On any given Tuesday, you can find cinematic pop artist LIBERATI cruising the Pacific Coast Highway, top down, in a Jeep truck, blasting Tears for Fears during golden hour on the way to his favorite winery. He calls this the "heartbeat of inspiration."
Late Met Dawn is Fin on classical guitar and vocals, and Podge on electric guitar. They met at a long-since-canceled open mic when they were working on their own solo projects. A random thought, a call, and then later, after the organized jam in 2021, they thought it sounded good, so they kept going.
For the new La Palma EP, "Red-tailed River," they looked toward the natural world for creative influence. The first track, “Hawks in the Sky,” sung by Chris Walker, takes inspiration from bird watching outside his home in San Francisco. “Rock Creek,” a track sung by Tim Gibbon, imagines absorbing patience and solace from the river behind his house in Washington DC.
Producer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist Bravo Bonez, under his LearningToDive identity, is releasing the first single "Drums of War", off an upcoming EP. LearningToDive (LTD) as an identity focuses on Bravo’s more serious thoughts and perspectives on society and the planet.
Libby Johnston made her professional stage debut in 2017 as Liesl von Trapp in the New Zealand National Tour of The Sound of Music, produced by Ben McDonald Productions, and her professional American debut in 2022 as Samantha Fulton in Bottle Shock! The Musical, directed by J. Scott Lapp and with music directed by Vadim Feichtner.
Luna Waves – is the brainchild of Bedford-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Rob Muir. Raised on Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden and The Smashing Pumpkins, Rob considers himself a ’90s kid at heart. However, he was exposed to a miscellany of influences – such as The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix – by his musician father, which have coloured and shaped the Luna Waves sound.
Milan-based musician Liv Crash is a guitarist at heart. He incorporates a melodic blend of rock, funk, and jazz influences into his music, and pens his tunes on his own. Liv Crash’s signature sound, featured in his debut single, “’Cause even in this song”, showcases his versatility by featuring funk and rock guitar parts.
Leif Riggs spent the first eight years of his adulthood working the same job which he had in high school. There was limited room for upward mobility, but he enjoyed the environment and working with people. Leif Riggs wrote rap music during most of that time. He went back to college in his late 20s, and after seven years, he graduated with honors in Mathematics.
Frontman Louis Emory is a singer/songwriter based in Troy, New York – just an hour north of Woodstock, where The Band – one of his many classic rock influences – wrote their debut album, Music from Big Pink. More than fifty years later, Emory would have never imagined he’d be working on his debut EP with one of the album’s engineers, renowned producer, audio engineer and mixer Shelly Yakus.
Heavy Metal band Lords of Dust recently released their debut EP Kickin Dust Up, and their singles “Let’s Rip” and “Mr Stranger” are a must listen for anyone who appreciates massive riffs and killer guitar tones. The band leans into infectious 70’s inspired heavy metal with guitars soaked in fuzz, octave pedals, and when turned to 11 give listeners a wall of sound carried by vocalist Buco Haze and his melodic growl.
