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I KILLED A NORTH AMERICAN SONGBIRD

Natalie Bergman | Release Spotlight |Cinematic Folk |Folk Noir

There is no safe distance in a title like I Killed A North American Songbird.

Natalie Bergman could have made a record about the disappearance of the natural world. The vanishing…

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Chloe Kimes - Daredevil

 

DAREDEVIL

Chloe Kimes | Release Spotlight

 

Chloe Kimes has a fairly dramatic description of life as an independent musician.

Imagine climbing into a cannon.

Somebody lights the fuse.

Off you go.

And somewhere in the distance, hopefully, there's a reasonably…

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Darlin’ Brando - Seeing Her again

SEEING HER AGAIN

Darlin’ Brando | Release Spotlight

 

Darlin’ Brando has made a country EP full of people who could probably use a quiet evening.

Unfortunately, the band has other plans.

People dance while worrying about everything.

Smile for photographs…

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Maria Lane - I love you always

I LOVE YOU ALWAYS

Maria Lane | Release Spotlight

 

The last message Maria Lane received from him ended with four words.

“I love you always.”

She never answered.

Instead, she wrote a song.

Ten minutes of it.

And apparently ten…

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Kara Frazier & Madeiro - Tennessee

Kara Frazier picked Madeiro up at the airport.

They had never met before.

Forty-eight hours later they had written a song, recorded it and filmed a music video.

Which sounds like the beginning of a story about working very quickly.

…

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Waylon - Mind Over Matter

Some songs have to wait for their moment.

Mind Over Matter has been sitting at the end of Waylon's Time Jumper since November last year.

Track ten.

The last song.

And perhaps the quietest surprise on the record.

So seeing…

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Heidi Curtis - Summon

SUMMON

Setting a boundary sounds easy.

Two words, perhaps.

No.

Enough.

Stop.

Then you actually have to say them.

That is where Summon begins to make sense.

Heidi Curtis describes her new single as “a totem of strength, courage and…

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Nicky Diamonds - Speak to me

                                         Photo Mandi Fountain 

SPEAK TO ME

There is an old photograph somewhere in the imagination when you hear the words Delta blues.

A man.

A guitar.

A road that probably isn't paved.

We have become rather good at putting this…

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Tizaan Alphonso - Life Lately

LIFE LATELY

There are days when you would quite like someone to tell you that everything is going to be alright.

And then there are days when you know that probably isn't going to happen.

Life Lately starts there.

“I…

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Lisa Bondè - L I N G E R

L I N G E R

Some things leave.

Some things stay.

L I N G E R is about the second kind.

For Lisa Bondè, the seven songs on her first release under her own name grew out of…

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Uncle Steven - RAGGED TUNES FOR A LAZY AFTERNOON

UNCLE STEVEN

RAGGED TUNES FOR A LAZY AFTERNOON

There is something nice about a songwriter who doesn't seem particularly interested in rushing the songs anywhere.

Ragged Tunes For A Lazy Afternoon brings together ten songs Stefan Olovsson has written over…

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Malena cadiz - Fragile

THE SPACE BETWEEN FRAGILITY AND COURAGE

Malena Cadiz, Fragile / Shoot the Moon

Some songs ask for your attention.

Others just begin.

That is how Fragile / Shoot the Moon, the new split single by Malena Cadiz, feels. Before you…

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The Vintage explosion - Life & Soul

The Vintage Explosion proves classic soul never stopped living

Release Spotlight | Glitch&Gold Magazine

There are countless artists inspired by the music of the 1950s and 1960s. Few manage to convince you they're living inside that tradition rather than simply…

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Heidi Curtis - Hollow Heart

Some hearts don't break quietly.

 

Some debut EPs introduce an artist.

"Hollow Heart" introduces an entire emotional landscape.

On her first collection of songs, Heidi Curtis blends alternative folk, indie rock and subtle Americana into six tracks that feel intimate…

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The missing diamonds - When you fall

 

Be there when they fall.

The Missing Diamonds have built their reputation on raw energy, loud guitars and a no-frills approach to rock and roll. They're not a band that hides behind polished production or carefully manufactured emotion. That makes…

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Amanda Nelson - Loud Mouth

 

Amanda Nelson doesn’t sound interested in asking for permission.

On her debut single “Loud Mouth”, the Texas-based country-rock artist leans fully into the personality that already made people pay attention to her online, outspoken, self-made and completely unwilling to shrink…

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Dali - A Woman

Some lines should never be crossed.

On “A Woman”, Dali turns frustration into something deeply personal, writing from the exhaustion of constantly having to protect your boundaries while watching people ignore them anyway. The song doesn’t try to dramatize pain…

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Aubany - 48

Some songs don’t disappear when they end.

They stay somewhere inside you, lingering like smoke in a closed room, replaying decisions you thought you had already survived. On “48”, Aubany turns emotional withdrawal into something painfully intimate, capturing the strange…

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