Old Crow Medicine Show Calls For Action – Protest Song “Louder Than Guns” Out Today

Photographer Credit: Mallory Cash Photo April 27, 2023 – Old Crow Medicine Show has released a powerful protest song “Louder Than Guns” in partnership with 97Percent, a bipartisan gun safety organization working to create researched-backed policies supported by both non-gun owners and gun owners. Recorded in the aftermath of the Covenant School shooting last month, …

COI LERAY DROPS NEW “BOPS” – SINGLE OUT NOW “MY BODY” TO BE RELEASED TOMORROW, APRIL 28, 2023

NEW YORK, NY (April 27, 2023) – Today, multi-platinum recording artist Coi Leray, has released her new single “Bops” via Uptown Records/Republic Records. Listen to “Bops” HERE, which is available on all major streaming platforms. The fittingly-titled track, finds Coi proudly proving her success as a chart-topping artist who can crank up a smash hit after hit. “Bops” follows an impressive …

NONSO AMADI AND ZINOLEESKY TAKE TO THE STREETS OF NIGERIA IN OFFICAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “LOCK UP” OUT TODAY

LISTEN HERE | WATCH HERE DEBUT ALBUM WHEN IT BLOOMS SET TO RELEASE MAY 26 PRE-SAVE HERE  APRIL 27, 2023  – Globally acclaimed, Canada-based Nigerian singer, songwriter, and producer Nonso Amadi shares the official music video for his latest single “Lock Up” ft. Zinoleesky out today via Def Jam Recordings/Polydor Records/MCA/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Released last month, the track appeared on major global playlists …

Five Star Lock Song! Take it to the Bank! “Underdog Rider,” GENIA, “Sweetheart of the Best Coast,” Covers Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”!!!

RISING R&B PHENOMENON GENIA DROPS SOULFUL & STUNNING COVER OF “DREAMS” BY FLEETWOOD MAC LISTEN HERE – WATCH HERE DEBUT MIXTAPE 4PM IN THE VILLE ARRIVES IN JUNE April 27, 2023 – Gaining traction as an artist to watch this year, rising R&B singer and songwriter Genia shares a stirring and soulful cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic “Dreams”  today via Def Jam Recordings. Listen to “Dreams” HERE and watch the music video HERE. Accompanied …

Kabeaushé shares “Lift Your Spirit” Video

Since they were just a child growing up on the banks of the Kagera, the huge river that curls throughout East Africa, Kenyan multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Kabeaushé realized there was a sparkle inside that set them apart from their peers. As other kids assembled hierarchies and favored aggressive competition, Kabeaushé became obsessed with compassion, cuteness and ecstatic softness; uninterested …

Moving Your Passion: How Redefyne Helps Musicians Relocate with Ease in the Portland Area

Redefyne: Helping Musicians Relocate to Portland with Customized Moving Solutions Redefyne helps musicians moving to Portland with tailored plans, specialized equipment handling, and valuable insights on the music scene and housing market. Moving to a new city can be daunting for anyone, but it can be especially challenging for musicians. Relocating often involves overcoming financial …

Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter Announce New Album SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree out September 15th via Edition Records: Amazing First Single “Not Here / Not Now”

April 25, 2023: Today, multi-GRAMMY award-winning vocalist Kurt Elling and guitarist/producer Charlie Hunter announced SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree, a new full-length album featuring drummer Corey Fonville and bassist-keyboardist DJ Harrison. Releasing September 15th via Edition Records, the album is a continuation of Elling’s SuperBlue collaboration with Charlie Hunter, which includes their 2021 GRAMMY-nominated debut full-length …

Bedroom Pop Trio Ivytide Delve Into the Cryptic Nature of Situationships on “please don’t sugarcoat it”

Montreal act Ivytide started as the passion project of Nathan Gagné (vocals/guitar) before blossoming into a trio with Jamie Snytte (guitar) and Kyle Ruggiero (bass/backing vocals). Combining their unique influences resulted in the production of bedroom pop songs with intricate but catchy melodies which float on top of well-thought-out instrumentation. Drawing inspiration from creative R&B artists like Frank Ocean and indie artists such …

PSYCH-FOLK SINGER-SONGWRITER MARIEE SIOU AT PORTLAND’S OLD CHURCH 5/26, SEATTLE’S TRACTOR 5/25

Photo Credit: Nicolas Stokes TITLE TRACK & VIDEO “CIRCLE OF SIGNS” FROM FORTHCOMING EP OUT NOW LISTEN HERE | WATCH HERE THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED, SELF-PRODUCED EP CIRCLE OF SIGNS IS DUE OUT APRIL 28 PRE-ORDER THE EP HERE Psych-folk singer-songwriter MarieeSiou will hit the road this May across the West Coast with support from Kacey Johansing and Angelica Rockne on select dates. See a …

Ward Hayden & The Outliers Debut New Music Video For “(Breaking Up With) My Hometown”: New Album, South Shore, Set to Release May 5

Ward Hayden & The Outliers, photo id (l to r) Handsome Greg Hall, Ward Hayden, Josh Kiggans, and Cody Nilsen (Scituate, MA) In the long, rich history of country music, life in a small town is a major theme in many of its finest songs. On South Shore, the ninth album from singer, songwriter Ward Hayden …

Jayli Wolf juxtaposes love and sadness in new single “Holding On”

 JUNO Award-nominated Indigenous (Anishinaabe/Cree), Queer, activist, actress, poet, Alt-Pop singer-songwriter-producer and filmmaker, Jayli Wolf, has shared a powerful new single, “Holding On.” Embodying the juxtaposition of deep love and a dark sadness, the song captures moments in life where we can lose touch with ourselves. Resonant chords flow alongside Jayli’s expansive, emotive vocals evoking the feeling …

London-based flower child AISTÈ releases her rebellious single ‘What’s Going On’

‘What’s Going On’ is taken from AISTÈ‘s forthcoming album The Theory of Everything, which is slated for release on the 19th of May, and follows ‘You’ve Got The Feeling’. Her music has been supported by industry tastemakers Atwood Magazine and CLOUT Magazine, UK fashion brand Underground England as well as webzines GUAP Magazine and Atomic …

Portland-based indie pop band Corvair announce new album Bound To Be out June 23; Share new single and video “Right Hook”

On June 23 Portland-based indie pop band Corvair will release their sophomore album Bound To Be via Paper Walls and UK label Where It’s At is Where You Are (pre-order). The album features Heather Larimer and Brian Naubert on vocals and instruments, along with Northwest powerhouse drummer Mike Musburger (Fastbacks, The Posies).   Today the band is pleased share “Right Hook,” the first single to be released …

Nothing But Net: Vic Mensa Shoots Off New “Swish” Single feat Chance the Rapper & G-Eazy and Scores From Downtown

Multi-platinum Grammy nominated rapper/producer Vic Mensa has released “$WISH,” his second major song of the year, via Roc Nation. The single, which reunites Vic with long time friends and collaborators Chance The Rapper and G-Eazy, is a braggadocious banger in which the three MCs trade increasingly elaborate boasts about their respective successes. “$WISH came from a writing camp me & Chance did in …

Ron Swanson’s Saturday Night Notes: Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Forbert and John Hiatt

Listening to Blonde on Blonde tonight.  I’ve always loved “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” (assuming being in the right mood). Do any of you remember the Townes Van Zant song “Sad Cinderella?”  Totally different song, but very similar structure.  I’d always wondered about that.  For what it’s worth, Dylan’s was released 2 years earlier. …

Review: [Melodic Metal] Hämärä – “Ivory Tower” album, by Mark Erickson

FFO: Children of Bodom, Kalmah, Soilwork, As I Lay Dying, Five Finger Death Punch, Dream Theater, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Amorphis, Dimmu Borgir Hämärä’s “Ivory Tower”, according to the request for this review, noted the release is the band’s first since reuniting after a seven year “hiatus.” I went to reddit.com to see any activity for Hämärä and …

Pearl Jam Announce August/September 2023 U.S. Tour Dates

SEATTLE – Pearl Jam will hit the road in August and September performing nine shows across St. Paul, Chicago, Indianapolis, Fort Worth and Austin. Special guests Inhaler will open the Chicago, Indianapolis and Austin shows. Support for the St. Paul and Fort Worth dates will be announced in the coming weeks. A special ticket pre-sale for all tour dates begins …

BREE RUNWAY AND KHALID RELEASE CAPTIVATING NEW SINGLE “BE THE ONE”

Photo credit: @ro.lexx  Trailblazing pop sensation Bree Runway links up with global superstar Khalid for captivating new single “Be The One” out now via Motown Records. Listen here and watch the official video here.  An incredible collaboration between two musical visionaries, “Be The One” is a modern love song that’s destined to become a classic while further demonstrating Bree’s dynamic, genre-bending artistry and her undeniable talent. About two friends …

“Who’s got time for poems when the world’s on fire?“- aja monet understands, listen “for sonia” Sanchez

Surrealist blues poet and cultural worker aja monet has released another moving single from her forthcoming album when the poems do what they do, slated for release June 9 via drink sum wtr, a new imprint of Secretly Canadian. “for sonia” is a love poem for the legendary poet Sonia Sanchez and the inspiration behind …

Rock makes spectacular comeback in The Now: “Girl You Got Me”

South Wales four-piece The Now has released ‘Girl You Got Me’ the second single and video off its upcoming debut album out this summer. Stream “Girl You Got Me” here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/thenow1/girl-you-got-me Recorded at Real World Studios and produced by Grammy Award winning Oli Jacobs, who has previously worked with Harry Styles and The 1975, “Girl You Got Me” tells the story “When you …

ZOE WEES SHARES ANTHEMIC NEW SINGLE, “DON’T GIVE UP” 

Photo Credit: Johanna Berghorn Zoe Wees – who has amassed nearly three billion combined global streams since making her debut in 2020 with the RIAA Gold-certified, Top 20 Pop radio hit “Control” – returns with a shimmering new anthem, “Don’t Give Up.” She recorded the song with producers Patrick Pyke Salmy and Ricardo Muñoz, who helmed Golden Wings, her debut EP, …

CRAWLERS RELEASE MUSIC VIDEO FOR NOSTALGIC NEW SINGLE “THAT TIME OF YEAR ALWAYS”

British rock band Crawlers have released the music video for their latest single “That Time Of Year Always.”  The video features the group alongside their younger selves who the band refer to as “mini crawlers” in their latest Instagram Post.  Watch HERE. On the inspirations behind the new track lead singer Holly Minto shares, “That Time Of Year Always encompasses …

Yacht Rocker Emm Gryner Releases ‘Business & Pleasure’ Album; pokes fun at politics on the groovy song, “Loose Wig”

Emm Gryner’s album, Business & Pleasure is a celebration of the Detroit radio scene and the music that shaped her childhood. From Motown, jazz and pop, to Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac and the Doobies, Business & Pleasure is infused with the sunshine soul and stellar playing of the late 70s and early 80s.  This new …