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 […]
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 […]
Idyl’s Organic Performance of “Lost On You” at Sofar Liège
Idyl’s voice at Sofar Liège has a heart-touching kind of magic. Her presence is unassuming but her Corinne Bailey gentility has a sneaky effectiveness that’s hypnotic. She changes up “Lost On You” from