'burden to bear' is about sam marke's personal experience of being Autistic and the struggle of being misunderstood. He is hoping this song will help those who aren’t Autistic become more patient and understanding towards those who are, and he is hoping it will help Autistic people feel more heard, represented, and less alone.
Read MoreInterview: Ryan David Orr - How Long
Ryan David Orr is an American singer songwriter who makes thoughtful music for a thoughtless age and on his single How Long his sweet and soulful melodies are elevated by lush instrumentation which sounds like a drive from the Pacific Northwest to the South and back.
Read MoreInterview: Mary KilS - Porte sept
With her intrepid character, a rocker of a thousand colours, an indomitable vitality with explosive accents, poignant elocution, always equipped with magnificent lyrics, Mary KilS multiplies everything. Some speak of her as fire under the ice, others describe her as an inexhaustible passion.
Read MoreInterview: Energy Whores - Dark Money
Energy Whores started in a closet of a New York City apartment. That is the only place Carrie's recording studio could fit. Now it's in a basement in Ghent, New York. Carrie Schoenfeld is the singer/songwriter and Attilio Valenti, who is originally from Sicily, Italy plays all the guitars. Carrie plays keyboards and everything else.
Read MoreInterview: Saves the Witch - She Dances With Knives
Saves the Witch is a dynamic mostly instrumental project led by Eric Maynes, singer/songwriter turned Post Rock guitarist. STW blends the flavors of Post Rock, Post Metal, Art Rock, Shoegaze, LoFi and more; with blues undertones sprinkled in. Saves the Witch has been praised for their eclectic and guitar driven sound.
Read MoreInterview: Cancion Franklin - Blue Jeans
Cancion Franklin plays traditional Americana music and on his new single Blue Jeans he sings about the plans he made, the juke joints they took him to, and every bad turn he's taken to find a space that's still left to be original. His smoky baritone tells a great story.
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Interview: Oliver Jordan - Pedestal
Oliver Jordan, a singer-songwriter with a mental illness that plagued him nearly his entire life, is an enigma. His descent into darkness and depression becomes apparent when listening to his lo-fi album, Ten Suicidal Tunes. Using his then girlfriend's modified answering machine as a recording device.
Read MoreInterview: Eric Cohen - A.M.E.N.
Eric Cohen is a Missouri-based hip hop artist whose musical influences include Lecrae, Toby Mac, We Are Messengers and Andy Mineo. He draws on his life experiences and spiritual inspiration to bring a message of hope, peace and power to people from all belief systems and walks of life.
Read MoreInterview: Christine Greyson - Spider
After spending three years living in the wilderness of an ancient, dilapidated Appalachian farmhouse property with no modern conveniences, the interactions with primitive wildlife & the epiphanies that ensued have inspired the lyrics & overlays of a growing collection of experimental electronic songs by Christine Greyson.
Read MoreInterview: Chris Norman - Always On My Mind
Brought up on the archetypical sounds of Little Richard, Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley, rockstar Chris Norman pays his respects to the king himself, as he releases his latest album ‘Rediscovered Love Songs’. The upcoming covers album is composed of 12 of the biggest ballads and love songs ever written, by artists like The Temptations.
Read MoreInterview: Everything but the Everything - Never Said
Bay Area music veteran Izzy The Gent has come a long way from playing at his Monterey middle school talent show (performing "Scrape Me" their PG version of Nirvana's "Rape Me") to producing alternative new wave post punk out of East Oakland. His current project Everything But The Everything has gone from a one man band to a collaborative.
Read MoreInterview: Paris Melan - A Blicky UP
Paris Melan started in her home town, Detroit Michigan, freestyling in her car with other boys, not knowing she would wash all of them. For Paris Melan Nicki Minaj is an obvious influence. She loves her strength and ability to be unapologetically herself.
Read MoreInterview: Jim Pinchen & LAZA! - Red & White
Jim Pinchen & Luiza Lale are musicians who strongly believe in the healing and unifying power of both music and sport. They have travelled up and down the land in the creation of this track, Red & White. Chorus vocals have been recorded in various home studios, pubs and community centres across England.
Read MoreInterview: President Street - Tell Me Brother
After the release of their medicinal single ‘Heal’ back in May, Australian-Pop duo President Street are back with their latest infectious single, ‘Tell Me Brother’. Loaded in weighty, stylistic grooves, ‘Tell Me Brother’ has brought the funk to President Street.
Read MoreInterview: Connor Mac - See Through
25-year-old New Zealander, singer songwriter Connor Mac, released his second single ‘See Through’ on 19th October via Moretone Music. This follows his critically acclaimed debut single ‘Purpose’ released in July. He has now had over two million streams to date and counting.
Read MoreInterview: Millie Blooms - Bounce Ya Necks
Millie Blooms storms back into the room with her next single ‘Bounce Ya Necks’. Conceptually the song was made to the experiences Millie has faced and continues to face in the music industry, as the song developed it became more than that.
Read MoreInterview: Blue Work - The End of the Ride
Interview: Stefan Dando - Loser Anatomy
'Loser Anatomy' is the second release by Stefan Dando, produced by Andre Mesa at 121 Studios. It's an indie Pop/Rock single about being rejected and the song has a bit of a curse around it. At every stage of creating the song, he was rejected by someone he really liked and admired.
Read MoreInterview: Munk Duane - Myths
Boston based Recording Artist, Producer and Film Composer Munk Duane has a style deeply rooted in late 60s and early 70s Soul and Pop, with unapologetic nods to legends such as Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Prince and Stevie Wonder, crafting a sonic atmosphere that is traditional in inception and modern in execution.
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