With “Island Lantern Festival”, Tony Frissore manages to soundtrack a specific kind of mental vacation I didn’t realize I was overdue for taking. Ostensibly an instrumental nod to the Lunar New Year and the hopefulness of renewal, this piece operates less like a celebration and more like a gentle exhalation. https://open.spotify.com/album/3n43BcxSnavYKC0wt28GNu?si=E_50eQ_lQomyHT1RsD2Jrg It starts wet with the actual crash of ocean waves before slowly drifting inland. I...

Journey Through Two Decades of Musical Mastery with this Versatile Virtuoso Andy Smythe. Andy Smythe has an uncanny ability to hold an audience's attention. Smythe has been performing for almost twenty years, and his songs and stories continue to captivate audiences. His energetic narrative is well matched by his silky tenor voice, which is among the best in the profession. Smythe's stage presence and talent as...