Americana artist King Corduroy will release his new EP Avalon Ave. on August 16th; to preview the drop, he’s released the single “Workin’ for a Livin”, along with its music video. A little rootsy and swampy, “Workin’ for a Livin” mixes a little Texas blues and Southern rock with sounds from the Mississippi Delta and New Orleans’ French Quarter.
Author and self-prescribed bird-man Noah Stryker examines the life and culture of birds, from various species like fairy-wrens and pigeons to starlings, and correlates behaviors to humanity with his book, The Thing with Feathers. “The more that humans study birds and discover more about their behaviors, the more similarities we find between ourselves and our feathered friends,” he writes in the Introduction, setting up his own assessments. READ MORE…
Shawn Colvin’s new video for “Ricochet in Time” is a time trip for the veteran singer-songwriter. The song, which Billboard premieres the video for exclusively below, is from the upcoming 30th-anniversary acoustic version of her Grammy Award-winning debut album Steady On.
In Their Words: “I wrote this song when I was attending school in Santa Barbara, California. Moving there when I was 18 after growing up in Nashville, Tennessee felt like a dream and a lot of my earlier songs were inspired by that change. I’ve since happily put down new roots in Portland, Oregon, but every time I sing this song, a golden-state nostalgia settles in and carries me back to those seemingly simpler times. While this song may be lighthearted, it archives an important coming-of-age chapter of my life and serves to remind me to hang on to my youth and curiosity and not take things too seriously.”
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When you consider the typical lifespan of even the most successful bands, a decade plus in the trenches is no small achievement. Atlanta’s Gringo Star have certainly made the most of the ten years that have passed since the group unveiled their debut LP All Y’all, resulting in a career that includes four additional albums, multiple national and overseas tours, and considerable critical accolades. READ MORE…