Jeffrey Li’s latest single release “Anniversary” will likely experience the same success as his previous winners “You Raise Me Up” and “Little Big Shots”. The very fact\ that a debuting performer can, based off an audition for the popular NBC television program America’s Got Talent, so soon parlay national exposure into over 100 million YouTube views
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Kentucky hip-hop artist Elz Bentley made his first splash on the scene in 2018 with the album release, under the name Jay Elly, Take No Elz. The collection established him as an immediate regional talent, a strong online presence, and a national talent in the making. Lexington native Elz emerges from a fertile scene for hip-hop music
“Gravity is Failing” is bursting with improbable lyrics that caught my attention with the first line. It’s a near master class in creative lyrics for a modern pop song and familiar yet far outside the mainstream. It’s a top-shelf opening to Paul Mark and the Van Dorens’ eleventh album Gravity. Mark has spent many years writing,
Welcome Nice Ghost! Thanks for chatting with us today! Now, you have a new album coming out next month! Can you tell us more about it? Yes, I’d love to! Thanks! It’s a full-length record named “Digital,” and I couldn’t be more excited. This album was a daring move for me, I had to break
You changed your mind, you took my time, Trevor Drury sings with raw emotion. His new single “Second Chances” is a lump in your throat song that exudes utter devotion. From its impressive violin music bed, to its honest lyrics, Drury’s pop star status is on the rise. “Second Chances” is this summer’s dark horse
In her new single “Get Closer,” pop singer/songwriter Arina Mai puts all of the focus on her heavenly harmonies, and by wagering on herself she winds up raking in a bigger creative payday than some would have expected from an indie player. Steeped in heady vocal melodies that swirl around is in an almost angelic
There’s a textural presence to the bassline in “Chitty Bang,” the new single from 8rooklyn 8atman (featuring Dre DaMost) that grabs our attention right from the start and doesn’t let go for the duration of the song, but as alluring a component as this is, it’s not the only reason to play this track right
Fun and simple in every way that actually counts for something in music these days, Hewas’ “Lemon” is undeniably pop music at its very best. There are no mundane melodic props in this track – no plasticized harmonies, inarticulate verses, nor pointless poeticisms that allude to someone else’s brand. In “Lemon,” Hewas gives him a
Looking for a new song that will raise your spirits? New to some, but a legendary song to others, “I Can See Clearly Now” from California rockers The Side Deal is a generous helping sing-along sunshine. One would be hard pressed not to have a continuous smile on their face during this roots rock anthem.
Electric E’s music captivated me from the first. Having never heard this artist before, it was invigorating to recognize on the first listen that Electric E is working in a different area than many of his contemporaries and peers. There are clear influences in his music, you hear it on both Babylon Music and 3 Sides to Every
Tom Tikka spent a number of years playing with and sharing the songwriting chores in Finnish band Carmen Gray and experienced a measure of success, though the reality of the band’s success never matched their expectations. Tikka has moved on since Carmen Gray’s dissolution and his latest release with his band the Missing Hubcaps, a
Heartour’s R u In gets off to a rousing and energetic start with the track “”Brain”. Newcomers to Heartour’s music may feel a jolt of surprise by the waves of electronic instrumentation blasting from their speakers but songwriter Jason Young, despite that description, never adopts a hamfisted approach. His arrangement skills are developed enough that he’s able
When you get a couple of singers like Robert Gray and Francine Honey together for a duet, you can rest assured that sparks are going to fly, and that’s exactly what happens in the new video for the single “I Carry On.” One of two music video/single combos being released for the track this spring
There are a lot of different elements that make up the melodic fabric of “Hurricanes and Butterflies (Flowers Don’t Die)” by Gianni Bodo. The strings, the percussion, the guest vocals from Brigitte Pace – all of these components share something incredible with us that makes the song as amazing as it is. Though its appearance
Aurora M. Rosselli is an Italian artist, photographer, and influencer. Born and raised in Catania, she moved to the US in 2003. She completed a diploma from Liceo Artistico, after which she enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Catania, where she earned a Laurea in Decorazioni and Laurea in Beni Culturali. She has worked
There hasn’t been a whole lot of quality country music coming across the international airwaves recently, but in his latest release, Carlos Washington delivers a Texas-style tonality sure to get fans around the world invigorated once more. Country’s greatest stars and songwriters have all had one thing in common – a deep, profound love of
Critics can’t seem to stop talking about pop singer Ilyah right now, and after taking a look at his new video for the single “Habibi,” I can understand why the buzz has been so grand. Ilyah invites some of the lustiest beats you’ll hear this spring into a melting pot of melodicism both American and
“Own the Night” is the latest single from Toox and features the vocal talents of Daimen Carter and Rose Culture joining him for the performance. Despite the presence of two experienced and highly talented singers, Toox is never overshadowed. Much of the thanks for this can naturally be ascribed to Michael DeBarge’s presence in the
The first take on AV Super Sunshine’s new single “Smile” brings common instruments like guitar together with a modern sound born from an assortment of electronic instruments such as keyboards, synths, and computerized percussion. Many musicians and songwriters struggle to make such marriages work without sounding disjointed or unappealing, but AV Super Sunshine is well
Lately it’s seemed as though there’s a bit of duel taking place in modern folk/rock between American postmodernists and Canadian minimalists, with both sets of songwriters bringing a unique but entirely conflicting slew of sounds to the contemporary spectrum, but in the case of Sébastien Lacombe’s “Gold in Your Soul,” the latest single/video combo from
Smashing through the speakers and crashing into anything and everything that gets in its path, the riff-rock adrenaline that comes barreling out of the ethers at us in “Gone Away,” one of the three songs found on Strings of Atlas’ new EP How Far We’ve Come, is unstoppably captivating no matter what volume you’re experiencing it
With a stellar bounce that seems to play out in slow-motion, despite the urgency in the drumbeat behind it, the first few strands of a melody that we find at the onset of “Brightside” are incontrovertibly as stunning as any that we’ll find in the new EP from Chords of Eve, Dear Engineer, but while these
Hughie Mac Sings Some Great Songs Part 4 is a robust collection of the songs that echo romance and pure entertainment. Mac, a fixture in the Philadelphia music scene, last touched listeners’ hearts with Hughie Mac Sings Some Great Songs Part 3 in 2018. His newest collection doesn’t disappoint. With 23 songs total, it’s not
There are countless ways that a heavenly harmony can affect us, and in Rob Alexander’s “Life As We Know It,” the third single from his album Being Myself, it’s perhaps even more essential to the construction of the song’s narrative than Alexander’s lyrics are. From the get-go, the backing band and the man of the hour
Breaking away from genre parameters and exploring his sonic depth with a moxie that can only be described as infectious, Jonathan Emile lays into the first few verses of his new single “Try a Likkle More” with concentrated restraint, saving the bulk of his cathartic powers for later on in the track. His disciplined approach
Intermingled with deliciously melodic verses, dispatched via both traditional pop means and a flamboyant rap from the woman of the hour herself, the rich instrumental backdrop atop which Destiny Malibu dazzles us in the all-new single “Lo Siento” is debatably as enrapturing as any lyric that she sings. Proving once more that she won’t play
The world of independent cinema sees many faces come and go. It isn’t the world of big budget blockbusters and superhero movies driven by studios searching for marketing opportunities above artistic excellence but, instead, a world where directors, writers, producers, and performers are often driven by the desire to either entertain in edgy creative fashion
Hello and Welcome Rose! You have a new song that you just released titled “Young God’. Congratulations! Do you feel nervous or excited now that it is out? It’s a total mixture of the two! I’m excited because this is a song I genuinely adore and means a lot to me. Also I think it’s
Welcome 2Four! We are excited to chat with you today. You have a single currently out titled “Party Time” – we love it! It is such a vibe. Tell us more about it and the message behind the song. A vibe describes it perfectly actually. The message was simply to say party it up. Enjoy
Sean – welcome! Thank you for giving us some of your time today! Fill us in on all of the details of your collaboration with Katherine Rose Cline! How did that come together? She was rapping with another friend of mine on stage. I couldn’t even hear her, but she had swag for days, and