Month: January 2022

Lauryn Marie’s Awesome, The Poser

Lauryn Marie is a nineteen-year-old singer-songwriter from Pleasanton, California who is currently studying songwriting at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. With her thoughtful lyrics and evocative melodies, Lauryn Marie combines folk, indie-rock, and bedroom pop to create sincere and relatable songs that aim to reach all types of people. Singing her whole life and writing …

Anya Anastasia Makes Her Eagerly-Awaited Debut With Rousing Single ‘Losing Wild’

Emerging as the soulful conduit between a profound fusion of experimental folk and West-African inspired desert rock, Adelaide singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Anya Anastasia has made her fierce debut with the release of rousing single ‘Losing Wild.’ Taking an avant-garde approach to her distinctive style of art-rock, Anya Anastasia intricately moulds flourishing arrangements with unique instrumental …

U2 Releases Haunting New Version of “Sunday Bloody Sunday” to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday Massacre

Today is the 50th anniversary, not of the song, but of the peaceful protest in Northern Ireland which turned deadly when British soldiers fired at the crowd on January 30, 1972, killing 14 and wounding others. To commemorate the event, Bono and the Edge are releasing, via U2’s Instagram, a delicate, acoustic version of their …

Tiger King’s Tim Stark Rebuilds His Life After Season 2’s Tragic Events by Marc Ang

While Joe Exotic’s retrial is happening today, Friday January 28th, in Oklahoma City, which I’ll be attending and reporting on, the latest Season 2 actually ended with the sad images and video clips of wildlife veteran and true tiger king, Tim Stark, from Indiana. That episode highlighted the seizure of his personal property and beloved …

Sabbath Singalong #93 – Phil Murray, Chris Foote, Sandra Entermann, Gary Entermann, Belinda Irving & Ethel Miman

Here they are, the “Traveling Wilburys” of Sabbath Singalongs. This is definitely my favorite group, the Country and Western group, this time with a special guest. 0:00:37 I Got Jesus Right Here in My Heart 0:04:35 The Trees of the Field 0:07:22 Jehovah Jireh 0:10:36 El Shaddai 0:17:49 Above All 0:23:38 Thank You 0:27:50 When …

Caroline Romano Announces Debut Album & Shares New Single “Panic Attack”

Today, Nashville-based alt-pop trailblazer Caroline Romano returns with her new single, “Panic Attack.” With the release of “Panic Attack,” Caroline is also announcing her first full-length LP, Oddities and Prodigies, out February 25th. “Panic Attack” is a stripped-back serenade that highlights the intimacy of Caroline’s songwriting. Unwinding over gentle acoustic guitar, her vocals are strikingly raw …

LOLA YOUNG SHARES NEW SINGLE, “SO SORRY”

She’s one of VEVO’s DSCVR Artists to Watch 2022, an Amazon Next Breakthrough Artist, a BRITs “Rising Star” Award nominee and one of the five artists shortlisted on the “BBC “Sound Of 2022” poll. Yet – on her new single, “So Sorry” – 21-year-old Lola Young confesses she still sometimes feels insecure. Produced by Oscar, GRAMMY® and BRIT award winner Paul Epworth, …

Linqua Franqa Announces ‘Bellringer’ LP ft. Jeff Rosenstock, Angela Davis, of Montreal

Photo credit: Sean Dunn Athens, Georgia-based rapper, linguist, activist, parent, and politician Mariah Parker (they/them) aka Linqua Franqa has announced new album Bellringer due out April 22 on Ernest Jenning Record Co. Weaving a rich tapestry of hip-hop lyricism and neo-soul hooks, Parker uses music as a tool to communicate – and educate – across cultural boundaries, imbuing every song with a …

Electronic Producer Axel Thesleff Shares Stunning Live Performance at Unique Czech Republic Location

Photo by Pekka Keränen Born and based in Helsinki, Finland, Axel Thesleff finds inspiration in the variegated likes of Sigur Ros, Godspeed You! Back Emperor, Aphex Twin, Telefon Tel Aviv, Radiohead, Burial, Gold Panda to name a few, as he creates a sound that traverses musical borders. ‘Sajani 2.0 (feat. Ben Parag)’  calls to mind …

Phoenix Cumbia Fusión Band LAS CALAKAS Release “Morena” Video

Phoenix, AZ – Cumbia fusión sextet Las Calakas, has released a music video for their recent single “Morena” off their upcoming debut full-length album, ‘Hechizo’. which will be out in Spring 2022 via My Grito Industries. Drummer Rafa Calaka says, “The theme of this song is about a girl who is very dangerous. Like, you know she is dangerous but we as …

PALESTINEAN-CHILEAN ARTIST ELYANNA RELEASES NEW SINGLE “GHAREEB ALAY” FEAT. BALTI ALSO “AL KAWN JANNI MAAK”

NEW YORK, NY – January 21ST, 2022 – Today, Palestinian-Chilean singer and songwriter Elyanna releases her new single entitled “Ghareeb Alay” feat. Balti via Universal Arabic Music. Born and raised in Nazareth and now living in Los Angeles, the rising songstress collaborates with the Tunisian singer and rapper on an entrancing track that fuses Arabic music with pop and R&B beats. …

The day the music lived: Amidst raging pandemic, Wilco kicks off Mexico festival in style, by Claude Iosso

“Is this really happening?” Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy asked after the band played its first song on the imposing main stage at the Hard Rock Hotel near Cancun, Mexico. After a hiatus forced by the pandemic, Wilco was hosting a weeklong “Sky Blue Sky” music festival for the second time. Organized long before the omicron …