Blue Sky Tunes artist: Mike Guldin - While I Can - New Release Review

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, While I Can, by Mike Guldin and it really hit's the spot. Opening with Driving Rain, Mike Guldin is upfront on vocal and guitar and this track really has a great groove. Guldin's vocals are soulful and with Steve Mackey on bass and Lynn Williams on drums the strut is heavy. Kevin McKendree really works the organ providing a great back beat and Guldin and James Pennebaker play some stinging riffs making this first track worth the price of admission. Excellent! Rocker, Always A Woman has a cool Latin beat, reinforced by a driving rhythm guitar layer. Guldin was made to sing this music with his natural delivery and Pennebaker really rips it lose on guitar with snappy drum work by Williams. A cool stroll, When The Bills Come Due, has a stiff cowbell strike over Mackey on bass. Gulden on guitar and vocal, and McKendree on keys give legs to this swampy rocker. Don Williams' New Orleans flavored, Oh Lonesome Me, really is moving with great vocal harmonizing by Guldin and Jackie Wilson. Billy Wear on drums and McKendree on keys and piano set a great pace and stinging guitar work make this one of my favorites on the release. Wrapping the release is rag time, Down The Hatch with Guldin on vocal over nicely stylized piano work by McKendree and crisp guitar riffs ice this rich cake. Excellent closer. 

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OA2 Records artist: Andrew Moorhead - Mirage - New Release Review

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Mirage, from Andrew Moorhead and it's intense. Opening with Faster Etude, Andrew Moorhead on piano creates a thematic melody, altering and varying the speed of it, accompanied by Francois Moutin on bass and Ari Hoenig on drums. With an alteration of the piano accent in the phrase the track has a circular feel and seems to whirl. Intervals is structured along a similar method but with four primary chords, altered with a solid hi hat rhythm and percussive piano under the initial melody. As the track grown the phrasing alternates giving it a refined feel with tight snare work driving the contrast. Very cool. Title track, Mirage, has a smooth, soothing melody with a bouncy drum rhythm and bass accents. A higher keyboard flirtation sets the track off nicely against it's lower keyboard primary melody. Wrapping the release is Boogie, with it's strong boogie piano format. An off timed melody provides a stark contrast against the base rudiment. As the track matures, the boogie baseline is reduced into the background and the melody takes the front with emphasis by Moutin and Hoenig. Very interesting closer. 

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