Benjamin Ricci

Mastering a Hybrid Approach to Live Music

Let’s start with the obvious -- the pandemic put a huge damper on the entire music industry, leaving you itching to get back to the stage and back to fans. But even in the face of endless challenges, the music business has made massive strides. New livestream...

Record Review: Schuyler Fisk

Schuyler Fisk Blue Ribbon Winner Los Angeles, CA “Don’t be a ‘Zombie’: get this album” You’re walking through a store when suddenly you hear a song - maybe you can hear the words, maybe you can’t....

Record Review: Revolver

Revolver Parallel Lives Paris, France “A classical ideology” By merging compositions typically found in classical music with modern folk structures, Paris trio Revolver puts out an EP that is...

Record Review: Quiet Hooves

Quiet Hooves Saddle Up Athens, GA “Weird, endearingly awkward pop” Quiet Hooves don’t come from left field, they reside there. For the band’s most recent full-length, Saddle Up, the story is a weird...

Record Review: Pegasus Dream

Pegasus Dream Painting Pantheons Portland, OR “A PDX pop opus” Listening to Painting Pantheons, you’ll find similarities between vocalist JT Lindsey’s multi-tracked pipes and those of Kevin Barnes...

Record Review: Megan Slankard

Megan Slankard A Token of the Wreckage San Francisco, CA “Sultry, warm with a golden glow” Megan Slankard releases her fourth record in good company, aided by engineers David Bryson (Counting Crows)...

Record Review: Marc Robillard

Marc Robillard Left London Halifax, NS “Brutally honest but beautifully done” Left London is Marc Robillard’s tribute to the city, and what a city it must be to have inspired such a soulful and...