Over-conceptualizing has been an increasingly negative issue for American folk music in the past decade, but if one artist is rejecting it in every way, it’s Joshua Radin in his new EP though the world will tell me so, vol. 2. though the world will tell me so, vol. 2 has a lot of dimensions to it, starting
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American Courage is a ten-track outing from singer/songwriter Brian Seymour and his first such collection in a decade. He highlights his social concerns over the course of the song cycle and Seymour contends with the lingering effects and aftershocks of the pandemic, but don’t mistake these songs are broadsides ripped from headlines and set to music. There’s a personal touch
Country singer/songwriter James Robert Webb has been killing it since day one. His last few singles have been well received by listeners while his general profile within the country music community seems to be getting quite popular with all the right folks. That said, adaptation is necessary to sustain any real credibility in this business,
Longtime Evergrey member Tom S. Englund and virtuoso pianist and composer Vikram Shankar, an alumnus of projects such as Lux Terminus and Redemption, make a formidable creative duo on their Silent Skies project. Entitling the tandem’s third album Dormant is almost funny. There’s nothing staid or inert about this music. Shankar’s talents on piano, keyboards, and synths envelop listeners in
Gideon King & City Blog have been taking the alternative underground by storm in 2023, and after checking out their interpretation of the song “Somewhere Only We Know (featuring Ashley Hess),” it’s easy to see what all of the hype has been about. Where other songs in this group’s discography are more conservative in structure,
Big immersive melodicism is a major ingredient in Lindley Creek’s recipe for a perfect folk album, and this is all the more obvious when listening to the prime cut “Over and Over” from the esteemed Whispers in the Wind LP. While there’s a lot to be said about the string thunder that circles us in tracks like
Combining firm guitars, a bittersweet beat and a lead vocal that melts hearts on the spot isn’t necessarily a new concept when developing a single, but when Shane Britt does it in his song “I’m Not Well,” he elevates the role that each of these components has to play. Britt wasn’t determined to pen a
Rolling out of the silence like a train ripping through open pastureland, Drew Cooper’s “Best of Me” kicks off with an electrifying intro that immediately lets us know just how freewheeling a jam we’re about to get into. The guitars gallop alongside the drums effortlessly, joining in a vicious groove that will make anyone want
The union of musical talents making up Studio D’Lux promises remarkable things and delivers. Keyboard player/pianist, singer, and songwriter Doug Kistner’s project enlist drummer Liberty DeVitto, Steely Dan guitarist Jon Herington, respected singer and songwriter Bill Champlin, and bass player Malcolm Gold in a band that has one EP under their belt and a new
Hannah Ellis uncorks an infectious hit with her latest single, “Wine Country.” From the first note, it’s evident that this track has all the makings of a radio-friendly anthem. With its catchy hooks and vibrant production, “Wine Country” is poised to make waves not only on traditional airwaves but also on popular streaming platforms and
In “LA Samba (Los Angeles Samba)” from his new EP Inner Path, Guillermo Marigliano isn’t asking the audience to hear him as it would be, but instead putting his concept front and center where we have no choice but to bask in the glow of its melodic presence. This urgent desire to take his place at
Rocky Kramer will be hosting “Money for Nothing” on this week’s episode of Rocky Kramer’s Rock & Roll Tuesdays on Twitch. Tune into Twitch on Tuesday, July 25th, at 7 PM PT for this amazing show. Rocky Kramer is a guitar virtuoso, often being compared to the greatest guitar players in the world. Rocky has
The contemporary definition of hard rock is much different than it was just a few generations ago depending on who you ask in the business today, but for Cedars, not much has changed since the old guard other than cosmetics. Cedars are an indie band whose new single “Empire” pushes aesthetics towards the old school
Welcome to Melody maker Kayana. Mind telling our readers a bit about your background and upbringing? I’m Japanese and Haitian, born and raised in New York. Music played a big role in my upbringing, with my parents being musicians and former jazz concert producers. I learned to play the piano from my mom at age
Las Vegas police have seized hard drives and laptops from a home as part of the investigation into the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Police searched a house in the Henderson suburb – the same area where the rapper was gunned down in September 1996. The home belongs to 60-year-old Duane Keith Davis, who
Dolly Parton has released a cover of Queen‘s “We Are the Champions,” the latest cut off her upcoming Rockstar album, due in November. You can hear the song below. “We Are the Champions” marks the fourth song released off Parton’s star-studded Rockstar, which she made in response to her 2022 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall
In the mid-’70s, in opposition to the repressive fist of the military junta, the Brazilian counterculture flourished, finding their métier in resistance through dropping out and turning on. The return of two exiled musicians and legends, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, had something to do with it; Veloso’s long hair and feyness was a defiant
A new AI app can create a video of you dancing from a single photograph. As BGR reports, the technology is the product of a collaboration between researchers and Microsoft, and Tan Wang’s research team at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. READ MORE: I used Grimes’ AI vocals to make a hit – here’s how
Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that he’s a fan of Sleaford Mods. While promoting his new film Oppenheimer, the actor appeared alongside director Christopher Nolan in an autocomplete interview for Wired. During the interview, Downey Jr. was asked what music he’s currently listening to, to which he responded: “Everything from Prokofiev to… I’m into Sleaford
Slash is working on a new album. The Guns N’ Roses guitarist recently told Yahoo Entertainment that the “blues-oriented” LP features “a bunch of different singers” and is ”sort of similar to my first solo record.” Though there is no set release date, he said it will “definitely” come out next year. One of the singers, Slash confirmed, is
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