Margaret Glaspy’s ‘You and I’ – Flipping The Script
Let’s just say this song was not built for the 1950’s. This one carries a more modern depiction of relationships. Sometimes, a man setting the emotional terms is not the case. A woman detaching herself and choosing to only be about “one thing” can also be the story.
Come As You Are – The New Respects
This Tennessee-groomed quartet, The New Respects, have a refreshingly personal take on Rock and Roll with hints of pop and soul. Come As You Are has a defined anthemic groove, and the reminder it carries is stunning: “You don’t have to be lonely… Come as you are… You don’t have to do this […]
Jake Isaac and JP Cooper ‘Carry You Home’
This collaborative song, entitled “Carry You Home” from EP War Child, is a stripped-down, heart-felt soul session rendered by Jake Isaac and JP Cooper. These two singer songs writers deliver a sincere acoustic guitar performance. Oh troubled hard oh weary soul How did you get here, get so far from home Under the stars […]
Folk-Soul Singer-Songwriter Lianna La Havas is Otherworldly
Treat yourself to a mini concert with NPR Tiny Desk (I love these guys!) presenting Lianne LaHavas. Accompanied by two other vocalists (James Wyatt on piano and Frida Mariama Touray), she has a captivatingly unforced spark. She is soulful and heart-hitting. Listening to La Havas is easy yet emotive. The set features three songs:
Brielle Aprilfoolchild
This Philly strong, gypsy goddess breaks west with soul, hip-hop fusion. She curates silk smooth energy, escapism and anthemic aria. Not afraid to take chances or digging deep, she’ll create on her own terms mixing in an undertone of experimental flute textures and a pinch of effervescence. She has a worldly whimsy and a mission […]
Finding Your Voice
The tears on my face were as hot as the heat in my chest reading his story.
‘Little’ Reminders
We are doing something a little different today…
Tank and the Bangas
I couldn’t click away when I stumbled on the Tank and the Bangas — this beautiful tangled mixed of Louisiana musicians flexing an eclectic use of sax, flute, ivory tickling and diverse percussion. They are New Orleans jazzy sweet and funky blue stitching in hip-hop, poetic call-and-response storytelling. Tarriona ‘Tank’ Ball has
Maggie Rogers with “On and Off”
Off her Album “Now that the Night is Fading”, “On and Off” hits 1.9M views on YouTube. Electro-pop singer Maggie Rogers delivers breathy vocals and over a multi-layered production of atmospheric sounds. It intertwines with
Tash Sultana: Finding Her Way Back to Clarity Through Music
According to Busker Stories’ interview on Youtube (link below), Tash Sultana drew crowds as a street performer in Melvin. It was plan to see as people began to fill the sidewalks and stairs to H&M to watch her play. She is a solo-act, multi-instrumentalist. She has been playing since the age of 3 and […]