Despite all of the hardships and uncertainty throughout the last year and a half due to the COVID crisis, creativity was running rampant among the artistic community. Long Island-based musicians Tom Schinkel, of Lake Grove, and John Tocco, of Quogue, both released original material during the pandemic that received widespread acclaim within the local music community. Once live music began to slowly reemerge here

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Season 16 American Idol alum, Catie Turner, has released her lead single “Therapy” in preparation for her new EP Heartbroken and Milking It due 16th July. The song is a fun-filled singalong summer tune that will have her fans humming and dancing. The singer-songwriter addresses a relationship where your partner needs to address their struggles, as she sings: “I can’t be your therapy /

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The long awaited debut EP from Boston quartet Shallow Pools is here. Headspace houses all the singles the band has released this past year. Alongside releasing Headspace the band also dropped a video for their single “Gardens” which focuses heavily on themes of growth and finding ways to kick cynicism. “Gardens” encompasses the mixed feelings of getting older and coming to terms that chance

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Each week, I go through Genius’ album lists and listen to anything I find interesting. Then, at least twice a month, I’ll go through their singles list, updated daily, and make playlists of a bunch of new releases. I also find music through Spotify, on Twitter and on music blogs, and May was absolutely brimming with great music and the excitement of both concerts

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