Michele McDannold
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Feb 09
Under Tenement Skies by Puma Perl and Joe Sztabnik reviewed by Richard Modiano
Puma Perl and Joe Sztabnik’s Under Tenement Skies is a masterstroke of raw emotion, storytelling, and sonic atmosphere. This spoken word blues album captures the gritty soul of urban life, blending Perl’s evocative poetry with Sztabnik’s hauntingly resonant musical compositions. Together, they create a vivid tapestry of love, loss, rebellion, and survival, set against the …
Feb 08
WITHOUT A DRUM by George Wallace
I am half a man, a ruined garden, a man without a drum, embroglio of time and failed intent, cross-stitched by wing of predator and treetop, cursed human companion; half a man, half wilderness, introducing myself to a land that has forgotten me, a prodigal, cruel and neglectful, father to none, and alien, mocked by …
Feb 07
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