After meeting two-members of progressive-rock band Spaceport Union in early 2013, it took quite some time before we finally had the chance to actually watch them live onstage, though the friendship continued strongly throughout the years. Truthfully, it wasn’t SPU’s fault in any way, shape or form; they’d already invited me to a show in […]Read More
Black Astronaut – “Uppercutting Juggernauts” Feat. InZane – Single Review Strap-in and be ready for this one; once it starts, “Uppercutting Juggernauts” never lets up. The ever-impressive Black Astronaut Records cuts keep coming steadily, adding to a growing catalog of tracks that make the most of collaborative efforts between the writing of Charles Luck and […]Read More
In the middle of 2015, we met Mattowarrior via video-interview to talk about his project Pathless Land and all kinds of info on metal & progressive music. The whole video-interview thing has long been one of my favorite projects to take on…I dig allowing people the creativity and freedom to answer questions within their own […]Read More
Melvin Fromm Jr. – Singles Review Melvin Fromm Jr. sir…you certainly have my respect and admiration. It’s not all that often that you get to hear a project as free in spirit as you’ll hear in the music of Melvin Fromm Jr. – he’s currently working on instrumentals of all-kinds, designing music for film & […]Read More
Dave Wirth – Flutters – Album Review A new direction in sound for a musician we’ve heard in the past and reviewed in the pages here at sleepingbagstudios – Dave Wirth, formerly one-half of the duo known as Sprightly Moans is back with an all-instrumental solo-album called Flutters. Definitely a departure from the music we’ve […]Read More
Black Astronaut – “Scrambled: Finding Answers” Feat. Tino Red – Single Review Really interesting track in the Black Astronaut catalog…”Scrambled: Finding Answers” featuring the talents of reliable collaborator Tino Red, takes the music, beat & atmosphere in a softer, more tender direction. I say interesting in the sense that some of these lines are mind-blowing…extremely […]Read More
Check out an awesome live version of Mario Marco Farinato’s “L’Ultimo Respiro” from a session in Woodstock, NY this past December in 2016! Stunning song from an ever-impressive world-music star – it’s actually a translated cover tune of Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn’s original song “Last Night Of The World.” Have a look at the video […]Read More
Mario Marco Farinato – “Strappami Il Cuore” – Single Review Two out of three ain’t bad – isn’t that the famous quote from Meatloaf? Truthfully, three out of three ain’t bad either – but I’ll admit of the three songs I’ve recently checked out from singer/songwriter Mario Marco Farinato, this was the most difficult of […]Read More
Mario Marco Farinato – “L’Ultimo Respiro” – Single Review I have long stood by a tremendous truth about songwriting that has long been known by few and overlooked by many, and that’s that a great song…not just a good song, but a GREAT song, will translate from artist-to-artist, genre-to-genre, even language-to-language and never lose the […]Read More
Mario Marco Farinato – “Nel Deserto” – Single Review Right on! I really enjoyed Mario Marco Farinato’s music the last time I had a chance to check out what he was up to in the first-half of 2016 last year…even though we might speak different languages in our own native tongues, the universal language of […]Read More