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Sean Costello: We Can Get Together

By Keith Hannaleck

Artist: Sean Costello
Title: We Can Get Together
Genre: Blues-Rock
Label: Delta Groove Music
Website: www.seancostello.com
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Sean Costello has that gritty soulful vocal style that is a perfect fit for blues rockers and his new release We Can Get Together is jam packed with songs that focus on scorching hot blues-rock licks while he belts out every song as if he was living it, with straight from the gut vocals. Costello kicks up some dust and plenty of emotion along the way with this electrifying CD. When you open the CD sleeve there is a listing of the tracks and on the next page is a black and white shot of Sean jamming and looking like is having the time of his life. Once you hear this CD, you will understand why he is smiling.

The title track just smokes and it sets the precedence for the entire album. He sings ‘We can get together baby, any time you want,” over and over then stops for a break and shows off his chops while his band lays down a nice groove for him to fall into and cut loose. At times do they do a little a stutter step to throw off the time, to make it a little more interesting, and it shows how adept Sean is with those changes on his six-string. There are some organ fills in between all of this to keep it jugging right along. “Same Old Game” suggests he has a brand new angle on the same old game (of love), but I can see where it applies to his music as well. There is nothing new about what he is doing, it is just a different voice and a good mixture of tempos and sounds for blues-rock and he is indie, which makes it more intriguing and appealing for those of us that want something different than major label cookie cutter pop crap. This turns out to be his best selling point and strength throughout the recording. This is determined and for real, something a lot of music these days seriously lacks. All 11 tracks are strong including those that slow things down a bit like the love sick “Have You No Shame.”

You have to love blues players like the young and vibrant Sean Costello, he has the entire world as a stage and he is just starting to dig in. I wish him all the success but I hope it does not go too far and ruin his originality and tough as nails vocals and then his music turns into lifeless mush like so many others that have traveled this road. Stay true to yourself and your music Sean and keep rockin’ man! We love ya just the way you are!

Reviewed - February 19, 2008

Tracks:

01. Anytime You Want
02. Same Old Game
03. Can't Let Go
04. Told Me a Lie
05. Hard Luck Woman
06. How in the Devil
07. Have You No Shame
08. Going Home
09. All This Time
10. Feel Like I Ain't Got a Home
11. Little Birds

About the Author:

Keith Hannaleck, known as “MuzikMan” is a Journalist specializing in independent and major music reviews and the promotion of artists via the various media outlets flourishing online. He has worked closely with artists, management, publicity directors, and webmasters to provide some of the best and far-reaching coverage an artist could have. Focusing primarily on the internet as a medium for his work, Keith has been a pioneer in the industry changing the way a reviewer with his various talents are used by many artists, PR folks, and labels. He has provided strong and valuable work to labels, artists, and publicity people, writing reviews, press releases, and biographies and much more over the years, giving the people he works with the maximum amount of exposure through several top-notch websites that post his content on their sites.

Hannaleck built and maintained his own website in 1998 while networking and building his reputation through thousands of reviews and interviews, creating a special niche for himself. Through many years of dedication and hard work, he has reached a respected level of competence and knowledge that is frequently sought by the music industry today. Known for his speaking from the heart interpretations of music and being able to put it in layman’s terms for music fans, his work is found everywhere in cyberspace and in traditional print media, from press kits to quotes from reviews in magazine advertisements.