Yesterday, March 15, 2024, Natalie Joly released her latest single, “My Home”; image courtesy of Natalie Joly

Publisher’s Corner

March 16, 2024

It has been a few weeks since we’ve shared the latest news about some of the artists we’ve covered at the blog through the years. So let’s dive right in and update you on what’s up with some of your favorite artists (we hope).

News and Releases

We hope you enjoy our “News and Releases” section, which helps you stay up-to-date with artists we’ve reviewed at the blog.

Natalie Joly has been busy on the release front lately. Her single “My Home” was released on March 15th. Natalie talks a bit about this song here, in this Facebook post. You can see my reviews of a couple of Natalie’s prior releases here and here.

image courtesy of Major Moment

Major Moment recently released its latest single, “Victim,” the seventh single from the band’s album The Pain That Makes Us Grow, which I recently reviewed. Official release date for “Victim” was February 23rd, with a premiere on Sirius XM Octane Test Drive on February 22nd. The band has also been teasing the accompanying video, which is yet to be released.

Falling Doves recently released a cool new single, “City of Dreams.” The song became available on Bandcamp on February 28th; official release date was March 1st. You may recall reading my review of the band’s Electric Dove album here a few years ago. Well, with the new single, it’s the same band, same sound, similar vibe, totally laid-back tempo. Very cool.

Rusty G’s: I first caught power duo Rusty G’s as the opener for iconic guitarist Bernie Tormé during my “Five Nights in London” live review series. I then reviewed their album Low nearly eight years ago. The duo’s new album, Set You Free, just dropped on March 2nd. I actually haven’t had a chance to give it a listen yet, but I’m looking forward to it. While their two-person line-up might be minimalist, Rusty G’s powerful sound is huge!

image courtesy of Joe Kidd & Sheila Burke

Joe Kidd & Sheila Burke released new single “Last Time I Looked (Live 2023)” on February 14th. Several years ago, blog contributor Eric Harabadian reviewed Joe & Shiela’s “Everybody Has a Purpose.”

Chris Moreno: On March 3rd, Chris released this lyric video for “Shot At Your Heart.” Then, just yesterday, March 15th, Chris released “Chasing Sunsets.” As is so often the case with Chris Moreno’s songs, “Chasing Sunsets” is soaring pop-country that’s smooth, heartfelt, and powerful, featuring a voice that’s perfectly suited to that sub-genre. We’ve been Chris Moreno supporters for a while now – we reviewed Chris’s Into the Sun album several years ago.

Circuline: On February 23rd, cinematic progressive rock outfit Circuline released its new single “Third Rail,” the second single from the band’s upcoming album C.O.R.E. Perhaps it’s because the song is so vocal-driven (and less than five minutes long), but this is a really cool song with great flow, interesting even for those of us who aren’t full-on prog-heads. I’ve never reviewed Circuline myself (well, not until I wrote the preceding sentence), but Blog contributor Eric Harabadian reviewed the band’s Counterpoint album back in 2017.

Axminster: On February 17th, Axminster released this lyric video for “Thick N’ Thin” from the band’s Bada Boom! EP. You can see my review of Bada Boom! here, and my review of Axminster’s previous EP, Tightrope, here.

Reality Suite needed to bump back the release date of its upcoming single, “Legendary,” from its previous March 1 expected release date. No worries, though, it was just delayed by three weeks. You’ll now be able to hear the single when it’s released by DI Records on March 22nd. (It has now been two years since I reviewed Reality Suite’s hook-laden single “Triggers.”)

Haroula Rose: Yesterday, Friday, March 15th, Haroula Rose released the video for her song “Spades,” which, she notes in this Instagram post, appeared in an episode of The Brothers Sun. Of course, several years ago, I reviewed Haroula Rose’s ethereally cool Here the Blue River album.

Ashley Jordan‘s “I Haven’t Given Up Just Yet (Live)” dropped on March 2nd. She shared this video a few days earlier. Then, on YouTube on Wednesday, March 13th, Ashley released the video for her new, original song “Who You Need,” co-written with Deborah Allen. The voice, the songwriting… there’s a reason she was chosen to headline the 1st Annual Local CountryFest. Of course, you’ve also seen our review of Ashley’s album He’s Crazy here at the Blog, in addition to a couple more live reviews.

Looking Ahead at the Blog

Well, I’ve been on a bit of a writing spree lately. As you all know, that doesn’t necessarily last, but I hope you’ve discovered some of the awesome new music I’ve shared with you the last few weeks. I’m still reviewing music I received months ago, so there’s plenty more amazing music in the review queue that I can’t wait to share with you.