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Half Waif Shares 'Ephemeral Being' (claire rousay) Remix; Tour Starts This Week
by Josh Sharpe - January 07, 2025 Half Waif is sharing a remix of the song “Ephemeral Being” created by experimental musician and composer claire rousay. Additionally, Half Waif is embarking on the East Coast section of their US tour, followed by February dates in Europe and a brief West Coast run in early March. Listen to the new t...
Divine Sweater Debuts 'Light Taker' Single
by Josh Sharpe - August 06, 2024 Divine Sweater will release their brand new studio album, A Time For Everything, on September 13. Ahead of the release, the band has dropped the new single 'Light Taker.' Listen to it now....
Half Waif to Release New Album 'See You At The Maypole,' Shares Lead Single
by Josh Sharpe - August 05, 2024 Half Waif will be releasing her sixth studio album, See You At the Maypole, this October. The album is both a recognition of personal sadness and a call to ecstatic togetherness. Watch the video for the lead single now....
Leo Sawikin Releases 'What is the Answer'
by Josh Sharpe - July 10, 2024 New York City singer / songwriter Leo Sawikin has released “What Is The Answer.' The song and upcoming debut album was recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle with producer Phil Ek and mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound. Listen to it now! ...
Divine Sweater Details New LP 'A Time For Everything;' Listen to a New Single
by Josh Sharpe - July 09, 2024 Divine Sweater has detailed their brand new studio album, A Time For Everything. It is a record of ends and beginnings, meditating on one's ability to deal with mortality, loss & grief and having the strength to reset and come out stronger on the other end. Listen to a new single now!...
Video: Jenny Owen Youngs Shares Live Performance of 'Next Time Around'
by Josh Sharpe - April 30, 2024 Ahead of her New England tour, which begins May 3 in Northampton, MA, Jenny Owen Youngs shares a live performance video for “Next Time Around” from Avalanche, her first full-length solo album in over a decade and Yep Roc Records debut. Following her May tour run, she will join Fruit Bats for two New...
The Children's Hour Announce First Album In 20 Years; 'Going Home' Set For February Release
by Michael Major - January 05, 2024 Gathering in the studio of Paul Oldham, they would lay down an album's worth of material they had been refining on the road, recording over the course of a single day. They each went their separate ways, unsure of when they would reconvene again to share the new record. As it turned out, that future...
Elijah Wolf Hits The Road with Julian Lage & Releases New Single 'Was It All Just A Dream'
by Michael Major - September 06, 2023 “Was It All Just A Dream” follows the release of Wolf’s third studio album Forgiving Season that was released earlier this summer via his label Mtn Laurel Recording Co. The album was produced by his longtime creative partner Sam Cohen (Kevin Morby, Rhett Miller) and features performances by Photay a...
Out Today: Baritone Tyler Duncan And Pianist Erika Switzer Release 'A Left Coast'
by A.A. Cristi - June 23, 2023 Today baritone Tyler Duncan and pianist Erika Switzer release A Left Coast on Bridge Records. In a heartfelt playlist for their home of British Columbia, Duncan and Switzer share their fondness for the Vancouver communities, geography, and spirit that continue to nourish them as artists. View the tr...
Maine Mandolinist Ethan Setiawan Releases 'Golden' from Upcoming LP 'GAMBIT'
by Michael Major - February 22, 2023 Gambit was recorded in Maine at the Great Northern Sound Society and features an all-star cast of musicians including Anger (fiddle), Tony Trischka (banjo), Sam Leslie (guitar), Brittany Karlson (bass), Ethan Jodziewicz (bass), Louise Bichan (fiddle), Joe K. Walsh (mandolin), Mike Marshall (mandolin...
Kaki King Announces Tour Dates to Celebrate Debut Album
by Michael Major - January 27, 2023 One of the world's most adored and accomplished guitarists, Kaki King will be hitting the road this February to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her debut record “Everybody Loves You”, released in 2003 on Velour. To this day, “Everybody Loves You” continues to influence a generation of guitarists a...
Jake Blount Releases New Album 'The New Faith'
by Michael Major - September 23, 2022 Produced by Blount along with Brian Slattery, the album was recorded mainly in Blount’s own bedroom in Providence, RI. In addition to Blount, the album features guest appearances by Demeanor, D’orjay The Singing Shaman, Samuel James, Kaïa Kater, Lizzie No, Mali Obomsawin, Brandi Pace, Rissi Palmer a...
VIDEO: Jake Blount Shares 'Didn't It Rain' Visual
by Michael Major - September 19, 2022 “Didn’t It Rain” is from Blount’s highly-anticipated new album, The New Faith. Ahead of the release, Blount has shared three album tracks: “Didn’t It Rain,” made famous by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mahalia Jackson, “The Downward Road,” made famous by singer Jim Williams. Watch the new music video no...
Ali McGuirk Releases New Album 'Til It's Gone'
by Michael Major - September 16, 2022 Acting as co-producer along with celebrated folk-blues songwriter Jonah Tolchin, McGuirk let the songs of Til It’s Gone wander from shadowy emotional spaces to big, bad guitar workouts to delicate little confessions. But her bold and buttery voice carries each song to the next until the album’s end....
Ali McGuirk Shares New Single 'X Boyfriends'
by Michael Major - August 24, 2022 In a stack of dense, soulful harmonies, Ali McGuirk kicks off her upcoming album, Til It’s Gone, by singing, “On the nights when I love all my ex-boyfriends…” Before too long, McGuirk’s expressive voice rides a wave of vintage-tinged, bass and drums-led R&B, keeping the new tune, “X Boyfriends,” lig...
Jake Blount Announces New Album 'The New Faith'
by Michael Major - June 22, 2022 The New Faith will be released as part of Smithsonian Folkways’ African American Legacy series—co-conceived with and supported by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Conceived, written and recorded during lockdown, the album aims to envision what Black religious ...
Eleanor Buckland Releases Debut Album 'You Don't Have to Know'
by Michael Major - November 01, 2021 Eleanor Buckland has released her debut album 'You Don't Have to Know', her debut solo album. The album's release coincides with the announcement of new North American tour dates. Listen to the album and check out Buckland's new tour dates now!...
Composer Sid Richardson Releases 'Borne By A Wind'
by Stephi Wild - January 05, 2021 On Friday, February 12, 2021, Boston-born composer Sid Richardson releases Borne by a Wind on New Focus Recordings....
216 Quarterfinalists Announced For 2021 Music Educator Award Presented By The Recording Academy And GRAMMY Museum
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 09, 2020 A total of 216 music teachers from 199 cities have been announced as quarterfinalists for the Music Educator Award presented by the Recording Academy® and GRAMMY Museum®. In total, nearly 2,000 initial nominations were submitted. In addition to our quarterfinalists, 91 legacy applicants from 2020 wi...
VIDEO: Neil Diamond Sings COVID-19 Edition of 'Sweet Caroline' by the Fire
by Stephi Wild - March 22, 2020 Neil Diamond took to Twitter to perform Sweet Caroline earlier today. The video features his dog, and Diamond by the fireplace with his guitar....
Mark Erelli Confronts Privilege In New Single; New Tour Dates ad New LP Announced
by A.A. Cristi - March 18, 2020 Boston-based singer/songcrafter Mark Erelli has unveiled a live performance video of “I Can't Stand Myself,” a new track off his LP Blindsided, due out via Soundly Music next Friday, March 27th. The track pairs a Bo Diddly beat with an exploration of faith and doubt. “We value faith highly in Americ...
Mark Erelli Unveils Title Track of Forthcoming EP 'Blindsided'
by Abigail Charpentier - February 21, 2020 Today, Mark Erelli unveils “Blindsided,” the title track and latest single from his forthcoming LP, out march 27th via Soundly Music. “The word has negative connotations, but I thought it would be interesting to use it in the context of a love song,” the award-winning singer/songwriter told The Blue...
Miss Tess Performs on NPR's Mountain Stage
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 18, 2020 Today, West Virginia Public Broadcasting premiered Miss Tess' Mountain Stage performance of 'True Flood,' a track which features Lake Street Dive's Rachael Price, from her recently-released LP The Moon Is An Ashtray. Miss Tess, who performed to a sold-out Mountain Stage crowd with her band The Talkb...
Mark Erelli Previews LP 'Blindsided' with Single A Little Kindness
by Abigail Charpentier - January 31, 2020 Award-winning singer/songwriter Mark Erelli has released “A Little Kindness,” a track from his forthcoming LP Blindsided, due out March 27th via Soundly Music. “Boston-based musician Mark Erelli is known for both his songwriting acumen and his ability to bring that talent to co-writing sessions with...
Keep Memory Alive to Honor Neil Diamond at Power of Love Gala
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 22, 2019 Keep Memory Alive will honor legendary singer-songwriter and musician Neil Diamond at the 24th annual Power of Love® gala on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Tickets are on sale now at keepmemoryalive.org/power-of-love-2020.... |