Photo by Danny Miles “Cannonball“ ft. Cayley Thomas is Eamon McGrath’s Canadiana symphony to God and a tribute to the the psychedelic outrage of Gram Parsons and Lee Hazlewood. An Alberta native, country music soundtracked the long cold winters and brief joyous springs of McGrath’s musical upbringing. He returns to that wildwood sonic flower with …
“When we set out writing ‘Starlight’ Anoushka and I knew exactly what we wanted to make, and it just gently flowed,” says Wyler. “I think it is a song about a woman’s ability to overcome, refusing to get sucked down the toxic drain, and finding her power in doing so.” Written and recorded between London …
This is a lovely Adventist hymn which dates back to the beginning of the movement and which has traveled the globe. 0:01:11 Sweet Jesus 0:07:15 Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary 0:11:29 I’m Gonna Lay Down My Burden 0:15:25 Thank You, Lord, for Your Blessings 0:19:49 Day by Day 0:24:46 Change My Heart, O God 0:28:47 …
Chart-topping, award-winning alt-rocker Joey Nowyuk has released his newest single and video, “Pray” — available now! Produced by Thor Simonsen (Kelly Fraser, Aasiva), and Dale Penner (Nickelback, The Matthew Good Band), “Pray” is the latest preview for the Nunavut-based artist’s forthcoming debut, Tumitit. Set for release this July via Hitmakerz, the album also features Inuit …
Becky Hill has written and performed on ten singles which charted in the top 40 of the UK Official Singles Chart, (including two top 10 singles, one number 1 and eight platinum records), Becky has now amassed over 1.75 billion streams on Spotify alone, and 900 million streams in the UK. She has over 14 million monthly …
The stunning video above was created by Slade Takala-Lamey with light assistance from sexy Erman Mete. Willie and the Goodsouls’ new album is self-titled. The entire work is a lovely, emancipated, fresh, Euro-transcription of roots rock. LIYL Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Nick Drake, Arthur Lee, Skip Spence, Bela Bartok, Bela Fleck, Van …
Ana Moura’s ‘Arraial Triste’ keeps alive the tradition of celebrating Popular Saints (Arraial) and community in Lisbon “I left you a message on the manjericoAnd while the march goes, I won’t stay Trying not to get lost in the crowded street I’m in the sad arraial. Today I’ll only dance with a full moon. Ana Moura lifts the veil on …
Here’s how the great Abigail Fierce announced her awesome new video two days ago, and yes, there are more peacocks: 🚨ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨 pic.twitter.com/OLtZnFRnHx — Abigail Fierce Killmeier🎸🖤 (@abfierce) June 11, 2021 Amazing Breakout Singles for Abigail Fierce – Love You Right, Some Sorta Goodbye Abigail Fierce – Pitch Dark, Girl in the Mirror View this post …
All photos Ashley Osborn NEW YORK, NY (June 11, 2021)— Making a grand entrance with highly anticipated new music, GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi-platinum pop superstar JESSIE J returns with a brand-new single entitled “I Want Love” via LAVA/Republic Records. To bring the track to life, she worked with three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning mega-producer Ryan Tedder [Beyoncé, Adele] who serves as producer and co-writer. Jessie J says “I wanted …
“…She smoked a makeshift pipe and carved her name in a stonein the wall of an abandonedold colonial home. The remnants of her livin’ daysare names in a wall.They’ll be gone with the asheswhen they crumble and fall,gone with the asheswhen they crumble and fall…” – “The Rhythm of Her Name,’ The Rumjacks The Rumjacks have …
This deathless video below is ten years old, yet it grows more needful and beautiful with every passing year. The Swedish singer’s name, Kersti Esselwall Smårs, is pronounced “Chair-shtee Essel-Voll Shmorsh.” And here’s Kersti contributing her voice to a haunting new composition in the Swedish language. In English, the title means, “In Motion”:
Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham has just released an awesome new single called, “I Don’t Mind.” His upcoming album will be self-titled. For the last 21 years, he’s been married to Kristen Messner. She filed divorce papers recently. Bummer. Dig all the drama here. Here’s his latest and freshest. I like this one too: And “Scream…”
Here’s a rich, pensive, jazzy, new version– out less than a week– of the beloved Swedish hymn, “Blott en Dag” (English title, “Day By Day”) written by Carolina Sandell-Berg (or, as we used to call her in the old country of Chicago, where she has her own statue: Lina Sandell). The recording artist is Sven …
This is a beautiful song from Sarah Kroger which I discovered this morning in an East Portland Church Service. Below is the smart and lovely version sung at Sunnyside SDA Church on Market Street in East Portland on this morning, 5/29/2021. When you click on the video is should start at the beginning of the …
Be Nice To Yourself, the new single from Jason Matu, is a guitar-driven pep talk acting as an act of aggression against Jason’s feelings of infinite loneliness and self-loathing following his longtime partner’s death. Recorded remotely in conjunction with producer, frequent collaborator, and Grammy-nominee Justin Craig (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Be Nice To Yourself focuses …
Joker’s Hand is confirmed to perform at Beachlife Festival in Southern California this fall alongside such artists as Jane’s Addiction, Cage The Elephant, Counting Crows and many more. Joker’s Hand is also featured in Atwood Magazine’s recent article celebrating AAPI Heritage Month. Check it out here: https://atwoodmagazine.com/aapi2104-asian-american-pacific-islander-month-2021-feature-part-4/ Hailing from Torrance, CA. Joker’s Hand founding members Kevin Kawano and Matthew Lau met while attending film school at …
This is a lovely arrangement. Please give it a listen. https://www.facebook.com/Jehovahshalomaccapella
Here’s the amazing breakthrough single for fiercest Abigail, and it’s coming out just as her acting career (as Abigail Killmeier) has taken off with Hulu original Love, Victor. This ballad is a classic heartsy-pop funtime song. The delightful video features The Divine Ms. Fierce in a Hallmark Autumn Romance knockoff. She’s a tomboy who pines …
Sandra Entermann is an Australian singer of Christian music, contemporary and otherwise. She has become a global phenomenon in the last year as she has been organizing these weekly “Sabbath Singalongs with Sandra” where she joins a rotating cast of choristers and musicians who get together and sing every Friday night hoping their listeners join …
“Don’t go chasin’ waterfalls. You know where the water falls…” This is a great song by the very cool V. Rose. She reads the Word, and lives it. Just listen. https://www.facebook.com/vrosemusic
It’s David Byrne’s birthday, so a fitting time to celebrate the deliciously paradoxical “Listening Wind,” one of Talking Heads’ lesser known gems on Remain in Light. Of all the polyrhythms and African incantations on that record, “Wind” is the most hypnotic. “The wind in my heart, the wind in my heartThe dust in my hair, …
Melbourne’s Ryan Downey‘s luminous art-rock album A TON OF COLOURS is about humanness – its beauty, its contradictions, and our desire for connection. It is a love letter to the beauty of emotional expression and communication, with love being the conduit for this joy of self-expression. There’s a soul-sharing vulnerability throughout, found in the aching longing of ‘Contact’ (“If I …
“…Y’all don’t see me on SundaysYou don’t think that’s rightI see most of you wastedwhere I play on Saturday night. Y’all stumble to the stage, shout ‘Livin on a Prayer’and all those drinks you’re poundin’got you more than halfway there…” – Givin’ a Damn (Don’t Go with My Outfit) “Some of these things I’ve wanted …
This project was a collaboration between Gina Powers (songwriter), Trever Nelson (producer) and Kyle Medenwald (film maker) along with Mitchell Rittenbach (bass) and Russell Pfaff (percussion), members of The GPB, who appear in the video. A special thanks to First Congregational United Church of Christ in Moorhead, MN, Cheryl Carlton Powers (Gina’s daughter who appears …
Cooked up in the Blue Note Lab, GPP/RMX presents last year’s band-defining masterpiece, GoGo Penguin, re-imagined through the filter of some of the world’s finest producers and remixers. Cornelius’s mix (above) is both intelligent and beautiful. The way he’s sliced up and repositioned the piano melodies and combined them with synth lines makes it familiar but also gives it a new …
Her name is Sweetjane X. She’s a sexy singer, trenchant songwriter, caring music pedagogue and woke AF entrepreneur who is transforming New Orleans. She grinds on alternative pop that pulls hard on a panoply of cool-mongering influences, directions and sounds. Her upcoming album, Life On Venus is a sublime genre-crashing felony that savages (in the best possible ways) …
Photo by Ebru Yildiz Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Paula Cole shares her new song “Black Mountain Blues.” Recorded by Bessie Smith and covered by Janis Joplin, Cole’s version of the song is the second single from her upcoming album American Quilt. “It’s strong like black coffee and it’s warrior-esque”, says Cole. American Quilt will be released on May 21st through …
Kanyakla is a group of people that loves Christian Music and seeks to share the love of Christ through singing. They are from Uthiru, Central Province, Kenya. https://www.facebook.com/Kanyakla-107666274385255/
Country music singer/songwriter Ava Rowland turns up the heat just in time for summer with the release of “Run Like Hell.” Sounding off the season with this upbeat love ballad, “Run Like Hell” highlights Ava’s vocal ability while also telling a story that everyone can relate to. This single details an all too familiar feeling of …