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Check out BRITROYAL for some emotionally driven songs to feed your soul and bandage your heart

April 13, 2014

Whether you are mending a broken heart, remembering that forgotten love or thinking about the one that makes your heart just dance with beats, BRITROYAL has the perfect music for your every mood. BRITROYAL is the work of twin singer/songwriters Kais and Mazin Oliver from London. BRITROYAL were discovered by American Music Executive, Mark Mazzetti. Mazzetti, a former VP of A&R at A&M Records has been responsible for guiding the music and careers of some of the world’s greatest artists including, STING, JANET JACKSON, BRYAN ADAMS and JOHN MAYER They have spectacular songwriting skills and emotionally driven lyrics wrapped in passionate vocals and sweet melodies. BRITROYAL currently have their debut EP Unfinished out and it is quite a listen. It starts right off with what I think might be my favorite song, Wasted I Love You which has such a catchy melody and lyrics that are raw and emotional. Check out the song here in their video: Ordinary has a captivating intro and is a beautiful song with such touching uplifting lyrics. The perfect song to [Read More]

Matt Hires new EP Heartache Machine is climbing the charts!

April 10, 2014

Matt Hires released a new EP earlier this week, “Heartache Machine” and it features four new songs and follows up to last year’s “THIS WORLD WON’T LAST FOREVER, BUT TONIGHT WE CAN PRETEND.” What is very exciting about this new EP is that Matt has returned to independent level after spending 6 years with Atlantic Records. Regarding the recent change, Hires said, “Making the leap to independence has been really freeing and invigorating for me as an artist. I love that I’m able to get songs from the studio and into people’s ears in just a little over two months. It’s definitely a little scary, but I think it’s going to be really good for me and good for my fans. With ‘Heartache Machine,’ I feel like I was able to break into a totally new level of honesty in my songwriting and I think it comes through in the recordings.” His return to the independent level reminds me of my favorite quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Do not go where the path may lead, go [Read More]

Sonia Jeron new EP “You As The One” is a beautiful musical treasure

April 7, 2014

Sonia Jeron is originally from Lisbon, Portugal but spends most of her time in London, UK. Sonia recently released her three song EP You As The One and is absolutely beautiful! She is not only young and beautiful but also Sonia‘s voice is truly captivating and is passionate yet angelic. Her first single, You as The One is a song with heartfelt vocals, pop melody with a catchy chorus. It is quite infectious and I will definitely have it on replay for a while! Sonia‘s voice is so expressive through her songs, she brings the music to life and reminds me of two of my all time favorite vocalists, Sarah Mclachlan and Natalie Merchant. One thing they both possessed which Sonia does as well, is the perfect way of telling the story through her vocals, with her range of tones and depths and Not Again highlights this great art. No One Can Deny also displays her spectacular vocals and brings to life the intensity of the lyrics. Her new EP is available on Itunes here and is [Read More]

Up.Rooted. A review of Gina Chavez’s latest album – a musical triumph and a transformational experience.

April 7, 2014

Up.Rooted. A review of Gina Chavez’s latest album – a musical triumph and a transformational experience. With Up.Rooted, Gina Chavez has established herself as the Joan Baez of her generation. We are now seeing an emergence of second and third generation Latin musicians who were raised at home in Spanish with cumbia and reggaeton and bosa nova and in school in English with rock and rap and blues and jazz. They are creating a new genre – Gringo-Latin pop, Latino-white folk, Latin fusion – it goes by many names because it hasn’t gelled enough to have one name. The young men and women who are creating this new genre bring something else to the table besides bi-lingual musical forms, human stories and a social conscious. They sing songs of immigrant abuse, of NAFTA, of homelessness, of human rights. They are to the 21st century what Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan were to the war in Vietnam and the US Civil Rights movement. Gina Chavez is one of the artists leading [Read More]

An Interview with Michael Addison: luminous lyrics and a smoother side in the new album.

April 5, 2014

An Interview with Michael Addison: luminous lyrics and a smoother side in the new album. By Patrick O’Heffernan Actor, singer, songwriter Michael Addison will release a new album, Resisting Fate, April 15 and a new single, “We’ll Be Coming Home”, April 8 as part of a major shift to music. Music FridayLive! host Patrick O’Heffernan interviewed him on air April 4, 2014. Listening to Michael Addison’s soon to be released album, Resisting Fate, is like laying in the grass on a summer day and watching the clouds slide by while you think of childhood and ice cream and former lovers. And then, there is lightening. The guitar wails, the tempo accelerates and you are hooked. Alt rocker Addison shows us a deep, melodious side that merges euphoria, melancholy and electricity in a harmonious stream that sometimes floats you gently and sometimes carries you over emotional rapids. But in the end, when the music fades and leaves on the shore of your consciousness, your first inclination is to get back in the boat, hit replay on [Read More]

Australian Hard Rockers Dellacoma set to tour this April

March 28, 2014

We all know the amazing vocals of Dellacoma, former frontman of Australian Hard Rock Band, Sunset Riot. Well now, get ready to catch Dellacoma with his new four piece band as they embark on a Nationwide tour. The tour is set to start in April at Sitwell’s in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 9th. They will also be performing at this year’s Rocklahoma on May 24th. Dellacoma has one of the most amazing vocals in the industry. I remember the first time I heard him with Sunset Riot, he reminded me of a young David Lee Roth. He not only has an amazing voice but a personality to match. Check the tour dates below: April 9 Cincinnati, OH Sitwell’s *Solo Acoustic April 10 Seneca Falls, NY Parker’s *Solo Acoustic April 11 Waterloo, NY F ‘n’ a Rhythm and Booze * Solo Acoustic April 12 Waterloo, NY Lizards *Solo Acoustic April 18 Albuquerque, NM Vault Nite Club May 20 Topeka, KS Boobie Trap Bar May 21 Oklahoma City, OK Leon’s Lounge May 24 Pryor, OK [Read More]

Roem Baur is our Bottle Rock Napa 2014 Featured Band of the Day

March 25, 2014

Today our Bottle Rock Napa Featured Arist is Roem Baur. For today, we are pleased to treat you to an amazing singer/songwriter who has a voice that will have you in awe! Roem is an operatic trained singer who brings to life his songs, whether they are alternative, folk, blues, indie rock or soul. He magically wraps his own unique voice around his songs and has the notes and lyrics dancing in the air. Roem performed several shows at this year’s SXSW and now we are looking forward to his performance at the VIP Lounge for this year’s Bottle Rock Napa 2014 Festival. Roem Baur currently has an EP out featuring a full band. This four song EP has four great upbeat fun songs. Roem‘s vocals are bluesy and has a great vocal range that can transfer it’s weight for emotionally driven lyrics. You can feel the passion he brings to his music through his tone and projection. He really will have everyone on their feet moving around when he plays. I don’t know if [Read More]