Month: November 2020

Cindy Latin – What Do I Do

This is intense. Listen well! Cindy’s original music is a blend of Soul, R&B, and Jazz. She is strongly influenced by Jazz harmony while admiring R&B singers and writers. She writes, performs, arranges, and produces. Her musical influences range from Stevie Wonder to Frank Ocean to Tori Kelly to John Coltrane.  https://www.cindylatinmusic.com/ View this post on Instagram A post shared …

dropped dots – Orange, Prejudge

Take a listen to the cool ambience of “dropped dots,” an independent musician born in Argentina, lately living in Europe. He blends elements of glitch and other sub-genres of electronic music as a rhythmic basis with post-rock, art-rock, Argentinian folklore, and more, to generate all kinds of musical pieces: songs, instrumentals, interludes, etc. He was …

Architecture of the Cocktail: Happy Thanksgiving! by Bill Stott

Pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock  “We could not now take time for further search or consideration, our victuals being much spent, especially our beere.” â€“ from the diary of William Bradford  The story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving is an interesting one. Black and white clad Puritans sitting down with half naked natives and sharing a meal to celebrate the thankfulness of the harvest. It is a tale fabricated sometime in …

Steve Earle & The Dukes’ New Album, J.T., Features 10 Songs Written By Earle’s Late Son, Justin Townes Earle, Plus One New Song By Steve

November 18, 2020 (Los Angeles, CA) â€“ On the forthcoming album, J.T., Steve Earle & The Dukes pay tribute to Steve’s late son, Justin Townes Earle (J.T.), who passed away on August 20, 2020 in Nashville. The album will be released digitally on what would have been Justin’s 39th birthday, January 4, 2021, via New West Records. “The record is called J.T. because Justin was never …

Paramount to release Joe Bonamassa documentary ‘Guitar Man’ on Dec 8

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Discover the extraordinary story of legendary bluesman Joe Bonamassa in the inspirational documentary GUITAR MAN, arriving on Video-On-Demand and for Digital purchase December 8, 2020 from Paramount Home Entertainment. From average Joe by day to guitar hero at night, GUITAR MAN tells the incredible rise of blues-rocker Joe Bonamassa, whose hard work and determination have made him one …

Laura Jinn – I’m Beginning to Think, Memories of Trees

Brooklyn-based artist/producer Laura Jinn shares “I’m Beginning to Think,” the fourth and final single off her upcoming EP Sick!, out this Friday. Gritty and chilling, Jinn details the hair-raising red flags of a psychotic partner through the lens of a seemingly-casual conversation with a friend. Says Jinn on the song: “I’m Beginning to Think” is about how the person …

Paris Jackson – wilted

NEW YORK, NY (November 16, 2020) –  Following its release on November 13th, Paris Jackson’s debut album wilted [Republic Records] reached #1 on the iTunes US Alternative Album Chart. The album has been heralded by press with Rolling Stone declaring it “well-crafted indie-pop,” and NME referring to it as a collection of“11 intimate songs that’ll fit like your favourite sweater.” The New York Post described“a dreamy wooziness, a sultry …

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio’s New Single is Stone Cold Jam: “Call Your Mom” So She Can Groove Too

Seattle-based soul-jazz groovemonsters Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio announced I Told You So, their sophomore studio album will be out January 29th via Colemine Records. The announcement comes with the first single “Call Your Mom,” which Under the Radar praised saying “the jazzy guitar and shots of organ bring a swaggering style to the track as …

Architecture of the Cocktail: Time to Celebrate, the History of Champagne, by Bill Stott

As we turn the corner from Fall to Winter, the Holiday season rushes toward us. Whether you are celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, the Election, a wedding, the Super Bowl, or even the launching a new battleship, one spirit fits the bill. Champagne. Sipped from a crystal coupe glass or sprayed all over your World Series teammates, the sparkling wine …

Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz – This Mortal Farce, American Bardo

Ultra-prolific music duo Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz have released a fiery new 4-song EP “This Mortal Farce.” recorded during the same sessions as their “American Bardo” album. Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz have crafted a sombre, uninhibited signature sound that resonates well with the heavy social, political and literary themes in the lyrics. Eric Anders details their process for the …

Architecture of the Cocktail: HAPPY ELECTION DAY . . . LET’S HAVE A DRINK! By Bill Stott

Drinking and Voting  Throughout most of early US history there was a strong relationship between elections and alcohol. It’s amusing in a way to read about the ‘election fraud’ going on now. We have nothing on the past. Our forefathers – George Washington even! â€“ bought votes with alcohol. When Washington was 24, he ran for a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses. He thought it was …

“The Chimes Rung and They are Still Ringin'” – Two Lifelong Republicans Abandon Trump, by Mark Erickson

Twenty-four days ago my Dad died after a grueling three-year stay in a nursing home that he called his “jail cell.”  Dad succumbed to a rare, progressive and irreversible neurological disease of unknown origin that is not hereditary.  I wrote his obituary, and wanted to include Dad’s humble origins, which is why I wrote “born in a …