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“Dreamy and earthy... always with heartfelt emotion.” The Big Takeover premieres the lyric video for "In Tune With The Moon" by Blesson Roy (ex-Idaho, Pete Yorn). The "Time Is A Crime" EP is out May 8th.
Terry Borden (formerly of slowcore pioneers Idaho, Pete Yorn's band Dirty Bird) debuts as Blesson Roy
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"A child of the 1970s, whose love of AM pop radio has served him well... may be setting the pace for a new sound in a new decade." Jedd Beaudoin at PopMatters is the first to write about the new music from Blesson Roy, the project of Terry Borden, former member of slowcore pioneers Idaho and Pete Yorn's band Dirty Bird. Check out "In Tune With The Moon," available everywhere this Friday. "Time Is A Crime" EP out May 8th via Slow Start Records.
Kathleen Grace and Larry Goldings release live studio video performance of "Where Or When" single
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"In a world of overstuffed compositions and performances, this is a wonderfully restrained and sparse moment," says PopMatters today of this studio performance video from Kathleen Grace and Larry Goldings. The song is the 1937 classic "Where Or When," shot live in one take and featuring Goldings on this cool bit of kit called the Pocket Piano. The album version appears on the collaborative release Tie Me To You, out April 17th.
Kathleen Grace premieres the original tune "Everywhere" via American Songwriter
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Kathleen Grace will release her collaborative album with Grammy®-nominated jazz pianist Larry Goldings on April 17th. The album, Tie Me To You, is comprised of their unique take on some classics, but this tune, "Everywhere" is a Grace original. American Songwriter has the premiere today, the song will be streaming everywhere this Friday.
Chance Emerson shares "A Different Dark" music video via For Folk's Sake
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Jonathan Frahm at For Folk's Sake premieres "A Different Dark," the new video by Chance Emerson, which "features a restless Emerson and company traversing urban and natural landscapes alike. It’s an adventurous cut that showcases a textured message of self-discovery." Chance's debut album The Raspberry Men is out now.
Alex Lilly's new video for "2% Milk" feature synchronized swimmers, '50s America and an alien arrival.
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Alex Lilly's 2% Milk (the album) came out in early 2019 and now Billboard premieres "2% Milk" (the video) which features "synchronized swimmers, '50s America and an alien arrival." Along with her own music, Alex recently co-wrote much of Samantha Sidley's debut album, has been a member of Beck and Lorde's bands, and also takes on projects like arranging a 50-person, all-female choir for this piece (http://bit.ly/ALEX-50) spotlighting the lack of female producers in popular music. New music coming from Alex Lilly in 2020.
Poet, novelist, songwriter D.B. Rouse shares title track from "Nobody" EP, out tomorrow
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Songwriting is just one of poet and novelist D.B. Rouse's skills. The title track of the new four-song EP "Nobody" is streaming today over at V13 and it's available everywhere tomorrow.
Kathleen Grace, Larry Goldings cover a 1937 classic tune "Where Or When;" Hear it now via Jazziz
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Kathleen Grace will release Tie Me To You, a duo album with Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Larry Goldings, on April 17 via Monsoon. The album finds them performing originals and covers, including this whimsical cover of the 1937 Rodgers and Hart classic, 'Where or When,' featuring Goldings on a pocket piano – an electronic instrument played in real-time." Hear this gorgeous track via Jazziz Magazine now and everywhere this Friday.
D.B. Rouse gets into the "Mud" with American Songwriter
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"'Mud' is authentic," and D.B. Rouse is "innately hilarious, wildly eccentric," according to American Songwriter. "Mud" was intended to be one of Rouse's tunes for kids, but it turned out much darker than he expected. New EP "Nobody" is out March 6th.
Cabane's "sweetly simple" video for Will Oldham collaboration premieres via The Fader
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The FADER calls Cabane's "Take Me Home (Part 2)" "graceful and delicately arranged" and says that the artists that Belgian composer Thomas Jean Henri has "brought in to work on the project read like a team of cult music superheroes." The song features Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy), Kate Stables (This Is The Kit), Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas) and more. See the video now, single streaming everywhere.
Chance Emerson records a version of his "How Can I" single on his grandmother's banjo for Americana Highways
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Chance Emerson shot a live video for his single "How Can I" in his dorm room, performing it solo on his grandmother's banjo. Check it out now at Americana Highways and then give a listen to the album version: https://fanatic.lnk.to/ChanceEmerson-HowCanI.
Cabane collaboration with Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billie") premieres via Brooklyn Vegan
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Brooklyn Vegan calls the latest Cabane collaboration with Will Oldham (Bonnie “Prince” Billy) "gorgeous" in its premiere of "Take Me Home (Part II)," featuring a "crest of swelling harmonies, classical guitar and vibraphone." The track is out everywhere tomorrow and the full album Grande Est La Maison (feat. Oldham, Kate Stables of This Is The Kit and string arrangements by Sean O’ Hagan of High Llamas) arrives Feb, 28th.
Samantha Sidley shows off phenomenal voice in solo-vocal performance of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" at PopMatters
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"It serves as a superb vocal performance as well as further evidence of her status as an exciting, emerging voice," says PopMatters this morning about this solo-vocal take by Samantha Sidley on one of her favorite childhood songs. The video shows off Sam's phenomenal voice, which she brings to NYC later this week, kicking off a three-night residency at The Green Room 42 supper club (just west of Broadway in the YOTEL New York.) Come on out to see Sam Thurs., Feb 6th through Sat., Feb. 8th. Tickets: http://bit.ly/SS-NYC-020620-020820.
See the video for Samantha Sidley's "I Can't Listen" at Billboard
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"Samantha Sidley's 'I Can't Listen,' written by Inara George, is about struggling with depression. But the Los Angeles-based jazz singer is positively ebullient about the black-and-white, noir-styled video." Billboard premieres this beautiful slice-of-life clip by Nigel DeFriez. Interior Person is out now from Release Me Records.
Light FM premieres video for "Horrible Friend" via MXDWN
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Light FM put a bright-colored spin on recovery" with a song that MXDWN goes on to call "a brilliant piece of laid-back psych-pop." See the music video for “Horrible Friend,” shot in and around Echo Park by Zoey Taylor and Lauren Rocket. It's from the "Tourist" EP, out now.