Professional music enthusiast, blogger, promoter, podcaster, and songwriter MIKE O'CULL covers only the hottest independent artists from around the world. He writes reviews and hosts The Sounds of Chicago Podcast for ChicagoMusicGuide.com, hosts The VT New Music Discovery Podcast for www.VishnusTrumpet.com, blogs about guitar equipment for www.GuitarGeary.com, and reviews music for IndieBandGuru.com, one of the most popular review sites on the Internet. He also provides writing services and coaching for musicians and creatives.
He makes his own brand of funky music, too, and his new single 'Ain't No Love in the Ways of Man' is now on iTunes and Spotify. He also recently published his first ebook 'Street Level Guitar: 30 Days of Wisdom,' which is available on Amazon.com. Support Mike on Patreon! Sign up for the email list to get exclusive music and access plus a free song download!!
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THE MERRY JAYNZ
“Set Me Free” single
Review by Mike O’Cull, independent music journalist. www.mikeocull.com
The Merry Jaynz is a rock/blues/psychedelic/electric/acoustic band based in South Knoxville, Tennessee that has been able to forge new music inspired…
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J. ASADI
“Sky’s the Limit” single
Lazarus Experiment EP
Review by Mike O’Cull, independent music journalist. www.mikeocull.com
J. Asadi is an emerging hip-hop artist who already exhibits the power and presence of the genre’s biggest…
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FOLKENPHUNK
New Album Preview
Review by Mike O’Cull, independent music journalist. www.mikeocull.com
FolkenPhunk is, by now, a familiar sight and sound to acoustic music aficionados in the eastern third of the USA. The band has developed…
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ZAMA RRIPA
American Soul
Review by Mike O’Cull, independent music journalist. www.mikeocull.com
Zama Rripa is a Miami, Florida-based singer/songwriter/busker who clearly knows the difference between being meaningful and sounding meaningful. He is a direct, plain-spoken writer…
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ALEXIS GERRED
The Debut Album
(Power & Purpose Records)
Review by Mike O’Cull, independent music journalist. www.mikeocull.com
Alexis Gerred is a well-known face to many TV and theater fans in the U.K. as a star…
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GIANNI PESSINO
Chasing
Smiling Face Records
Review by Mike O’Cull, independent music journalist. www.mikeocull.com
Gianni Pessino is a guitarist and songwriter from Italy with a remarkable grasp of many different writing and playing styles. His…
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ELECTRONEUM MUSIC VIDEO ANTHEM
Written and Produced by Logan Evan Thomas
Performed by Nave Savage
Video by M-System
Review by Mike O’Cull, independent music journalist. www.mikeocull.com
Electroneum, also known as ETN, is a new app-based…
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STORMCELLAR
Safe Harbour
Rogue State
Review by Mike O’Cull, independent music journalist. www.mikeocull.com
Stormcellar is an innovative roots music band from Australia that has spent the last 11 years blending many different roots genres with…
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MAJOR MOMENT
one small stEP
Review by Mike O’Cull, independent music journalist. www.mikeocull.com
Major Moment is a multicultural and multinational rock band from Boston, Massachusetts with a body and soul-moving sound that recalls the best moments…
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JILL M. STONE
Taught
Review by Mike O’Cull, independent music journalist. www.mikeocull.com
Chicago-based poet and songwriter Jill M. Stone has a gift for direct communication. Her songs sound deceptively simple at first but her words…
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