Category: Single
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50mething Puts Corporate Profit Under the Microscope on “Make us pay for it.”
For an artist who’s going to be drawing on political and social events, that’s absolutely the stuff. It’s all about the everyday purchase, the corporate interest…
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Dan Webb Gives Nicole McCabe Room to Roam on “The Self Watches Their Return”
The electric keys give the track its psychedelic character, while Nicole McCabe supplies the freedom at the centre of the arrangement. It’s an absorbing combination: steady…
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Jay Pinto Finds Common Ground In The Warm Folk-Rock Of ‘Arrive or Company?’
It’s a very good starting point for a song about the worth of another person’s company to have an old singing partner in the room. The…
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Jimi Bennett Band Brings Gospel Conviction to “When Love Walks In”
The song is all glossy, sunny 80s/90s pop-rock. The guitars and keyboards provide a full backing to Bennett’s lead and the backing vocals give it a…
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FRANI Finds Her Own Words on “This Is Me Trying”
I like the modest scale of “This Is Me Trying” as a statement. Trying can mean apologizing, starting over, or managing to get through an ordinary…
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Gianfranco Malorgio Brings Migration’s History into Focus on “Greaseball”
The title is intentionally off-putting since “greaseball” has been used as an ethnic insult directed at Italian immigrants and their descendants, and by including it on…
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Louisiana Claude Hitt Brings an ’80s Touch to “Down and Lonely”
“Down and Lonely” is a good title for that approach. Those words carry a weary, conversational quality, while the rocking musical direction suggests a more spirited…
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Grey & Purple Songbook Revisits a Royal Rescue on “Fateful Ski Trip”
It was released on 13 September 2026 and retells the winter escape of the young Håkon IV, who was carried across the mountains of Norway by…
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Grey & Purple Songbook Get Distracted at Work on “Love Through the Window”
The lively rhythm gives the song a sardonic kind of self-assurance, while the clear guitar lines keep the composition sharp and the pop voice carries the…
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Gianfranco Malorgio Pairs Guitar and Synths to Explore Italian Emigration on “An Immigrant’s Story”
The fact that he has a background in ensemble playing gives the piece “An Immigrant’s Story” a special context since it is a musician experienced in…
