Jim Barber, Author at Music Life Magazine

To paraphrase a well-worn, but eminently true adage, sometimes you can judge the mettle of an individual by the company they keep. In the case of upstate New York vocalist/songwriter Jim Crean, he is definitely […]

There is a searing honesty in the words and music created by Kendall Patrick. The heartache, the frustration, the pain, the loss the sadness, but also the unbridled joy and optimism, love and desire – […]

The music business is seemingly one place that proves there is no such thing as the impossible. That Slash and Axl Rose have revisited their formerly incendiary partnership and are careening around the world playing […]

See Spot Run was an independent recording act before the term ‘indie’ became embedded in our modern linguistic lexicon. For more than a quarter of a century the Toronto-based band has toured the nation with their highly-energetic […]

Sometimes you just need to have the right person in your corner at a pivotal time in one’s career to mean the difference between burgeoning big time success and years of frustrated ambitions. Already accomplished […]