Album Name: Red Artist: Dafni Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Dafni is not one of those artists who just decided she wanted to be a rock star and put out a CD with…
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Album Review: Makin’ History by Jennifer Getz
Album Name: Makin’ History Artist: Jennifer Getz Year/Label: 2005 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds The voice is everything. I am very aware of vocals in music, more than I am of the music. When an…
Album Review: Live by Hope Littwin
Album Name: Live Artist: Hope Littwin Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds My first thought was what an odd voice. It has a very folky, almost Joni feel to it. I thought it sounded…
Album Review: Overflow by Tanisha Taitt
Album Name: Overflow Artist: Tanisha Taitt Year/Label: 2005 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I first heard of Tanisha Taitt about 4 years ago when I hosted a house concert and one of the guests brought…
Album Review: Insidious by Mephisto Walz
Album Name: Insidious Artist: Mephisto Walz Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell The duo Mephisto Walz have been around awhile, honing their craft in the darkwave genre. Singer Christianna has the voice of a tempestuous siren and…
Album Review: Ghosts by Sharmills
Album Name: Ghosts Artist: Sharmills Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Shari Mills and Matt Stuttard explore some dark themes on their debut album. Their multi-faceted music flows easily from the speakers. “The Sleep” deals persuasively with…
Album Review: Toys in Coin Machines by Flutter
Album Name: Toys in Coin Machines Artist: Flutter Year/Label: 2003 / Alphabasic Music Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Flutter is colorful, catchy and fun synth pop music. Vocalist Christine Ingaldson has a dynamic voice and real star quality. “Come with…
Interview: Of Infinity
Interview with Of Infinity by Sarah Bernardi Please tell us a bit about your music Ok, well I’m Alessandra from Of Infinity and Of Infinity’s music in a nutshell is female fronted melodic/gothic/prog/heavy metal based out of San Antonio, Texas,…
Album Review: Black Boots by Katie Sawicki
Album Name: Black Boots Artist: Katie Sawicki Year/Label: 2007 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds When I heard the first few words, “Jesus saves” I thought, “Hoo, boy, another Christian CD” but that was not the…
Album Review: Mother Tongue by Janubia
Album Name: Mother Tongue Artist: Janubia Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Well, don’t even try to figure out the lyrics. Janubia is unique in that she sings in her own language. It sounds…