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Sometimes The Best We Can Do Is Move Along...
Image Courtesy Of My Radio Archives I began this WordPress website around 2014. For a while, I’d been doing music-related stuff (mostly vinyl record coverage) over on YouTube, but I felt like I’d hit a dead end of sorts. There was a lot of prep involved and I never felt like I was the greatest talking and presenting on camera. I felt like I had the words, but not the visual presence to match the…
D'Angelo, Prince, & The Realms Of Realness
D’Angelo And The Vanguard, Black Messiah Album Cover I often find that after a musical creator I deeply respect passes on (especially prematurely), I start reabsorbing my ears into my favorites of their catalog. The ritual feels a bit like trying to pay my respects to the artist, as well as being a reminder of why they matter. To music, culture, legacy, and the way they changed the microscopic…
Today, Tomorrow, And The Day Falls Of Fall
The sun moves through a tree-spread sky atop my window, deceptively disguising a colder, progressing fall day. A shifting of the seasons is well-upon us now. Days are darker sooner. The wind in the branches today foretells change, not just in temperature but in the peaks and valleys of the world, such as it is. A few days ago, that descending metamorphosis came quietly knocking, metastatizing at…
Sammy Brue Gives Justin Townes Earle New Life In Upcoming LP The Journals
I first became acquainted with multi-faceted Americana singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle sometime after the release of his sterling third studio album, 2010’s Harlem River Blues. I quickly fell in love with the LP as well as it’s creative predecessor (2009’s Midnight at the Movies), and by 2012 went to see him live on tour with his band promoting Harlem follow-up Nothing’s Gonna Change the…
D.K. Lyons Celebrates Drop Of Darling Kiss Louder EP With Release Show Diary EXCLUSIVE!
If you’ve followed OTBEOTB for most any length of time, you’ll know that I love getting to unveil a new Show Diary segment. That’s because, while most postings here are purely my personalized thoughts, feelings, and opinions on the world of music and the artists within it, the Show Diary lets the focus shift collaboratively wider. This narrative space changes from my simple pair of hands over to…
Seven Years Later: A Music Lover's Reflection On The Premature Loss Of Mac Miller
Yesterday marks seven years to the day since we tragically lost Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller in 2018 to an accidental drug overdose. The musician was only 26 years old at the time, and was preparing a tour for his latest album Swimming when he suddenly passed away. I’ll be the first to admit that while I remember the news when it sadly was first announced, I wasn’t deeply attached to the artist…
Nebraska At 43: One Of Bruce Springsteen's Darkest, Most Personal Projects Gets Long-Awaited '82 Expansion
I initially learned of Bruce Springsteen’s music (both solo and with his trademark E Street Band) as so many listeners have, through radio airplay and overall popular culture (there’s only one man known as “The Boss,” after all). Though there’s a part of me that feels like he’s just always been in the bloodstream. Springsteen has long been synonymous with titan-sized rock-and-roll royalty, and as…
Eric Harrison's "Bittersweet" LP Leaves A Pleasant Taste Across Brisk, Bustling Singer-Songwriter Showcase
New Jersey’s own Eric Harrison has a flavorful palette of time-worn perspective, hailing from a background that might (initially) seem a bit off-kilter for the typical singer-songwriter. With three decades of musical experience under his belt, Harrison is also a trial lawyer by day, self-described as a proud suburban dad and New York Yankees baseball fan. That deeply All-American, white picket…
A Mystery Revealed! Brandi Carlile Readies New LP "Returning To Myself," As Well As New Single/Music Video
After several days of mystery and speculation regarding the apparent re-branding of singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile’s Instagram account, an answer has at last been unveiled! The thread of the unknown began when Carlile’s IG was entirely wiped, replaced by a solitary, piano-backed video of the musician in black and white as a young child. Soon after, multiple photo fragments of Carlile in the…
Stephen Wilson Jr. Weaves Comforting "Blankets" With Moody, Country-Grunge Flavor On New EP
Indiana born-and-bred singer-songwriter Stephen Wilson Jr. has been an intriguing crossover artist in the country and rock realms over the last few years. Growing up, he’d initially been a boxing championship finalist, a scientist, and a lead guitarist/songwriter in an indie rock band, but had yet to find his true path. That discovery came about after he chose to leave his lucrative scientific…
What's Brandi Carlile Been Teasing On Her Instagram Page?
Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile has been having a busy year in 2025, releasing a collaborative album with iconic musician Elton John entitled Who Believes in Angels? back in early April. The duo never toured behind the effort as John is retired from the road at this point, though the pair did provide a few special engagements (such as a one-off show in London and a Saturday Night Live…
Isa Ibn Wali Seeks To "Free The World" With Enlightenment Found On Hard-Hitting New EP
Image Courtesy of Isa ibn Wali The older that I get, the more I find I enjoy the new corners of discovery lurking within my music taste’s maturation. A decade (and longer) ago, I dwelled in a progressively different place from five years prior, and across those five years up to the present day, my field of view has continued to shift with intricacy. The greatest aspect of that, arguably, is that…
Radical Honesty Hits Right At The Heart Of Downupright's Philosophy With New LP Release
Since I became a dedicated listener of music many years ago (and later a well-traveled freelance music journalist), I’ve easily experienced hundreds of abstract sound palettes, lyrical interpretations, and artistic styles in the miles along the way. Despite this tall order, the most interestingly experimental (and engrossingly expansive) art I’ve absorbed in all this time continues to be the work…
Visuals For D.K. Lyons Single Won't Have Me "stop" Listening To This Song Anytime Soon
Image Courtesy Of The “stop” Music Video I recently had the great fortune to spend more time here on OTBEOTB with alt-pop-preaching storyteller D.K. Lyons. The feature was related to the release of Lyons’ second single “stop,” which is a cut off of his forthcoming August 22nd EP Darling Kiss Louder. For all the slick groove that’s present on “stop,” there’s a very refreshing, overarching,…
D.K. Lyons Reaches The Heartstrings Through The Digital On New "stop" Single
I’ve grown up alongside a significant era in the realm of advancing technology. What was once dial-up modems, box-sized desktop computer monitors, and landlines has graduated into present-day artificial intelligence, Wi-Fi, and smartphones. Despite this evolution in progress and communication, it feels to me like humanity has ultimately used these advances to degrade the quality of true…
Alt-Rockers soft spot Get Into Heavy Emotions On Debut "This Will Make You Cry" LP
Photo Courtesy of Eli Vicks One thing I’ve learned as my interests in music and skill as a music writer have evolved is to never be satisfied/content with surface-level appearances. Just because art is made to look or sound a certain way doesn’t mean the colors used to create it are all in one shade. The rap genre has taught me a lot about having this perspective, as well as heavy…
D2x Thrives In Getting Back To The Basics On Stellar EP Of The Year Contender "Boy In The Blue Hoodie"
Photo Courtesy of Timmy Risden I grew up at home with a lot of musical genres floating around me on the cassette/CD player, including folk, rock, grunge, alternative, blues, R&B/soul, and country (shout-out to my parents for all those influences). Not surprisingly, that group became my oiled baseline of palettes as I began to color in the versatile portrait of my own music tastes, a process that…