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Steve Forstneger

Steve Forstneger has an alter ego Ess-Fo, where he reviews new singles or posts commentary daily. If he had a dog, he'd name it Arnold.

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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, 2022
You could easily write a dramatic pop-rock opera about the major global events that happened in 2022. From...
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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, 2022
This year saw Beyoncé retain her Queen of Pop crown with a 16-track comeback, one of the pretenders...
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Album Review: Fousheé – softCORE

Steve Forstneger·November 17, 2022
By now her story is well known, but still bears repeating: Fousheé had been coming at the music...
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Album Review: HAWA – HADJA BANGOURA

Steve Forstneger·November 8, 2022
Hawa abandoned her prodigal ascent in orchestral music at age 15. In 2018 and still just age 17,...
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