Rusty Reid is such an artist that his indie work is based on the folk-country rock tapestry element to emphasize protest and passion narrative. However, his most recent work “ American Villain ” stands as an alarm bell, reminiscent of the infusion between the sixties and today’s political constituency. After a short tenure with the University of Houston, he was under Nashville’s bright lights at 19....

UK songwriter Tim Jackson has released “Can’t Stop The Rain,” the lead offering from his forthcoming full-length album, “Putting In The Hours.” Having recently walked away from a long-held day job to pursue music full-time backed by a fresh global distribution deal via Universal Music the classically trained multi-instrumentalist harnesses decades of classic FM-dial warmth. The song unfurls like an intriguing thought experiment: what...