It’s been a while since I’ve truly felt transported to another world thanks to an album. The relationship between artist and work is so stiflingly close that oftentimes it can feel like they’re singing directly to you and communicating broad thoughts, but neglecting other components of storytelling or immersion. INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/holistic.life.navigation/?hl=en “Songs From the Land”
Claire Uebelacker
“Over” the latest single from R&B artist Norm Adams and Julia Robertson is a nakedly honest ode to the messiness of breaking up. Despite the cover art for the single seemingly evoking the “ripped from the headlines” drama of celebrity, the actual song itself is incredibly intimate and operates at a methodical pace. It’s composition
Describe the heart of your latest single and how it came to be? I go back and forth a lot with Anel Saucedo, a producer I work with regularly and dear friend. She is a great encouragement to me, pushing me to believe in my own voice and talent. We started talking about becoming comfortable just
Describe the heart of your latest single and how it came to be? Edem: The latest Single is called Što Da Radim. Sandra Ban, the celebrated Croatian artist, and our wordsmith extraordinaire, proposed combining a traditional Croatian folk motif “Što Da Radim” or ”What To Do?’ with our KinderCrowdControl music. Next, she sent us soundbites of
Bands like Once Great Estate are something of an anomaly in the modern musical landscape. On the surface, they are a traditional Country group, though they consider themselves to be Southern Rock. They combine a classic sound with a modern method of storytelling, and at the moment, they seem most preoccupied with the finality of
A subtle, somewhat somber piano is waiting to commiserate with us in melodic terms in the song “Peace Piece – Revisited,” the opening cut from Monsieur Job’s W.T.F.!, but as we’ll learn in the next five slow jams on this 120-song LP (yes, you read that correctly), facilitating emotionality through singular dimensions is hardly the first
I hadn’t heard Little King or their previous albums before reviewing their latest release Amuse De Q. Reading in the press materials that Ryan Rosoff, the band’s chief songwriter, cut his teeth on late early period Rush, taught high school English, and focused on creative writing during his college years put me on guard. Would this
I am nearly fifty years old and confess the 1980’s does not seem so far away to me. The decade’s mid-way point, 1985, is almost forty years in our collective review but Foolish Deep, thankfully, never got the memo. Their five song EP release, recorded live this summer, had no overdubs and sparkles with the
Hi Blooming Fire! Thank you for speaking with me today! It’s our pleasure! You are gearing up for the release of the visual component of your project, Dunia! Will you tell us about it? Absolutely! Our Dunia EP had 4 tracks on it that created a collective vibe and concept if you will. The first
Hello! Thanks for chatting with me today! Tell us about your latest release! My latest release is titled “Your Loss.” I wrote this one after I heard from a past boyfriend who responded to one of my previous releases from this year, finally apologizing 10 years later. This definitely gave me a lot of new content for my
So give me the chance, a dreamy voice sings over a blushing, lush guitar bed. It’s the sound of a woman that has confidence, sometimes but not all the time. Isn’t that what being 17 is like? In the new pop/Americana song “Seventeen” from Wild Fire, exploring the ups-and-downs of being a young adult bubble
Depth in a contemporary rock band means more than just big guitars and bigger personalities; it means making complicated statements simple via the majestic tonal bond that comes from electric instruments playing in perfect unison. Burn the Ballroom have been thinking about this and other conceptual elements of their sound, and it’s evidenced quite profoundly in their
How do you want to make a difference with your music? I want to inspire people to be themselves and I want them to just feel something with any song I put out there. Do you keep someone or something in mind any time you’re writing new material? Usually I write about a particular experience
Annette Adler is bringing love and magic to the masses with her album Color My World. Undoubtedly this will be met with positive reactions worldwide, and Adler is one singer to rave about. Adler’s voice beams when she sings such descriptive lyrics, leaving the listener not only spellbound by her soaring harmony, but just as immersed by her guitar playing. Color
Do you keep someone or something in mind any time you’re writing new material? I am a firm believer that to create requires some sort of inspiration. Most of my songs are about my feelings, experiences or someone who relayed their experiences to me in a way that I found truly meaningful. My children’s book
Whether we’re children or adults, we know that feeling when we’ve stared blankly at the night sky, imaging worlds just beyond our reach. In an isolating feeling to be sure, what that makes us so painfully aware of our loneliness, but there’s an even greater beauty to be had when you look to the stars
Hi Joey! It is great to speak with you today! Thanks so much! Tell me about your recent documentary ‘Don’t Blink’! This is a very cool project I am really excited about! Filmmaker Courtney Adkisson wanted to do a mini documentary on my life in music as her master’s film project for SCAD! This film
Are you playing anywhere live this summer? We are not. Performing resumes in the fall. Jamming with anyone on your set? I would if there was a performance Where do you want to go play most? New York. How much fun do you have on stage? Maximum Are you excited for anything coming up? Everything! Links!