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GNOB: 'High Priestess'
At first, I was filled with a strange sort of mix of fear and fascination: fear because what I was hearing was like nothing else I have...

Kim Pool
Mar 30, 20215 min read


NRF: Sound of Apocalyptic Wasteland: The Kumari Ft. Karma Sheen’s “Hugo (From East to West)"
For this week’s NEW RELEASE FRIDAY’S, I invite you to open your ears to a song that enchanted me in a veil of hypnosis from the first...

Kim Pool
Mar 19, 20211 min read


NRF: The Daybreakers "Black Beatles on the Radio"
The Daybreakers are a band who I have enjoyed pretty much everything that has come out of their music - and I am delighted that the band...

Kim Pool
Mar 19, 20212 min read


NRF: Distant Karma "Freedom Fighter"
Freedom Fighter | Distant Karma (bandcamp.com) Throughout their still very recent and budding career, I have found myself expecting...

Kim Pool
Mar 4, 20212 min read


NRF: Connor Selby Continues Blues Rock Saga with a Live Version of "That's Alright"
Connor Selby is someone whose music found me sometime ago that it seems I have been a fan longer than I can remember - but what does...

Kim Pool
Feb 28, 20211 min read


Ese & The Vooduu People's "Mercury in Retrograde": Dazzling Euphoria
It is early Monday morning, and a writer sits at her desk to ponder a long overdue review. It comes in the form of a live album - a band...

Kim Pool
Feb 28, 20214 min read


NRF: Gabrielle Ornate Spreads Her Wings on Debut Single "The March of the Caterpillars"
Gabrielle Ornate is a musician whose music first intrigued me through her band Fire in Her Eyes. The three-piece harmonies in that band...

Kim Pool
Feb 26, 20211 min read


Misty Miller "River Songs" - 21st Century Siren with Laurel Canyon Soul
In a dark, smoky bar, there is an ocean of chatter. Drinks are poured, consumed by the pint. Empty conversations form their own wave. And...

Kim Pool
Feb 24, 20213 min read
Interview with Rufus Miller
31 Jan. 2021 - an interview with Rufus Miller, an English musician who has two solo albums and is the second guitarist for Sting. Here we...

Kim Pool
Feb 23, 20211 min read


Charlie's Carnival Band - Summertime Music for Winter Daze
The same sense of nostalgia that comes with your favorite pair of jeans or sitting around a campfire with friends - this is an aspect...

Kim Pool
Feb 19, 20214 min read


Keylock B.C. (Before Covid) and Post: an Interview
Interviewing a band has never been easier thanks to technology. I had the chance to do such a thing way back in September. Interviewing...

Kim Pool
Feb 10, 20214 min read


The Bad Day Blues Band - Where Blues and Hard Rock Reign on Their Electrifying Debut
Table By The Wall | The Bad Day Blues Band | Tha Bad Day Blues Band (bandcamp.com) The photo strikes out at you in the aspect of a...

Kim Pool
Feb 7, 20213 min read


Where No One Knows: Rufus Miller's "Make It"
“It’s kind of simple,” English musician Rufus Miller tells me, “of how I came to title the album Make It. I had some artwork that was for...

Kim Pool
Jan 28, 20215 min read


Beyond Jesus' Debut Evokes a Haunting Hypnosis
Beyond Jesus’ debut album Leaving Present is a hypnotic, dark, haunting wonder. Blazing electricity runs free across the tracks on this...

Kim Pool
Jan 14, 20214 min read


Songs: What I Listened to in 2020
How to start with a year like 2020? It has been a year truly like no other. Instead of focusing on the dreary parts that we are all too...

Kim Pool
Dec 23, 20204 min read


Distant Karma Interview
On Friday November 27, three musicians come together to combine their worlds of music into one fascination and adoration that goes by the...

Kim Pool
Nov 27, 20205 min read


An Interview with Thom Carter
22 Nov. 2020 - an interview with British musician Thom Carter, whose work includes the bands Keylock and Holy Magick as well as a...

Kim Pool
Nov 22, 202011 min read


The Elusive Times of Flare Voyant: an Interview with Rod Bourganos
The passage of time is something that is difficult to comprehend; it is natural as it is simply the way the world works but this year in...

Kim Pool
Nov 10, 20203 min read


The New West - Jack Browning's "Walkin' Man"
Jack Browning is someone who the diamond sounds of old country music flow through. His work has incorporated aspects of the American West...

Kim Pool
Nov 5, 20201 min read


Piss, Vinegar, and Testosterone: an Interview with Rev. Jonnie Hodson, Aaron Keylock, & Thom Carter
August 22 - a week before my 19th birthday, I embarked on a new adventure: an interview over Zoom with the band Keylock. I was uncertain...

Kim Pool
Nov 3, 202014 min read
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