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Sydney Alese – Time

Storming fresh onto the pop scene, Sydney Alese aims to make an impression with her debut Time. Playing her own instruments, composing her own melodies and releasing the album on her own record label (Curly Sheep Records), the Arizona flower is definitely ambitious whenever it comes down to her Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/sydney-alese-time/

Zach Linley and the Daredevils

What says and does it best if not the excellent music that feeds my soul. Music that combines words that vividly recognize my day to day life, yet maintaining the entertainment I'm looking for. Music that is not just entertaining but goes an extra mile in ensuring that a unique concept Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/zach-linley-and-the-daredevils/

The Thrill Is Gone, But The Blues Lives On

With the death of B.B. King a few months ago I pondered over the blues and wondered about its place in the musical scheme of the 21st century in the world of loops, samples, and remixing technology. I came to the conclusion that the blues, as an art form, has proved resilient and has come a long Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/the-thrill-is-gone-but-the-blues-lives-on/

Nervous Germans - From Prussia With Love

The Nervous Germans enjoyed an initial five year career from 1979 until 1984 and managed to achieve some modicum of notoriety and interest from music big wigs. Despite the scrutiny, they were never were able to break from the chains of the hip yet dreaded “cult status” tag. Suddenly in 2014, Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/nervous-germans-from-prussia-with-love/

Jillian Speer – Daggers & Suede (EP)

Review: Daggers & Suede has much to commend it. Admittedly, there is a whole lot of variety to these arrangements and performances. First: Speer and her impressive band delivers rock solid playing like a well-oiled machine. This is testament to hundreds of hours of rehearsal time no doubt. Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/jillian-speer-daggers-suede-ep/

Oogee Wawa - More Sand than Money

The first full length album from East Coast rap/funk/reggae four piece Oogee Wawa puts an exclamation point on the first part of the band’s quick rise to prominence in the indie scene. The band’s first album from Rebel Sound Records, More Sand than Money, is a stylistically diverse 12 song Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/oogee-wawa-more-sand-than-money/

Shane Scheib - Fast Friends

Who doesn’t like Singer-Songwriter music? I’d all hands go up in the air. I mean, while Singer-Songwriter, which by the way kind of emerged in the late 60’s and 70’s with the arrival of artists like Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Jim Croce and Billy Joel they represented a close Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/shane-scheib-fast-friends/

Jupiter in Velvet - The World Didn’t Start With U

For his fourth album, The World Didn’t Start With U, Jupiter in Velvet has marshaled his considerable musical firepower to deliver a knockout punch to anyone within his reach. His twelve new songs have consistent focus and are stamped with an indelible production style, but unlike other bands Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/jupiter-in-velvet-the-world-didnt-start-with-u/

Ron Louis Smith II - “Spank”

The son of Ronald Smith, a founding member and horn player with disco legends KC and the Sunshine Band, scores big with the release of his single “Spank” from his debut album The Prince of Sunshine. The song is an ultra-stylish, modern shot of dance pop that marries entertaining fundamentals Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/ron-louis-smith-ii-spank/

Kwame Binea - Kwame Binea Shakedown

The meeting of chemistry and talent is always memorable. Encountering it for the first time as a listener carries an electric charge, the locked-down certainty that you’ve witnessed a moment when gloriously functional independent parts snap together to form an even greater whole. The Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/kwame-binea-kwame-binea-shakedown/

The Left Ready - Ghost

Many of the rising rock bands on the indie scene who will leave some sort of mark behind on listeners aren’t the facile Neanderthal acts of old singing about girls, cars, wild times, or the life of a rock star as outlaw. Many of the true emerging talents are capable rock musicians with a Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/the-left-ready-ghost/

EXCLUSIVE INTERIEW: CALL SECURITY

Call Security is a five-piece alternative rock group from Geneva, New York, known for blending folk and rock sensibilities with melodic pop hooks. Reminiscent of bands such as The Killers, Neon Trees, and Mumford and Sons, Call Security experiments with elements from several genres to create Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/exclusive-interiew-call-security/

AB Clyde and the Kitty Litters - Muscle Beach

A.B. Clyde and The Kitty Litters are like the hippie house band hired for a party who play the same three songs until six a.m. or the beer runs out. Muscle Beach starts off as a cheap Jimmy Buffet homage and listeners wade through a quarter of the album's first half before Clyde manages to Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/ab-clyde-and-the-kitty-litters-muscle-beach/

Rachel London - “Runnin’”

Few singers in recent years have risen as fast as Rachel London, but this multi-talented young lady is a born performer with a crucial quality setting her apart from her peers. The deep conviction she feels that her purpose in this life is to entertain and communicate with others through Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/rachel-london-runnin/

Shauna Burns - "Hazel"

Las Vegas based veteran singer/songwriter Shauna Burns' new single "Hazel" falls in line with her earlier work, but the Celtic touches of earlier albums and songs is scarcely in evidence here. This is a song reaching, instead, for something closer to pure orchestral pop. The neo-classical Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/shauna-burns-hazel/

Landon Williams - "Tonight"

The world needs more artists who can balance on the head of a pin. Landon Williams is a remarkable young talent with his foot in a variety of genres, yet never fully committed to any of them. There's a clear blues influence in the song, but he's no strict r&b balladeer. There are Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/landon-williams-tonight/

Call Security - To Whom It May Concern

If rock is dead, like Gene Simmons says, then you can argue its last big commercial moment in the sun came with the emergence of now enormously successful bands like Coldplay and The Killers, among others. These bands shaped a compelling fusion of REM, U2, top shelf eighties Brit pop, and a bit Read more at http://blog.penweb.org/call-security-to-whom-it-may-concern/

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