The former sideman to the legendary Richie Havens, brings his soulful, weathered vocals and refined gift for orchestration on the traditional blues number Early in the Morning. Parks’ hypnotic holler is the sound that’s worth a thousand words. This is music for healing.
Today, we’re premiering a new song from Matthew Check called “Lovely to Have Met You.” It’s an acoustic guitar driven confessional, heavy with emotion and dripping with melodic hooks. It is at once sparse and incredibly catchy. It’s a thinking man’s drinking song about his own specific heartache, and yet never gets too particular not to be accessible. RIYL: Tim Easton, Bob Dylan, Ronnie Fauss.
Later this month, Los Angeles singer/songwriter Georgia Feroce is releasing her debut LP, Moon Signs. Since sharing the confessional acoustic folk pop of her 2016 debut EP, Cat & Mouse, Feroce has evolved into a full-fledged songwriting force, combining bedroom pop, indie rock, and lofty pop orchestrations on her debut. READ MORE…
Kiely Connell is preparing to release her debut LP, ‘Calumet Queen’, a ten-track collection that combines breezy indie-folk with heavy swamp rock & roadhouse country twang. Today’s song ‘Blues That Really Burn’ is one of the album’s less breezy tunes, dealing with a punch in the guts that is a depressive turn. READ MORE…
However Mimi Oz was feeling when she made “Caroline,” she was certainly feeling a lot of it. “Caroline” explodes into a rampant euphoria even after its jubilant horn and key passages are established. Critical to the song’s success are Oz’s talents as a vocalist and songwriter, moving through different registers, from forceful growls to awestruck croons, to tell the story of a wayward American spirit trying to find herself, domestically and abroad. We can’t wait to see where Oz’s musical journey takes her next.
Matt Jones, who is the driving force behind Two Cent Revival, brings many textured layers to bear on ‘Demons‘. There are clear dusty desert rock influences as well as a touch of cinemagraphic glamour – and it would be a foolish person who would bet against Jones ever having spun a disc or two by Tom Waits, yet for all that it is the originality of the album that is most likely to linger in the memory. READ MORE…