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Zac Harmon & The Drive - Live - New Release Review

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 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Live , from Zac Harmon & The Drive and it's super! Opening with soulful, NTRO , Nate Robinson on bass and Gino Iglehart on drums set a solid foundation, with Corey Lacy building on keys and lush guitar work by Zac Harmon and Kingston Livingston really setting the bar. Terrific opener. Blue Pill Thrill has super movement and soulful vocals by Harmon. Lacy on keys works the rhythm with Robinson and Iglehart and Livingston and and Harmon play stinging riffs on guitar really giving this track some kick. Deep blues track, Feet Back On The Ground features Albert King like stinging riffs and super soulful vocals by Harmon. Keeping the music floor low allows Harmon plenty of space to go dynamically from soft to wow quickly adding real emotion to the track. Excellent! Boogie Down is a strong jam with a firm piano base by Lacy giving Harmon plenty of headroom for vocal corralling. Lacy lays in some real tasty keyboar...
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Patrick Ballantyne - Someone You Should Know - New Single Release

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Singer songwriter, Patrick Ballantyne , has a new single, Someone You Should Know now available via itunes. The tune has an upbeat rhythm and a catchy melody along the format of I Walk The Line featuring the Oh Chays. This single is on the heels recent release, Days Of Rain , a rocker with a lot of different sides. Here's a summary of Day's of Rain for reference: King Of The Road has an almost alternative pop feel but a seriousness about it. Lift Me Up is another solidly written melody with keys and a tight bottom. I've Got A Feeling is a very melodic folk track with well blended vocals and only the simplest of acoustic guitar backing. Very nice. Title track, Days Of Rain , is really a tight orchestral piece, more of a lead in to one of my favorite tracks on this earlier release, Hundred Year Flood . A solid acoustic rocker shows Ballantyne's strength as a songwriter with it's enchanting melody and slide guitar work. Wrestling With The Devil has a radio r...
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