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Hazel English is a 25-year-old Oakland-based artist who makes beautifully blurry indie-pop music powered by transcendent melodies and caked in layers of Californian sunshine and redolent reverb.
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Hazel English is a 25-year-old Oakland-based artist who makes beautifully blurry indie-pop music powered by transcendent melodies and caked in layers of Californian sunshine and redolent reverb.
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Following the success of his music video for “Her Morning Elegance” which earned him a Grammy nomination, over 30 million views on YouTube, and saw him performing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Israeli singer-songwriter Oren Lavie makes his return in 2017.
Today, he announces his new album Bedroom Crimes set for release on May 12th via Sony Music Entertainment FR. In celebration, he releases the first single titled “Did You Really Say No” and its accompanying video featuring Vanessa Paradis. Haunting and rhythmic, propelled by sensual, reverb-drenched melodies, the video was directed by Oren himself and was inspired by the French New Wave cinema of François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Melville.
Regarding the collaboration with Vanessa Paradis, Oren comments, “I was always very moved by her. I was a fan of French culture in general and I grew up listening to Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens. ‘Did You Really So No’ was originally written as a duet for a man and a woman, telling one story from two different points of view. I asked my publisher if we could send it to Vanessa, who responded with enthusiasm. I met her in Paris and I played the piano and she sang. In two hours it was done!”
Bedroom Crimes is an 11-track collection of organic arrangements highlighted by elegant piano, and celestial strings. Produced entirely by Lavie at home, he comments: “For me the album is like a series of paintings of people in their bedrooms: eleven songs are eleven scenes: isolated moments in which a crime of the heart is being committed. When I say ‘a crime’ I mean the feelings we often hide from the people close to us, or those we passively project upon them, like fear, jealousy, hate… and also love.”
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The British hard rock supergroup Snakecharmer was originally founded in 2011 by former Whitesnake/David Coverdale members Micky Moody and Neil Murray along with the perfect mix of high calibre musicians including Laurie Wisefield (Wishbone Ash), Harry James (Thunder, Magnum), Adam Wakeman (Ozzy Osbourne), and Chris Ousey (Heartland).
“Second Skin” is the hotly anticipated second effort from Snakecharmer and brings the listener straight back to the good old days of real rock n’ roll played with heart and soul. Slightly harder edged compared to the debut, but with roots still firmly planted in the classic hard rock vibe with a hint of late ’70s AOR, this new record sounds fresh and crisp.
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Micki Free is a Grammy-winning Native American guitarist and singer, and a two-time Native American Music Award winner. Free, a Comanche and Cherokee mixed blood Native American, was discovered by Gene Simmons of KISS. He joined Shalamar in 1984, just in time for some of that band’s big successes and with Shalamar, he was nominated for a Grammy three times.
The culmination of a creative partnership that has been sparking for the best part of a decade, Curao is the full LP from world-renowned British producer Quantic and Colombian folklore singer Nidia Góngora. Considered one of the foremost artists of the typical marimba music of the South Pacific region, and a guardian of the oral tradition, Góngora fronts leading regional outfits including Grupo Canalon and plays a key role as a big sister and counsellor to younger groups. Now based in the city of Cali, Góngora was born into a musical family in the remote river village of Timbiquí, an Afro-Colombian community whose location and cultural contrasts provide endless inspiration.
Will “Quantic” Holland first became familiar with Góngora’s voice through the wall of his home…
…in Cali, where he lived from 2007 for several years after visiting on a musical discovery mission and falling in love with the place. “My neighbour used to play a song from a Grupo Canalon CD on repeat”, he recalls. “From that moment, I realised how special Nidia’s voice was; then I got to know her compositions and lyrics, which are always incredibly beautiful.”
That magnetic voice and captivating songwriting combine with infectiously danceable beats and forward-thinking production on Curao, a collection of original tracks with the addition of two traditional pieces from the region’s rich songbook. Treating the stories and rhythms of Pacific music with utmost reverence, while forging a new and vital sound for today’s dancefloors, it reflects the distinctive yet diverse nature of the Pacific Coast itself – an area brimming with beauty and creativity but also shaded by conflict, affected by the work of mining companies, private militias and the drugs trade.
“You have to be very careful to keep a balance, so that this music will not lose its feeling and significance”, “but by performing songs from the indigenous and ancestral style, and recreating them through modern and dynamic sounds, I feel I can expose this musical proposition to a global space.” – Nidia Gongóra
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Rose began writing songs with Taylor Swift on Swift’s 2006 self-titled debut album, on which Rose had seven co-writer’s credits. Among those cuts were the album’s first two singles, “Tim McGraw” and “Teardrops on My Guitar,” which helped Rose win a Songwriter of the Year award from SESAC* in 2007.
Rose continued working with Swift on her second album, 2008’s Fearless, collaborating on the singles “White Horse” and “You Belong with Me” as well as the title track. “White Horse” won the Grammy for Best Country Song in 2010, and “You Belong with Me” was nominated for Song of the Year.
She won an ACM Award for Song of the Year, in 2011, for co-writing the Eli Young Band hit “Crazy Girl” with Lee Brice. With Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna, Rose co-wrote Little Big Town’s hit “Sober” and the vocal group’s 2015 blockbuster, “Girl Crush.” She runs her own music publishing company, Liz Rose Music, in Nashville.
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The Grande wear their heart on their sleeve from the first note to the last, drawing on timeless influences such as The Band, Neil Young & Ryan Adams along the way but always staying true to The Grande’s roots.
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In an ever-increasing digital age, the simple notion of being sent a physical copy of an album to review is a rather heart-warming move. So when Are You Listening?, the debut album by Swedish/British outfit The Franklys arrived with a handwritten note that hoped yours truly would enjoy the record, it did much to put a smile across this reviewer’s face. A lovely bunch of people to boot as well, discovered when interviewing them at Download Festival last year, the band’s prolific touring not only across the festival circuit but on supporting slots with the likes of Airbourne has generated significant hype around the release of this album, which will arrive next month having been recorded under the guidance of Sean Douglas and Jimmy O and Mike Sorbello of The Graveltones fame.
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The sound of The Piggyback Riders is built around Chris Spedding’s tasteful guitar playing and the harmony vocals of Sulo and Idde. It’s Americana at it’s very finest, gently colored by soul, gospel and British pub rock. The first single from the album is “There’s Nothing Left In Me (That’s Good For You)”. A heartfelt bonfire ballad with rootsy country harmonies. Idde sings gentle about a breakup while Chris Spedding draws a colorful pattern around it. Like an old Emmylou Harris gem.
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For an artist whose career began 20 years ago, Matthew Ryan is getting attention of late as if he’s the new kid in town. The Chester, Pennsylvania native received some of the best notices of his career for his 2014 album Boxers, a collection of chest-pounding rockers and desolate ballads that showcased his anthemic songwriting and hoarse-throated vocals to great effect.
His newest release, Hustle Up Starlings, continues in that vein, with some subtle changes. Brian Fallon, who guested on Boxers, is aboard as the producer this time around, and The Gaslight Anthem frontman, a kindred songwriting spirit to Ryan, knows how to play up his strengths. By dialing down the guitars a notch or two, Fallon assures that Ryan’s tales of lost love and broken promise have a lot more room to echo off the relentless backbeat of the uptempo numbers.