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Taylor Swift – ‘Folklore’ Album Review

Photo credit: Beth Garrabrant The one thing 2020 was guaranteed not to deliver was another Taylor Swift album – it was a year ago that the singer released her seventh album, Lover, and fans are still deliberating over which song should have been the next radio single, campaigning with their usual fire-fueled ferocity for their… Read more

Muluma: Latin America’s Rising Heartthrob

Photo Credit: Raynner “Phraa” Alba Maluma is a rising musician from Columbia. His style of music combines reggaeton with electronic, pop, and trap influences. With a long list of collaborations with Madonna, Ricky Martin, JLo, and more, this popular artist is creating music for the long-term. Maluma was born on January 28, 1994, as Juan… Read more

Neck Deep – ‘All Distortions Are Intentional’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Steve Gullick On their fourth album, All Distortions are Intentional, Wrexham, Wales rock band Neck Deep gives us a little bit of everything. Well, maybe not everything, but certainly a lot, and they tend to give us quite a bit more than we might expect on quite a number of the album’s twelve tracks. This dedication to musical flexibility is apparent… Read more

2014 Throwback Gallery: Self Help Fest

‘Self Help Fest’ at Festival Pier Penn’s Landing 2014 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Motionless in White Bring Me The Horizon The Story So Far The Wonder Years August Burns Red Crown The Empire  Photography by: Steve Trager    

2014 Throwback Gallery: The Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival

The ‘Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival’ 2014 Camden, New Jersey Escape The Fate Buck Cherry Godsmack Skillet Seether Pop Evil 3 Years Hollow Within Reason Sons of Revelry Rewind The Crisis  Photography by: Steve Trager

The Chicks – ‘Gaslighter’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Liz Collins The Chicks’ eighth album originally was going to be an easy record of covers, a wham-bam compilation that took less effort to put out than the accolades it would no doubt receive, fulfilling their seven-album contract with Sony’s Columbia Records and allowing them to move on. After the barn-storming stampede of… Read more

Clinton Kane: Joining Forces with Martin Garixx for a Breakout Year in Music

Photo Credit: Daniel Prakopcyk Clinton was born in Norway on November 26, 1998. His family initially moved to the U.K. before relocating to Australia. Living around the world, he taught himself how to play the guitar, piano, and drums. Clinton first came online via YouTube in 2016. In an uploaded video, the young creative sat… Read more

Kareen Lomax: The Rising Star We’ve Been Looking For

Photo Credit: Donté Maurice Kareen Lomax is an emerging singer and songwriter with a deep, soulful voice. With a quick burst to stardom and the resulting lull, it inspired Kareen to refocus her music ambitions. With intentions to do it right a second time around, Kareen is preparing to surge ahead of the rest. Living… Read more

The Aces – ‘Under My Influence’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Red Bull Records In 1967, a song called “New York Mining Disaster 1941” was released to radio stations but did not list the artist. The DJs listened to it, assumed it was the Beatles, and thus put it into heavy rotation. Even when the actual artist was revealed as a new band called the Bee Gees, people still believed that… Read more