Brandon Wheeler Photography's Profile

J.D. Wilkes is a man of many talents – songwriter, author, Kentucky Colonel, and a monster on the harmonica. Whether he’s touring with his Legendary Shack Shakers, or out solo, Wilkes’ always puts on a first-rate show. 

My introduction to Chris From Space was the remix album Alternate Dimension, released in early 2019, and when I first listened to it, I really had no idea what to make of it. I said in the review that it was not easy listening, but it was worth it to go along for the ride. But that was an album of remixes – I expected it to be a little strange. Then I was sent Chris From Space’s newest album, Airy On A Grande, and any expectations I had immediately went out the window.

The Hollowing, the debut full-length from up-and-coming Cincinnati alt-rockers The Hunting Project. Each of the ten songs on the album feel important in intentional. That’s not to imply that there’s any redundancy among these songs – each is a unique, standalone work that can be enjoyed just as well on its own as it can as part of the whole.

On first listen, the two tracks of This Little Bird, the new release from Northern Kentucky singer-songwriter Sarah Asher, are disarming. The songs, in Asher’s characteristically subtle, delicate delivery, find their roots in an easy folksiness, but just below that surface lies a much deeper world.