Brian D'Ambrosio
Bio
Brian D'Ambrosio is a seasoned journalist and poet, writing for numerous publications, including for a trove of music publications. He is intently at work on a number of future books. He may be reached at [email protected]
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Songwriter Joe Pug
By Brian D'Ambrosio Joe Pug appreciates it when you listen – really listen – to his music. Pug is a singer-songwriter who is genuinely interested in your attention. And some of his recordings beckon it. Body language, word choice, tone of voice – you’ll be impressed at what you may have been missing. Indeed, seizing notice is one of the singer-songwriter's most challenging tasks – the interest of recording labels, new fans, or general curiosity in a cluttered genre. It requires a dizzying array of cleverness, strong lyrical content, and passion.
By Brian D'Ambrosio 12 months ago in Beat
Satsang's Drew McManus
By Brian D’Ambrosio Music put Drew McManus on the threshold of a changed life. Montana secured him there. Founder of the spiritual roots group Satsang, McManus once plummeted hard and deep into the dark pits of substance abuse. Luckily, he was able to discover those things that would help redirect his life from blight to bright.
By Brian D'Ambrosio 12 months ago in Beat
Artist Tatiana Klimov
By Brian D’Ambrosio Santa Fe artist Tatiana Klimov begins her paintings with a preconceived theme – a serrated rock structure, a pasture of budding flowers, a casita, a bison, or a lightning strike in the vulnerable sky. Beyond that, the shades that find their way onto the canvas are spontaneous outbreaks of her creativity. Though the color choices are impulsive, the end result invariably teems with a striking array of vivid paints.
By Brian D'Ambrosio 12 months ago in Art
Creating The Freedom
By Brian D'Ambrosio R. Tom Gilleon’s art imparts the awareness of what it means to be entitled to peace. In the long, dry draw of the soil, west of Cascade, there is the unconstrained stillness of the contiguous buttes, the almost heroic-looking profile of Mt. Cecelia.
By Brian D'Ambrosio 12 months ago in Art
Lucero goes literary on 'Among the Ghosts'
By Brian D’Ambrosio On their ninth studio album, rock/alt-country quintet Lucero decided that instead of recording stories, they needed to engage them. "Among the Ghosts" departs from the familiar Memphis style of their earlier arrangements — the blaring bluesy horns and blues-infused riffs — in search of a deeper, more intensely introspective approach rooted in the evocative nature of prose.
By Brian D'Ambrosio 12 months ago in Beat
