Music of the World

OFFICIAL: http://nickblackmusic.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/nickblackfanpage/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/nickblackmusic Written by Daniel Boyer, posted by blog admin The third album from songwriter, singer, and guitarist Nick Black, Summer + Spring rates as his peak moment thus far and shows his development outstripping what anyone following his career to this point could have credibly believed possible. His work in a R&B/soul vein, mingled with an occasional dollop of straight blues, artfully straddles a line between stylistic fidelity to its source and commerciality. Black has hit upon a winning formula for shaping genre music whose appeal reaches far beyond purist ranks and, instead, satisfies both the demands of the form and what modern audiences enjoy in popular music. He accomplishes this with a songwriting style that’s equally personal and relatable while his instrumental and vocal talents bring a vibrant hue to it all without ever risking...

OFFICIAL: http://jacksonhowardmusic.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/jacksonhowardq/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Jaxon_Howard Written by Pamela Bellmore, posted by blog admin A solid collection of songs is present on Jackson Howard’s sophomore record, Just for the Mystery , and the tunes represented weave together a number of classic styles with a mainstream touch.   The end result is a wealth of material well-suited to radio and songs that will appeal to music fans who like the real thing without an overabundance of studio trickery and digital manipulation.   Howard can sing, play and write, so he wisely chose to let the music do the talking with the production only reinforcing the above facts. The one-two punch of the title track and “A Place in this World” illustrates his strengths as well as his band’s attributes; the former a busy, high-octane rock jam with rumbling drums, fluid bass plucking, fiery electric/acoustic guitar mash-ups and powe...