New Releases: Good Times For A Change

An online music friend turned me on to SoCal singer-songwriter Tamar Berk just yesterday, and I've been on an absolute non-stop binge of her music for the past 24 hours. Which is a lot--four terrific albums over the past four years, including a new one, Good Times For A Change, due for release next month but available for preview and pre-order over on Bandcamp.

Berk is another admirable entry in the recent crop of indie women who add some maturity and bite to their confessional songwriting--I can...