LIBERATI Plays Quarterback on a Brilliant Duet
Pop artist LIBERATI is already living a storybook life, so further success would just be the cherry on top. He’s a former All-American college quarterback who now resides in L.A.’s exclusive Malibu community. He’s garnered many prestigious sync placements on HBO and network TV – and he’s also a key member of Nashville’s The Songhouse […]
Leni Black’s Debut EP is One of This Year’s Best
When you think of Adele, Taylor Swift and other iconic artists, they all have the ability to make you feel their pain, elation and hard-earned victories – almost as if you’re going through the emotions with them. Newcomer Leni Black has that rare gift, too. The Nashville-based artist has a fabulous new EP with the […]
Sun Kiss Takes Us to Paradise with “Melt Away”
Let’s face it: a lot of today’s indie pop music is jangly and raw – not the type of music you’d play at, say, a brunch in L.A. That’s why “Melt Away”, the new single from L.A.’s Sun Kiss, really connected with me on the first listen. The song is dreamy and melodic, like a […]
Uneak Lives Up to His Name on Better In Person
Keanu Clarke hails from Long Island and is now a Brooklyn artist who performs under the stage name Uneak. Uneak has the voice and creative instincts needed to be a breakout star. His song “H.A.M. (Holler At Me)” is ultra-smooth and hooky, a real standout on his first EP Better In Person. Another great track […]
Blair Lee Sparkles on The Puppy Game EP
Canadian singer-songwriter Blair Lee has the potential to be one of the all-time greats – right up there with Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. Lee’s debut EP The Puppy Game showcases five indelible songs. “Hurdles” is a touching tribute to her grandparents’ influence in her life – and the melody has the classic feel of […]
The So Lows on “Means a Lot” and High-desert Inspiration
The genre we call “rock” has been in the doldrums lately. But there’s a roots-rock band that may change all that: the New Mexico-based trio The So Lows. Molly Miller and Ronnie Rael are the principal songwriters and vocalists, and Troy Krusz is the group’s ace guitarist. The So Lows’ music reminds me of the […]
Isabel Bailey on her “Favorite Color in the Summer”
It was almost still summer when I saw the Isabel Bailey Band for the first time, performing at WTJU’s Offbeat Roadhouse. I was standing behind a camera to the side of the stage, but I was also swimming in the moonlight Piney River, then splashing through gutter puddles in bright rainboots. What I mean is […]
Aarktica on the “Delicate Waltz” and Deep Healing
Jon DeRosa releases his ambient atmospheric songs under the name of Aarktica. While in college, DeRosa mysteriously went deaf in one ear, which forced him to recalibrate his entire sonic world. A lot of pop songs can heal heartbreak, but Aarktica goes deeper than that. He’s a pioneer in the field of shamanic healing. He’s […]
Maryanna Devlin on “Gary Indiana” And Author-inspired Artistry
Listening to Maryanna Devlin’s haunting “Gary Indiana” makes me wistful for the days when Townes Van Zandt, Rosanne Cash and Emmylou Harris were having their greatest success. You can’t copyright a title – and this “Gary Indiana” bears no resemblance to the cute little song that a young Ron Howard sang in the movie The […]
Blooming and Growing; An Interview With Kyla Tilley
When Kyla Tilley was writing and developing the song “Bloom and Grow”, she was living in Montreal, during the pandemic. Not long afterward, she and her husband were living in Newfoundland. The timing of the move wasn’t accidental coincidence. Here’s her account of those days… “Our neighbour started out being passive aggressive about the music. I […]
