Month: July 2020
Mont Duamel is the debut artist project of grammy-nominated producer Mathieu Jomphe Lepine. With a deep interest in the way artistic mediums trigger an emotional response, the songwriter and producer analyses visual arts, human interaction, travel and sensory reactions in his glittering new project. Building a name for himself as a renowned producer in the …
– Olivia Henry just dropped her debut music video and it’s pulsing with intimacy and magnetic attraction. Here’s how the mighty East Portland Blog reviewed her recent album Expectations: “Behold sleek, chic LA songstress Olivia Henry, whose impeccably tight new album, Expectations, is loaded with racy, noir-ish, power-femme, alterna-soul and has drawn comparisons to original torchlighters …
Evie Irie has been hailed as “one to watch” by her peers and music blogs alike. Like some sort of pop alchemist, the Australian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist turns self-described “weirdness” into universal wonder within her music. By 15-years-old, her talent and drive convinced mom and dad to allow her to move to Nashville where …
Brooklyn based soulful pop artist Mima Good has just released “Granddaddy”, the third single off her upcoming album. “Granddaddy” is a dreamlike, jazz inspired ballad featuring New York legend Christopher McBride on saxophone. The singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist has been working on an exploratory, genre-bending collection of songs for the past year in her …
‘SWITCH’ is a bolt out of the dark, a harsh awakening. Empowerment. Sera’s album songs are all drawn from folklore and SWITCH is no different, drawing inspiration from Steam-punk, Frankenstein and the ‘Freak Lab-accident’ trope of the comic superhero. SERA’s music is rooted in folk, Americana, singer-songwriter, with this track taking a further leap into …
LISTEN HERE Jhené Aiko’s blockbuster album CHILOMBO re-asserts its claim to the title of R&B album of the year this week, as the deluxe addition powers the album to over 46,000 new units. CHILOMBO re-enters the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 at #6, and reclaims the #1 spot on the Billboard R&B albums chart. CHILOMBO DELUXE adds nine previously unreleased bonus tracks and …
Eating from your yard tip~what better time to eat garlic than when most folks are wearing masks and social distancing. Garlic has long been celebrated for its many medicinal and culinary attributes! Garlic was one of the ingredients in the legendary thieves vinegar. The story goes that during the black plague four thieves robbed those …
August 11th, 2020 — Santa Monica, CA — Global pop sensations BLACKPINK have announced that multi-platinum singer/songwriter Selena Gomez will appear on their forthcoming single. Due out on August 28th, the new single will serve as the second single from BLACKPINK’s highly anticipated debut album, set for release via YG Entertainment/Interscope Records on October 2nd. Merch bundles for the album …
There is a long and somewhat intellectual debate as to who (which country) gets to lay claim the title of creator of the cocktail (hint: its America). The British play a large part in the effort, but from the beginning it was considered an American creation and recent research seems to place it squarely in the front yard of the upstarts across the pond …
LISTEN TO folklore HERE WATCH/ SHARE THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR “cardigan” HERE Friday 24th July, 2020 – Most of the things Taylor Swift had planned for the summer of 2020 didn’t end up happening but…there was something magical that did happen, the surprise release of her 8th studio album, folklore. “Before this year I probably would’ve overthought when to release this music at the …
Madonna’s Version Topped Billboard’s Dance Club Songs Chart in 2000 Don McLean’s Original Recording To Celebrate 50th Anniversary In 2021 As many people know, there are some songs that are considered classics. So when another artist covers a classic song, it can either turn out to be a hit (Whitney Houston covers Dolly Parton’s ‘I …
Photo: Eric Cacioppo “Cracking, punk-edged rock & roll from L.A. group Broken Baby that kicks, hisses, and snarls.” – Bandcamp “Broken Baby’s music is sonic lightning, full of confrontational excitement that gets the listener riled up and agitated, even if they don’t know exactly by what.” – Kerrang! “It’s enough to rile up a listener and become embedded in their brain without …
Santa Monica, California, July 22, 2020 – Canadian-Dutch-Korean singer-songwriter SOMI has signed to Interscope Recordsas part of the label’s partnership with THEBLACKLABEL. After winning first place on Korean reality singing competition Produce 101, SOMI emerged as a solo artist in June 2019 with her single “BIRTHDAY,” which has since amassed over 53M streams worldwide on Spotify and 78M views on YouTube to date. The …
New York, NY – No umbrella needed! It is all sunshine for American pop music icon BJ Thomas as he celebrates a golden milestone for his Oscar winning classic “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head.” “It’s hard to believe it’s been fifty years since “Raindrops” went #1,” Thomas reflects. “I’ve sold over 70 million records, …
I have been doing cocktail research for over a year now for a book I am writing – which is probably the lie that many drinkers tell themselves. As an architect, and not a bartender, I have always been fascinated with the making of the drink – ingredients, glassware, history, etc. The stuff you don’t necessarily think about when sipping a cold one, but affects the overall experience …
Eliot Bronson shares, “The end of a relationship can feel like a car crash. There’s that moment right before impact, where time slows down and you get this superhuman clarity on what’s about to happen. You also realize there’s nothing you can do to stop it. “ He continues, “I wrote “Let Me Go” right …
Eating from your yard tip ~ Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) crushed in your hand and left in a pitcher of water overnight in the refrigerator makes a lovely “mother’s little helper” infused waters to calm and brighten the mood of both mother and child. In the days of old the catholic monasteries created closely held …
This is an incredibly good ’87-’96 tribute: Pixies, Posies, Replacements, Nirvana, Weezer, Matthew Sweet, the theme to “That 70s Show,” and (my favorite Seattle band of the era) Flake, all in a single song. What’s more, the official music video, below, is packed with dozens of smile-inducing visual homages to ’90s slacker film and TV. …
“Shadowbands,” a contemplative, atmospheric composition inspired by 2017’s solar eclipse, features Stoffel accompanied by Gina Furtado (banjo), acclaimed Irish fiddler/violinist Niall Murphy, co-producer Josh Morrison on guitar, and longtime colleague Ross Sermons (upright bass), “The musicians, whom I am honored to call very close friends of mine, all live scattered around the world, so we produced this video in an extreme socially-distanced fashion: Ross Sermons shot his …
Team Clermont · Beautiful Dudes “Nite Nite” “The revolution is coming, put your fist in the air. We are not afraid, we fear nothing, the Man’s getting scared…” The Dudes have been busy. Beautiful Dudes are releasing a limited edition skateboard deck with Lurkville Skateboards and kicking off their first release on Dowd Records with …
Listening to the Innocence Mission’s latest album – See You Tomorrow – is like waking from a delicious dream. You feel profound joy and sorrow, but can’t explain why. The Lancaster, Pennsylvania folk trio, which has now released 12 studio albums over a 30-year career, doesn’t vary from their distinctive, low-key sound, but the songs …
From her Wikipedia page: “Amy Elizabeth Macdonald (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and musician. She has sold over 12 million records worldwide.[1] Macdonald released her debut album This Is the Life in 2007. The singles “Mr. Rock & Roll” and “This Is the Life” from it were chart hits. The latter charted at number one in …
““Pitch Dark” is a chill song about falling in love in a coffee shop during a thunderstorm,” says Abigail Fierce. “I wrote this song alone in a thunderstorm, in the dark…so some of the inspiration was quite literal. It’s a hopeful, feel good song, but it still has a melancholy edge, so as not to …
Eating from your yard tip~Anise hyssop helps us deal with the heat and recover from heat stroke. Not only is anise hyssop an effective expectorant it also lifts the spirits when horrible heart breaking things have happened. All this making anise hyssop the ideal herb to use for 2020. The anise hyssop leaves and flowers …
My beautiful wife and our precocious children were off to a neighboring state for an extended trip to her mom’s, so I immediately cranked up a movie they would never have watched — Dolemite is My Name. A biopic starring Eddie Murphy about an oddball cultural figure from the ’70s, it mystified and repelled me …
“I think now more than ever people are really hungry for answers. We’re all in need and looking for something to latch onto. People need stability,” shared Ben Fuller. “The only stability I found was my relationship with God. That’s where I found my faith. Maybe, this song can be an entry point for others …
Images of Light I Will Go Where You Go A few years back, Dr Shines and Gene Lazerine sat down over another pint, discussing their latest musical ideas with which to impress their unaware public. They reviewed the great music they would have made if only they’d gotten around to it and found it conceptually …