Jim Barber, Author at Music Life Magazine

Seth Salois Releases New Single “Surrender” + Music Video

January 10, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press Release – Rhode Island-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist Seth Salois proudly releases his brand-new single, “Surrender,” available now on all streaming platforms. “Surrender” is the [,,,]

The Intemperate Sons Release Cover of Julien-K’s “Photo Voltaire”

January 10, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press Release – The Intemperate Sons open 2026 with a powerful cross-genre collaboration, releasing their cover of Julien-K’s “Photo Voltaire”. The track [,,,]

Elise Trouw Confronts Bodily Shame and Power on A LITTLE BLOOD

January 10, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press Release – Genre-blurring multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Elise Trouw continues her uncompromising new chapter with the release of ‘A Little [,,,]

ERIN LECOUNT Releases New Single – ‘I BELIEVE’

January 10, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press Release – Burgeoning alt-pop singer-songwriter and producer Erin LeCount releases her sensational new single, ‘I BELIEVE’, out now via Atlantic Records. Alongside the [,,,]

Joe Bonamassa Offers a Final Preview of the Landmark, 32-Song Tribute, B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100

January 10, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press Release – Joe Bonamassa returns today with Vol. V of B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 unveiling the final five songs [,,,]

TLG|ZOID Presents Billy Morrison and Ozzy Osbourne Collector’s Edition Picture Disc Vinyl in Stores Now!

January 10, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press Release – HOLLYWOOD, CA, UNITED STATES, – TLG|ZOID proudly presents Billy Morrison and Ozzy Osbourne Collector’s Edition Picture Disc Vinyl, [,,,]

ROB MORATTI NEW SOLO ALBUM “SOVEREIGN” OUT NOW VIA FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL

January 10, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press Release – Acclaimed singer Rob Moratti proudly announces the release of his sixth studio album, “Sovereign”, out now via [,,,]

Seattle’s Baby And The Nobodies Return With Insistently Raucous New Album – READY OR NOT

January 9, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber The pandemic upended the lives of hundreds of millions of people all over the world. It made [,,,]

Detroit Guitar Wizard Sammy Boller Releases Powerhouse New EP – Midnight Garden

January 8, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber A guitar virtuoso possessing a profound level of personal spirituality and a desire to make music that [,,,]

PART 1 of 2: Lighthouse Stalwart Hoffert Looks Back on ONE FINE MORNING As Anniversary Edition Released

January 7, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

First of a two-part article featuring Paul Hoffert, founding and continuing member of Lighthouse, who talked to Music Life Magazine [,,,]

PART 2 of 2: A Chance New York City Encounter Leads to A Legacy of Musical Excellence for Lighthouse

January 7, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Second of a two-part article featuring Paul Hoffert, founding and continuing member of Lighthouse, who talked to Music Life Magazine [,,,]

Legendary Canadian Guitarist Liona Boyd Releases Compelling New Album – This Thing Called Love

January 6, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber Liona Boyd doesn’t NEED to put out a new album. The legendary Canadian classical guitar icon, who [,,,]

Graham Bonnet Continues to Rock on New Live Album – Lost In Hollywood Again

November 24, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber In case the general rock and roll public needed a reminder, veteran vocalist/frontman/songwriter Graham Bonnet decided to [,,,]

Susan Aglukark Wishes to Inspire and Educate with Revelatory New Memoir – ‘Kihiani’

November 24, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber Susan Aglukark has lived a life, of this there is no doubt. Hers is a story of [,,,]

Collaboration with The Glorious Sons Pals Leads to Powerful New Album By The Trews – The Bloody Light

November 24, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber It goes without saying, even though I’m about to say it, that it’s good to have friends. [,,,]

Swiss Singer/Songwriter Seraina Telli Releases Evocative New Album – Green

November 22, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber When one thinks of Switzerland, the bright white snowcapped peaks are the images that often come first [,,,]

Miss Emily has ‘The Medicine’ You Need With Stellar, Sublimely Soulful New Album

November 22, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber There was a moment, captured on video, when the brilliantly inimitable, multi-award-winning vocalist/songwriter Emily Fennell, aka Miss [,,,]

Mimi O’Bonsawin Celebrates The Beauty and Significance of Her Abenaki Culture in Compelling New Single – ‘P8GWAS’

November 21, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber One doesn’t have to be a cultural anthropologist to understand the importance of language to humans. It [,,,]

Revitalized, Recharged Finger Eleven Return With First New Album in 10 Years – LAST NIGHT ON EARTH

October 27, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber It actually took a second to realize the truth of the situation. But yes indeed, it has [,,,]

The Pairs Talk Connection, Inspiration and Emotion In Wake of Release of Powerful New Album – TOGETHER ON A ROCK

October 27, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber When you have a musical enterprise that is comprised of two identical twin sisters and a third [,,,]

Foghat Original Roger Earl Celebrates 50 Years of FOOL FOR THE CITY and Legendary Hit ‘Slow Ride’

October 27, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber It’s one of the most recognizable riffs in all of rock and roll music. There are few [,,,]

Envy of None’s Maiah Wynne Talks 3-Track Charity Release, Alex Lifeson and More

October 25, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber As a way to give fans a cool new gift, as well as raising some needed funds [,,,]

Rick Hughes Celebrates His Love of Music With New Album – REDEMPTION

October 25, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber Rick Hughes has carved a remarkably diverse, dynamic and eventful career as a vocalist/frontman/songwriter over the past [,,,]

Brimming With Confidence and Sense of Purpose, Wolf Van Halen Continues to Evolve with 3rd Mammoth Album – THE END

October 20, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber We’re way past the point of measuring the ability, the passion for creation, the quality of musicianship [,,,]

A Transistor Radio And a Dream: Andy Kim’s Remarkable Songwriting Story

October 16, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Final installment of a series of five Music Life Magazine interviews with 2025 Inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of [,,,]

Jane Siberry Follows Up Polaris Heritage Prize Win With Induction Into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

October 15, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Fourth in a series of five Music Life Magazine interviews with 2025 Inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. [,,,]

Ian Thomas Talks About The Kinks, The Diversity of Canadian Music and ‘The Unmerited Grace’ of Creative Inspiration

October 15, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Third in a series of five Music Life Magazine interviews with 2025 Inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. [,,,]

Triumph’s Rik Emmett Talks About Band’s Legacy of Positivity, Longevity and Songcraft

October 14, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Second in a series of Music Life Magazine interviews with 2025 Inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. The [,,,]

Gino Vannelli To Take His Rightful Place in Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

October 14, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

First in a series of five Music Life Magazine interviews with 2025 Inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. [,,,]

Al Harlow Keeps PRISM Flame Burning Bright

October 8, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber They’re one of those bands that kind of gets lost in the shuffle when talking about the [,,,]