We really liked going rogue and banging our head, just a little, with the musicians of Age Of Madness. We feel sure that we will enjoy the live version too, next month at City Winery

Our personal fave, CALICO SKIES an almost impossibly high number in Matthew’s impossibly high voice, and with power under complete control he demonstrates he’s a once-in-a-generation voice

Alicia Witt’s talents as a singer/songwriter have a depth of perception that only a true artistic soul could produce, and this new ballad is as clever as it is beautiful.

In all, though, Ricky Asch’s rendition of LIKE A STAR is a smooth, sultry dance take on Corinne BR’s original and well worth having in your streams and headphones

In the end, what you have in the cast album of KPOP is a fine KPOP album with lots of fun danceable music being sung by Broadway-caliber voices.

As we listened to John Pizzarelli’s STAGE & SCREEN, our initial thought was, “There aren’t really words to describe how good this is.”

Billy Recce’s hilarious new single is not a gay battle cry ... but a satirical reproachment that ultimately says, “COME OUT OF WHOEVER YOU ARE!”

Though we do feel the creators should dig a little deeper to make their plot a little fresher for their show, it is a worthy concept.

These two Platinum-selling singer/songwriters have created a completely stylish duet for themselves, and there is nothing ALMOST about it.

Rickie Lee Jones is a consummate artist so it should not come as any surprise that she is a master of this kind of music as well.

If you love that wonderful down-home cross-section of musicals that include things like BIG RIVER, THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM, BRIGHT STAR, or, let’s face it, OKLAHOMA, then you should definitely go get SHUCKED.

Taken all together, Ramin Karimloo’s THE ROAD TO FIND OUT series yields music that uplifts, haunts, and will make you sway a bit.

Farah Alvin proves herself to be as wonderful a recording artist as she is a live performer.

All in all, my dearlings, each individual song on Born In A Trunk is a treat, but when all ten musical monologues are lined up end to end, what we have is a musical memoir.

This album is one for romantic nights with someone you love or hope to love and no mistake.

Taking it one by one, Carmen Cusack’s LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME songs are beautiful, uplifting, and soul-stirring, sometimes all of it at once.

The creators have conveyed their story and intent fully.

For those looking for sounds of the new age that bring positive energy to thoughts, prayers, meditations, tea at your window in a time of acute disorder, this music is more than welcome

This is all by way of saying ... that Joshua Blue is one of these rare OPERA birds that has made a success of this bold move for himself.

In all, my angels, ARI AXELROD LIVE AT BIRDLAND is one of the best LIVE albums this rainbow writer has heard… maybe ever.

In all my sweets, we stand by our review of Katie Boeck’s OVER AGAIN (which you have all read… right?) and haunting is precisely the right descriptor for the entirety of CALICO.

FAR FAR AWAY is another star in the Bobby firmament that begs to be heard with intention - to be sat with and absorbed.

The score with just the few touches of dialogue included makes it very clear what is happening from start to finish and it delivers the show to the imagination so wonderfully.

The music is filled with driving rhythms that cry out for mixing on the nightlife dance floor. A disco anthem for today that is equal parts mainstream pop, soul/R&B blended together.

And so, since we enjoyed REGRETTING ALMOST EVERYTHING, we think you will too.