Album Review: Complete Mountain Almanac – Complete Mountain Almanac Ray Finlayson·February 9, 2023A year is a long time in the world, at least to us humans. To the earth itself...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Ibukun Sunday – Mantra Ray Finlayson·February 7, 2023The Four Vedas are the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda, and the Atharvaveda. Originating in ancient India and...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Siv Jakobsen – Gardening Ray Finlayson·January 25, 2023Good and effective self-care involves digging up the past. To heal we need to acknowledge and face the...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: WILDES – Other Words Fail Me Ray Finlayson·January 18, 2023Other Words Fail Me is a debut album that was hard fought to come into the world. WILDES...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Moonface – The Minotaur Instrumentals Ray Finlayson·January 11, 2023Spencer Krug has always been a champion of using figures from mythology in his songs. You’ll find Midas...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five – Let It Snow Ray Finlayson·December 23, 2022Christmas and swing music go hand in hand. Thanks to the rise of celebrity, the advent of film...Album ReviewsReviews
BPM Team’s Personal 2022 Round-ups John Amen, Todd Dedman, Ray Finlayson, Rob Hakimian, Kyle Kohner, Larry McClain, Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Aleksandr Smirnov, Jasper WIllems and John Wohlmacher·December 20, 2022Every year we throw the doors open to the BPM team to give them space to write or...Best of 2022Features
Album Review: Shirley Hurt – Shirley Hurt Ray Finlayson·December 19, 2022Shirley Hurt looks upon time as a languorous entity that either swells memory or steals it. Hurt –...Album ReviewsReviews
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2022 Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Aleksandr Smirnov, Lucas Martins, Steve Forstneger, Eddie Smith and Tom Williams·December 15, 2022You could easily write a dramatic pop-rock opera about the major global events that happened in 2022. From...Best of 2022FeaturesLists
BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2022 Rob Hakimian, Tim Sentz, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, John Amen, Jasper WIllems, Joshua Pickard, Eddie Smith, JT Early, Steve Forstneger, Lucas Martins and Todd Dedman·December 14, 2022This year saw Beyoncé retain her Queen of Pop crown with a 16-track comeback, one of the pretenders...Best of 2022FeaturesLists