Sydney Eloise & The Palms perform “Always Sailing” live for indieATL Sessions, from their debut album, FACES.
Faces is available now on LP & CD from The Cottage Recording Co., and on cassette from Bear Kids Recordings.
http://sydneyeloiseandthepalms.bandcamp.com/releases
Although growing up in Detroit, Ben Berry and Drew Phillips of Moke Hill didn’t get serious about making music until Berry was in Chicago and Drew was on the west coast. The duo would send each other ideas over the internet, building on them until they had a song. Soon they had enough songs to release an EP in 2013, which was successful enough to create a fan base, generate media attention, and collect enough money to survive. Building on the formula that generated success and enlisting the help of Peter Walker, they released their follow up full length, Time Stops Moving back in August. Download “Doing It Wrong” off Time Stops Moving and learn more about Moke Hill at their Official Website, “Like” them on Facebook, and follow them on Twitter. LISTEN HERE…
When East Nashville troubadour Tim Easton wanted to find a way to support his community this holiday season, he enlisted the help of some local musicians.
In late October he went into EastSide Manor Studios with engineer Gabe Masterson, gospel dynamos The McCrary Sisters, who were born and raised in Nashville, and singer-songwriters Aaron Lee Tasjan and Megan Palmer (who is part of Easton’s songwriting collective called Campfire Propaganda) to record a soulful cover of Bob Dylan’s “Whatcha Gonna Do?”
They wanted to cover a song that was “spiritual and written by an American musical icon,” Easton explained. The song is also easy enough to teach to a band on the spot, an added benefit when considering the multiple schedules that had to be coordinated to get all the artists in the studio at the same time (the record was recorded almost entirely live).
Easton, who’s working on a new album that will be released in April and midway through a project where he posts 100 live performance videos to his YouTube channel in 100 days, decided to record the track to raise awareness for the Nashville Rescue Mission and to encourage community participation and support for the organization. The mission offers food, clothing and shelter to the homeless and addiction recovery counseling and resources to those in need in Middle Tennessee. READ MORE…
Our listeners choose Country Fried Rock’s Best of 2015 list by streaming or downloading our podcasts throughout the year. Usually, this leads to a very clear selection of songwriters, but there were several ties this year, so the Top 10 are actually the top 14! Even better!
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Brown Bag AllStars members Koncept & J57 recently teamed up for their latest collabo project. The NY residents join forces for the new 8-track EP, The Fuel. Koncept comes through with the rhymes, while J57 provides the hard hitting beats. The EP is supplied with features from Dice Raw, Denitia, Akie Bermiss, Andrew Thomas Reid,and more. You can stream it in full, below, and cop it via iTunes. Look for Koncept & J57 to team up again for their next project, Flight, in 2016. LISTEN HERE…