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MATT MORRIS > When Everything Breaks Open

MATT MORRIS When Everything Breaks Open (TENNMAN) Rating: Phenomenal. He’s a soulful singer and also a richly expressive and capable songwriter who can write visceral melodies to sink his own teeth into, and poignant lyrics – such as “Forgiveness,” which is pure emotion, both nakedly vulnerable and confident, as if Don Henley collaborated with U2. [...]

NEIL SEDAKA > The Music Of My Life

NEIL SEDAKA The Music of My Life (RAZOR AND TIE) Rating: He’s always been a seriously savvy songwriter (analyze the chords to songs like “Laughter In The Rain” or “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” and see what I mean). Like his friend Carole King, he was a New York kid who played Rachmaninoff before [...]

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ROBIN AIGNER > Bandito

ROBIN AIGNER Bandito (Self-Released) Rating: Robin Aigner’s got you hooked from the first verse. The acoustic guitar, jazzy and hushed, slowly shuffles, the violin weeps and fingers run over the keys of a piano before a single word is spoken. And, then, it comes. “I’ve been to the Campbell Apartment/ at the invitation of F.D.R./ [...]