Once again, title is meaningless since I have no words. But before I go too far into this song, I thought I’d bump it to you guys to see what you thought. Don’t want to go the normal alt-country singer-songwriter route here and do it straight forward but not sure how to mix [...]

This song is in it’s early infancy, but I wanted to post something before the month turns the halfway point. I had hoped to do more with this tonight but got distracted by the John Denver special on the PBS pledge drive.
Night Time Road.

Being a huge college basketball fan (specifically Kansas basketball), the next few weeks will be pretty exciting. With Kansas poised for a #1 seed, this might be their best shot in some time to win it all.
The last time they won the national championship in 1988 I was six and a half years old, so [...]

When you think of payola, it’s not uncommon to think back to the olden days of radio when manila envelopes arrive at stations not-so-secretly stuffed with stacks of cash enticing program directors and DJs to play that ‘new hit.’
But payola has been an ever-present reality in the radio industry for years. To many it came [...]

Yet another essay on NPR’s Song of the Day. To listen to the song go here.
Hummable Pop Gets Dark And Theatrical by Michael Katzif
“Disaster” by The Besnard Lakes from The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse

NPR.org, March 8, 2007 · With a sound that’s part ’70s art-rock and part ’60s California chamber-pop, The [...]

Okay so they’re not really that old. I am behind the curve, but that is sort of the point of my occasional confessional “old things that are new to me.” So beyond being aware of their name for awhile, I think I am really only hearing Okkervil River for the first time recently. [...]

One band I’ve been going back to a lot these days, Peter Bjorn & John seems to be blowing up with the youngsters right now. There has been a lot of buzz around this Sweedish chamber pop group with a love for sweet melodies. Their third album Writer’s Block came out in Europe last fall [...]

And we’re back! With the second installment of the year long series hello.music. We proudly present to you this months release: Clouded Spaces, Falling Skies.
February is an extra special month, because this album was created not only for our monthly EP release but also for the RPM Challenge, an effort to get musicians to create [...]

Hello boys and girls,
You might be wondering “Where is my Feb. EP?”, and “Why is it not up yet?” , and “Why do you hate me?”. While these are all valid feelings to have in the late hour, there are reasons… As you probably have gathered we have been hard at work [...]