Suzanne Santo “Regrets” – Absolutely None.

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Suzanne Santo “Regrets” … absolutely none. 

Honesty, candor, vulnerability, realness aren’t always in the top 5 attributes for songs written for the masses.  So, when someone like Adele breaks through with this standard of genuineness, everyone gathers around this fire with sympathetic harmony no longer feeling so misunderstood. Dig further into less heralded forms of songwriting, and you will find these attributes as the norm and not an aberration.

Whether you want to label her as Americana, Alt/Country or Indie rock, Suzanne Santo (usually one half of duo Honey Honey) embodies this unabashed spirit of … See More!

Jake Isaac and JP Cooper ‘Carry You Home’

 

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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 we used to play
But now you hold back the tears only wishing …Continue

Tank and the Bangas

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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 …Continue

Maggie Rogers with “On and Off”

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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 …Continue

Tash Sultana: Finding Her Way Back to Clarity Through Music

 

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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 has taught herself to play up to 10 instruments! It is no wonder she draws a crowd.  Sultana has gone from playing to 4 to 400 people! She describes her sound as “alternative root reggae oak”, mixing live on the spot as she plays for her audience.

What moved me most …Continue Reading