First Time Back—Badge (2010) The band Badge consists of brothers Matt and Mike Martin. On their debut release—First Time Back—they lay the foundation of their career as recording artists. One of the perks of this gig (writing CD reviews) is that sometimes you get to be there at the beginning of a new career. Occasionally
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Every journey has to start somewhere. On her debut CD, entitled Run Awhile, Kristina Gehman takes the first steps on her artistic journey. And, with the guidance of Lancaster County music veteran Steven Courtney, they are strong steps. She is exploring (for the most part) a type of Memphis-influenced R&B style that, I think, suits
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Gravel, grit, sweat and spit. Twang, mash, distortion and bash. Meet Olds Sleeper.

Making records is pretty easy. Making a statement is a lot harder. With this record Darcie Miner makes a statement about herself as an artist. A forceful, confident statement that almost demands that you listen and try to understand what she is trying to say. I don’t know if she was trying to make a
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Matt Goss (leader of the Matt Goss Band) has made a name for himself as writer and performer of contemporary praise music. On his previous releases New Creation and All for You, Goss showed himself to be not only a strong singer and bandleader, but also a writer of well-crafted and thoughtful original material that
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Folktowne.com presents The Slackwater News performing their song titled Ghosts.  Produced and directed by Steven Courtney this web film feature was recorded live at Folktowne Studios in Manheim, PA on June 7, 2010. The band set up and performed without monitors and minimal amplification. In this performance the band delivers Ghosts in a lively vamp
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Rhyne McCormick has recorded with the likes of local musical celebrities, The Badlees, and has produced with Tom “T-Bone” Edmonds, a vet in the music industry, with artists like Lenny Kravitz, Meat Loaf and The Rolling Stones notched on his belt, to name a few. However, on his fifth record, Live at The Capitol Theatre,
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Steven Courtney is well-known in central/southeastern Pennsylvania for his long-running and acclaimed career making music for kids and families. His strength has long been making music that appealed to his younger audience without boring their parents. Now he has made an album that is geared specifically for those parents.

Slimfit’s The Path was introduced to our household shortly after its December 26, 2009 release. I had missed the CD release party, and I didn’t have their last album, Make It Worse, so much of what I knew of Slimfit was based on how other people had described them.