“I’m done apologizing for writing big songs – I don’t want to be afraid of that,” says Courtney Jaye. Her new album “Love and Forgiveness” an organic and rootsy album that recalls the classic 70s-inspired pop of her heroes Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt, The Band and Fleetwood Mac releases on May 7, 2013. The big [...]
March 19, 2013
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via USA Today Forthcoming album, Blunderstone Rookery out June 18, 2013 The former Sixers frontman steps out on his own with this epic track. Maybe it seems a little early for Thanksgiving, but Stephen Kellogg’s new song is about more than the fourth Thursday in November. The track, from Kellogg’s forthcoming Blunderstone Rookery album, begins [...]
March 18, 2013
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via Consequence of Sound The term “alt-country” has fallen by the wayside in the last 10 years. After the genre began to move in from the fringes, descriptors like “Americana” or “roots music” twisted themselves around to fit a surprising wide range of music that was maybe too twangy to be rock and too raw [...]
March 15, 2013
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via Examiner Blue Sky Riders are excited to join the SXSW Music Festival this March with seven events scheduled. On March 13 at 12:30 p.m. the band will be speaking at the SXSW ‘Indie At Any Age’ Panel along with the band’s 3Dream record label team, Holly Adams and Julie Yannatta, and manager Mandi Davis [...]
March 14, 2013
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German rock band the Donots are currently on their tour of the United States and they’ve got an awesome, exclusive just for you: video tour diaries. Today brings us part one, in which the Donots check out San Diego, Calif. as they get ready for their show (and tour) with Flogging Molly at the House [...]
March 14, 2013
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With a career that spanned over five decades, Levon Helm was an inspiration to musicians around the world with his deep respect, joy and love for music. Whether he was hitting the Arkansas 4-H Club circuit as a child, performing with Bob Dylan, garnering success with The Band and nurturing a successful solo career that [...]
Karl Hyde To Release His Solo Debut Edgeland on April 23 Rick Smith Scores Danny Boyle’s Latest Film Trance, out April 5 In 1996, Underworld, an electronic music group from the United Kingdom, received their first heavy dose of mainstream success. Their song “Born Slippy .NUXX” was featured in the final scene of Trainspotting, a [...]
Watch For This Critically-Priased Jazz Vocalist-Songwriter on Art Of The Song Creativity Radio (NPR), NY Daily News Sunday Music Top Ten Rondi Charleston brings art to life. Her songwriting and interpretations illuminate the power of music and story… –Vivian Nesbitt, Producer, Art of the Song Creativity Radio (NPR) Dignified, unforgettable…a blending of word and sound [...]
March 13, 2013
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via Blurt-Online.com First, some clarification. While the name Ivan & Alyosha conjures up images of Russian ballet partners, in truth, they’re a Seattle quartet that takes its name from characters plucked from Dostoevsky’s classic The Brothers Karamazov. Nevertheless, Tim Wilson, Ryan Carbary, Pete Wilson and Tim Kim have quickly made a name for themselves, while [...]
March 13, 2013
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via MTVHive.com In Futurebirds‘ new video for “Virginia Slims,” the Athens, Ga.-based band pair their warm and inviting guitars with a heavy dose of nostalgia — it’ll especially resonate if you ever experienced the joys of fireworks growing up. “[The video] is about being that age where you’re still a kid but overcome with that [...]
March 13, 2013
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Blog, Futurebirds