Music of the World

OFFICIAL: http://www.joshuaketchmark.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/josh.ketchmark Written by Jay Snyder, posted by blog admin From the opening, gentle strum the heart-warming, tumbleweed kicking love song, “We Were Everything” and culminating in the rhythmically pulsating, winding electric guitar leads and spitfire soul vocals of closer “The Great Unknown,” it’s clear that Joshua Ketchmark has arrived.   Hailing from his humble beginnings in Peoria, Illinois and eventually carving a path to every big-time music city in the USA (LA just to name one of many places), Ketchmark is now twelve releases strong in a music career that spans too many genres to count.   Though he primarily operates in old school folk, country, pop and r & b, he also branches out into rock, blues and delicate balladry whenever the mood strikes him.    After the fiery lead-in of “We Were Everything,” Joshua switches into ballad mode with quiet acoustic guitar, d...

OFFICIAL: www.sarahmorrismusic.com FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/sarahmorris10 Written by Larry Robertson, posted by blog admin Hailing from Minnesota, Sarah Morris’ music sounds like it came straight from the heart of Nashville on her 3 rd outing Hearts in Need of Repair ; the follow-up to her solid sophomore LP, Ordinary Things .   A gifted singer and composer is what can be heard across the album’s 11 delicious tracks and the simultaneously acoustic/electric sonic manipulation gives birth to tracks with unique multiple personality disorder (from rocking grooves to calm, melodic numbers).   Getting things started off with a loping acoustic groove and soft 60s folk touches the album’s title track piles on layered guitar motifs and a rousing lead vocal that’s absolutely trembles with authentic, edgy melody.   Keeping the atmosphere married to acoustic tunefulness “Good at Goodbye” trades the contemplative folk nuances for galloping, full-throttle coun...

OFFICIAL : https://www.sarahdonner.com FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/sarahdonner/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/sarahdonner MUSIC VIDEO: (PHOENIX) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j13Jwyb-AnA Written by Daniel Boyer, posted by blog admin Sarah Donner’s twelve song collection Black Hole Heart stands as the latest peak in this New Jersey based songwriter’s continuing musical journey. Donner’s unique mix of beautifully melodic vocals, folk, pop, and singer/songwriter tendencies comes together in an acoustic package with songs never threatening to tax listener’s patience with over-indulgence. She keeps everything focused and emphasizes a melody first approach, but these are songs are distinguished by top shelf lyrical content intelligently straddling a line between performed poetry and well-worded yet conversational lines. She works with a relatively small cast of supporting musicians and some key guest stars make their presence felt on a couple of the album’s ...

OFFICIAL: http://greggstewartmusic.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/gstewartmusic INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/thatgreggstewart Written by Bradley Johnson, posted by blog admin Gregg Stewart is full of surprises. One might assume that releasing a successful solo debut and intending on following it up in the same year with your second solo release entailed writing a new slate of songs. Stewart confounds our expectations, however, and shows himself to be a musician willing to follow his muse wherever it leads by, instead, making that second solo release a covers album. It’s, typically, the sort of release we associate with long-standing acts who, entertain themselves playing old favorites after a successful run with their original material. It isn’t what we’re used to, at all, from a indie artist making his first meaningful forays into the music world on his own and not part of a band. Based in California via New Jersey, Stewart organized this collection around selecting ...

OFFICIAL: https://www.thunderboltandlightfootband.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thunderboltandlightfoot/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thunderboltandlightfootband/ Written by Mike Yoder, posted by blog admin Phil Barry and Sarah Fuerst’s collaboration under the name Thunderbolt and Lightfoot marks a next natural step for these two respected figures on the Midwestern indie and folk scene. The confluence of their talents, first exhibited on their self-titled debut EP, takes the main stage here with a full length studio album and it certainly smacks of much more than regional desires. These are one of those rare working partnerships where one performer truly inspires and prods the other to heights they might not have reached on their own otherwise. Songs for Mixed Company is a ten song collection that certainly embraces its folk roots, but there are dashes of something truly different in many of the performances that set it apart from typical efforts in...