STRATEGIC ARTIST ADVOCACY SINCE 1997
This week's Texas Homegrown Music podcast (originally broadcast on 93.5 FM The Range) has host Maylee Thomas in conversation with Chris j. Norwood! So glad Chris has had so many opportunities to speak about the songs on his new album ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ.
Thereโs such an amazing confluence of humor and poignancy on this record, which is just out as of last Friday on State Fair Records. Get it here.
I was teasing Mark Bryan, calling him psychic, for suggesting The Whoโs Whoโs Next as the subject of an episode of the fab Records Revisited Podcast. Mark picked it months ago; then, about a month after taping, an avalanche of press hit about the album's 50th anniversary. Good thing too, as Mark's knowledge of this album supersedes much of the journalism about the record and heโs able to discuss it as both a fan and technician.
Mark's solo album Midlife Priceless is out now on Stone Point Records, distributed by Slow Start Records.
"'How do you stop a good guy with a gun?' This poignant question concludes the chorus of Chris J. Norwoodโs brand new single." I'm loving the latest episode of the Journey Of A Song podcast with host Emmeline discussing "Good Guy With A Gun" from Chris' just-released new album ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ on State Fair Records. The two โtalk about telling one's story through music, how songs can give each of us better perspective and deeper empathy, and how music has the potential to start important social conversations."
โJ Hacha De Zola is mostly self-deprecating when it comes to his art, but thereโs a methodical movement to his musical madness," writes Tina Benitez-Eves, doing an incredible thing at American Songwriter and digging deep for this overview.
Iโve worked with J for a long time, and it's one of those situations where I have the privilege of seeing an artist create a persona and then systematically step into it over time. This piece reflects that back to meโฆ love it! Okay, back to the hype: ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ is out now. Listen to it over and over and over at Fanatic.lnk.to/JHachaDeZola-EastOfEden.
J Hacha De Zolaโs fifth album East Of Eden is out now and receiving lots of love because it's lovely. Ghettoblaster has been going deep, interviewing De Zola and naming the deep cut "Sad Songโ - a deep song itself - as one of the "The Best Songs This Year (So Far)," saying, โItโs a love song that has no comparison in its majesty." Well, damn!
In a far-reaching interview, J Hacha De Zola tells Ghettoblaster about a grip of heady topics including growing up as the son of immigrants, his early love for Afro-Cuban music, and how heโs always striving to create something unique with his music. Heโs succeeded on ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ (out now via Caballo Negro), which, as Ghettoblaster notes, is a vivid expansion of his โurban junkyardโ aesthetic.