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I love the way certain instruments have of complementing each other. Maybe you’ve already noticed this, or perhaps it’s just the natural preferences of my ear, but one of my favorite sets is the guitar and the saxophone. Acoustic over elect...
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I love atmospheric, singer-songwriter-driven music that takes me into a certain time and place. Not so much memories of my own experiences, just the type of descriptive illustrations that make the poetic side of my brain seem seen and under...
The last time we caught up with Canadian singer-songwriter Kevin Smeltzer, his single “Unsurvivable” brought dancefloor electricity to life with equal parts mixture of uplifting endorphins and unshakeable introspection on mortality. I don’t...
I recently featured a song called “DWB” here on this publication, courtesy of an indie rock/pop/soul/funk fusion band out of the Jersey Shore region called NuSpace. I loved what I heard out of the sound of the group, especially with how the...
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