephen Peter Rodgers’ New Record Gets Real
Stephen Peter Rodgers' new self-produced album is real, raw and emotional, offering hope to listeners....
Albums
04 May Edie Carey Unveils New Record Inspired by Motherhood
The record is also about the ‘veil’ of security that hides us from ourselves and others, and it’s also about lifting a veil to see the underbelly and truth of things. ...
28 Apr Suzi Moon’s New 3-Song EP ‘Animal’: A Review
Suzi Moon’s vocal delivery is high-pitched and raspy, with a cocky swagger that’s closer to Iggy Pop than Brody Dalle. Her music is glam, intense, and brilliant — yet I almost missed out on hearing the artist because my inbox is overflowing with sound files. ...
30 Nov Passing Strange’s Anthony Paolucci on Raising a Piano Prodigy, Songwriting, and His Band’s New Baby — ‘Afterthought’
Connecticut indie-rock duo Passing Strange’s latest record is called Afterthought, but the 12-song collection is anything but. The album, which came out in October, encompasses an expansive sonic realm — impressively executed by just one vocalist/keyboardist (Kate Mirabella) and one drummer (Anthony Paolucci) — and...
19 Nov Turkey Vulture’s Metal Mom Jessie May on Making ‘Twist the Knife’ While Raising a Baby
Few musical genres ares more potent and cathartic than hardcore, metal and old-school punk rock. Yet it is these genres that I felt internally pressured to abandon when I became a mom in suburbia (and it took me years to re-embrace them). ...
09 Nov Courtney Seely, on Motherhood, Shifting Soundscapes and Creating ‘Future Self’
I already knew, having played a show with melodic Connecticut indie synth-rock trio Green Light, that their music is lyrically rich, sonically layered, and deeply cerebral. Yet I still made the amateur mistake of playing the song “Future Self” for the first time while running...
26 Oct Mama B, aka Jacq Becker, Talks Motherhood and Creating the Whimsical Record ‘Zoology’ with Musician Pal Travis Warner (Uncle T)
Los Angeles-area musicians Jacq Becker and Travis Warner — the duo ‘Mama B and Uncle T’ — have released Zoology, a children’s record that possesses an enchanting quality, filled with cooing animal noises and waterfall sounds alongside gently plucked instruments and gorgeous vocal harmonies....