Jim Barber, Author at Music Life Magazine

CARDI B RELEASES ‘IMAGINARY PLAYERZ’ FROM HER HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ALBUM AM I THE DRAMA? AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH

August 16, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – GRAMMY® Award-winning, multi-diamond selling superstar Cardi B releases “Imaginary Playerz” out now, the second offering from her highly anticipated [,,,]

Beast Eagle to release EP SORCERESS Nov. 21 on Golden Robot Records

August 16, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Mesmerizing groove riffs and fiercely enchanting vocals await in this magical new offering, Sorceress. Highly compelling with [,,,]

DISCIPLES OF VERITY Release New Single “In My Eyes”

August 16, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Disciples of Verity, fronted by the iconic singer Corey Glover of Living Colour, have unleashed their brand-new single, “In My Eyes,” along [,,,]

Econline Crush Returns to Ontario this Fall!

August 16, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press Release – Canadian rock veterans Econoline Crush are hitting the road this fall! Formed some 30 years ago by [,,,]

New Album from Wheel Of Time – Asymmetry

August 13, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – WHEEL OF TIME is the brainchild of Beijing-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Jimmie Hong, who launched the project [,,,]

Viserion Set To Release Powerful New Album – FIRE and BLOOD

August 13, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Exploring a wealth of fantastical literature through the bloodthirsty shroud of black metal, VISERION’s forthcoming atmospheric album, Fire [,,,]

WOLFHEART return with Draconian Darkness II

August 13, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Please release – Finnish melodic death metal titans WOLFHEART return with Draconian Darkness II, an ambitious EP that deepens their frostbitten [,,,]

BUSH releases electrifying new video for “Scars”

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Earlier this month, BUSH released the evocative video for “Scars,” a standout track from their album I Beat [,,,]

Archers Announce ‘The Temporary High Tour Pt. II’ with Special Guests Nerv, Of Virtue, Dead Eyes

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Following a highly successful run on the first leg of their tour, Archers are thrilled to announce ‘The Temporary High [,,,]

Armahda Releases “Silver Tears,” a Single Revisiting the Cisplatine War and Paying Tribute to Uruguay

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – The band’s new track blends heavy metal, history, and reflections on the formation of South American nations. [,,,]

THE FELL featuring Billy Sheehan return with their electrifying new single “Killswitch”

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Strap in! The pulse of rock ‘n’ roll just got a major jolt. Modern rock supergroup THE [,,,]

Genre-Bending Pop Rock Band ALLBROOK STATION Release New Single ‘SHARPSHOOTER’

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Rising pop rock trailblazers ALLBROOK STATION have officially released their bold new single, ‘SHARPSHOOTER,’ available now on all streaming [,,,]

Two Love Stories. Two Endings. One Heart Learning to Let Go. Ellen Braun Explores These Powerful Emotions On Compelling New Singles

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Last month, Canadian indie-folk artist Ellen Braun announced her debut solo album, The Doldrums, set for release on [,,,]

Rising Cree Pop Artist Siibii Shares New Single ‘STARS’; A Love Letter to the Ancestors and The Journey Home

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Montreal-based Cree pop artist Siibii (pronounced See Bee) recently released their moving new single, “Stars,” via Ishkōdé Records (distributed by Universal Music [,,,]

Drea Lake Captures Late Summer Vibes On ‘STURGEON MOON’

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – TORONTO ON — On her latest single, “Sturgeon Moon,” Canadian singer/songwriter Drea Lake perfectly conveys late summer vibes through the lens of [,,,]

New Music From Frontiers Music Srl – FM – “Brotherhood”

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Melodic rock masters FM return triumphantly with their breathtaking new opus ‘Brotherhood.’ Building upon decades of genre-defining excellence, Steve Overland and [,,,]

New Music From Believe / Pagan Folk Records – FAUN – “Hex”

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – FAUN return with their twelfth studio album HEX — a deeply researched and richly layered exploration of witches, wise women, [,,,]

Bad Wolves Announce Deluxe Edition of Fourth Studio Album ‘DIE ABOUT IT’ – Out Sept. 19

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Los Angeles – Platinum-certified, 5x #1 Hard Rock radio-charting BAD WOLVES (@badwolvesofficial) will release a special deluxe edition of their album [,,,]

Close Enemies Release New Single “More Than I Could Ever Need” through TLG|ROCK, distributed through Virgin Music Group

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Close Enemies, a powerhouse band featuring legendary musicians Tom Hamilton, multiple Grammy winner, Rock and Roll Hall of [,,,]

Cory Marks Set to Release ‘SORRY FOR NOTHING VOLUME 2’ Oct/ 3 Via Better Noise Music

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press Release – Country rocker CORY MARKS (@corymarksmusic) is continuing to forge his own lane with a sound that fearlessly fuses country [,,,]

Metal Veterans David Ellefson And Jeff Scott Soto Team UP for Second Album Together – UNBREAKABLE

August 12, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber The music world is actually a pretty small community when you really look at it. Each genre [,,,]

Tami Neilson Talks About Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Neil Finn and New NEON COWGIRL Album

August 11, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber Tami Neilson’s life is about journeys. For much of her early life, the roots/country artist travelled the [,,,]

Maldonado Relishes Role as Hall of Fame Band Foreigner’s New Vocalist

August 11, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber When 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Foreigner begin their cross-Canada tour in October, there [,,,]

Billy Morrison Talks Creativity, Songwriting, THE MORRISON PROJECT And More!

August 10, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber Author’s Note: This interview for this article was conducted shortly after the Back to the Beginning Concert, [,,,]

Maddisun’s New Album THE PAGES Is An Open Book To Her Artistry, Authenticity and Humanity

August 4, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber Mountains are spectacular. Mountains are inspirational. Thrust up by violent tectonic forces more powerful than anything we [,,,]

Montreal’s Atomik Train Steaming Down the Tracks to Success with Forthcoming Debut Album

July 19, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber Can you hear the chug, chug, chugging of the big iron wheels, the rumbling of the engine, [,,,]

Lee Aaron Talks About Summer Shows, Forthcoming Memoir and New Reimagined Hits Collection

July 18, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber A fixture, an irrepressible creative dynamo, a powerhouse performer and an important artist who has been a [,,,]

Axe Slinger Extraordinaire Doug Aldrich Talks Dead Daisies’ New Blues Album, and Cancer Recovery

July 18, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber Whether you want to call them a supergroup comprised of prodigiously talented, versatile and eminently successful rock [,,,]

Connecting to the Land, Connecting With People: Mimi O’Bonsawin Lives to Create

July 15, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber If music is medicine, as it most assuredly is, then those who practice this medicine are indeed [,,,]

Ireland’s The Coronas Return to Canada for Shows in Vancouver and Toronto

July 11, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber There are a lot of cliches and stereotypes about Ireland. But there is truth to those that [,,,]