Raised in small town Michigan, a musical career was not Michelle Billingsley’s intended life journey. As a young aspiring actor, she headed to Los Angeles with stars in her eyes and dreams of leading roles and Oscars. Things did not go to plan and she departed L.A. with broken dreams, and quite distressed. She changed artistic direction and rebuilt her confidence, committing her life experiences to song on her excellent debut album, NOT THE MARRYING KIND. Her tales of dysfunctional relationships, depression, toxic parent issues and heartache are superbly written, often shocking, and occasionally hilarious. Michelle explained the background and history of the album when we caught up with her recently.
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David Burchfield’s new live acoustic performance video of “Aint’ Gonna Be Easy” just premiered at Americana Highways
Americana Highways brings you this video premiere of David Burchfield’s song “Ain’t Gonna Be Easy,” from his recent release State to State, produced by Joshua James.
This live version of “Ain’t Gonna Be Easy” features David Burchfield on lead vocals & rhythm guitar, and Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose on lead guitar & backing vocals.
The video was produced by Daniel Herman of Mineral Sound. Live from an easy listening room, this song creates instant chills — the good kind. David Burchfield has that songwriting style that’ll make you sing along already from the first verse. “Oh I know, it ain’t gonna be easy.”
York Calling features Stuffy Shmitt’s “Mommy and Daddy,” calling it “lyrical poetry.”
What captured me most about Mommy & Daddy is its lyrical poetry. The verses are a disorienting swirl of imagery—fast cars, drinks, baseball—it feels like a patchwork of America over the past decades. There’s a timeless feel to it, like it’s an artifact from a time gone by, but at the same time being contemporaneously relevant. It’s quite a feat.
The Joy of Violent Movement calls “The Panoramic” – the new video from Sleep Still – “slow-burning” & “enchanting”
Los Angeles based dream pop act Sleep Still, led by Mariam McCarthy (vocals, keys) and Scotty Whelan (vocals, guitar) and featuring Kelly Ehrenberg (bass), Chris Kellogg (guitar) and Jeff Darcy (drums, production) can trace their origins to the two separate paths its leaders began before they met:
- McCarthy led Detroit-based Silent Violet, an act that shared bills with Yo La Tengo and Bittersweet, contributed three songs to the Rosie O’Donnell-produced film America. received praise from NPR and landed a spot on the West LA Digital Mixtape.
- Whelan was a member of alternative rock act Haste The Day, an act that toured nationally along some of the genre’s top artists while working a day job as a music therapist.
Listen: State of the Art Spotify playlist for 11/23/20
Listen to this week’s State of the Art Spotify playlist featuring:
K Michelle DuBois – All Night Glamour (Baby Robot Records)
Janelle Monáe – Turntables
Juana Everett – Drifter of Love
Homeboy Sandman – Don’t Look Down (Mello Music Group)
Sara Rachele – Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan cover)
The Shins – The Great Divide
Stuffy Shmitt – Sweet Krazy
Tenacious D – Time Warp (Rocky Horror Picture Show Cover)
This Way to the Egress – Lights Out
Petit Biscuit – Parachute
Karaoke, Sister Sai – Need
The Armadillo Paradox- Austin
Potatohead People, De La Soul, Posdnuos, Kapok – Baby Got Work
Goliathan – In the Path of the Fiant, Technology is Laid to Waste
PREP – Carrie
Orions Belte – “Conversations” (Jansen Records)
Hot Chip – Tchaparian
Stann Smith – Half Cocked 40
Wallows – Nobody Gets Me (Like You)
Lord Friday the 13th – Bigots Beware
Ali Ditto – Better Than Me
MOURN – Men
Alaska Reid – Oblivion
Nothing – Catch a Fade
Yukon Blonde – YGTT
PEEL – King of the Sea
Lupin – Vampire
Bike Thiefs – You’re Allowed Your Feelings
Cordoba – CHI – Outcry
Sinai Vessel – Guest in Your Life
Smokescreens – Streets of Despair
The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick – An Olive Coat
The Inevitables – The Weight of the Worry (members of Less Than Jake, The Interrupters)
Hypoluxo – Ridden
reggie – Southside Fade
CRi, Sophia Bel – Love Spirit
Plants and Animals – Bold
Sir Chloe – Wrath
Sen Morimoto – Woof
LEISURE – Lonely Nights
Fuzz – Mirror
Listen: Captain Americana playlist for 11/23/20
Listen to this week’s Captain Americana Spotify playlist featuring:
Juana Everett – Drifter of Love
Andrew Bird – Andalucia
Sara Rachele – Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan cover)
Jade Bird – Headstart
Melissa Erin Music – Settle on Down
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors – You Want What You Can’t Have – Live at the Tennessee Theatre
Spencer Burton – Nothing’s Changed
Stuffy Shmitt – Sweet Krazy
James Houlahan – As It Is
Josh Merritt – Reynolds Station
David Quinn – I Hope I Don’t
The Armadillo Paradox – Austin
Martin Ruby – Fellini Was Dying (Drunk in the Afternoon) – WhistlePig Records
Wayne Graham – Tapestry of Time (K&F Records)
Ned Hill Music – I Refrain (WhistlePig Records)
E.Z. Shakes – We Want Answers
Madison Cunningham – The Age of Worry
Mattias Lies – Maze of Blues
Bill Monroe – I Saw the Light
Sergi Estella – 12 Pack Blues
Valley Maker – Mockingbird
Rachel Brooke – It Ain’t over ’til You’re Crying
Shemekia Copeland – She Don’t Wear Pink
William Prince – When He Cometh
Skyway Man – Atom Bomb
Bones Owens – Lightning Strike
Sam Williams – The World: Alone
Edan Archer – Not so Great Again
Andrew Grimm – Don’t Die for Their Money
Cody Belew – A Thousand Miles from Nowhere (Dwight Yoakam cover)
Hollie Rogers Music – City of Colour
The Prescriptions – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding