PREMIERES

Field Guide sets to combine nostalgia with a musical aptitude that combines indie folk, stream of conscious lyrics and picturesque melodies. Dylan MacDonald the voice and mind behind Field Guide bring a hush Iron & Wine vibe to this collective musical approach that will see a melodic expansion on the upcoming LP Make Peace With That, out […]

Dwayne Dopsie hails from one of the most influential Zydeco families in the world; he’s the youngest son of the Zydeco icon Alton Jay Rubin, Sr. better known as Rockin’ Dopsie. Building from that tradition, Dwayne developed his own high energy style of 21st Century Zydeco. He grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, teaching himself accordion […]

Tawny Ellis’ fifth and critically acclaimed full-length album, Love Life, featured not only her signature vocal gifts, but also very personal life stories. The music press in the U.S. and Europe gave the album stellar reviews, and it received plenty of radio play. While Love Life represented a new chapter in Ellis’ journey as a […]

Age Nowhere’s sound pulls at the roots of the winding roads just north of Dayton, OH where singer/songwriter Paul Monnin and twin guitarists Dan and Matt Spaugy grew up and later reunited to form the band. Their 2019 debut Airport Sounds captures the band’s first foray on their “Cosmic American Music” journey, blending hazy honky […]

“Real blood and guts rock and roll that bleeds with soul and redemption,” describes NYC rock and punk mainstay and trust voice Jesse Malin about fellow rocker Lorne Behrman. The NYC-based singer-songwriter-guitarist has previously played in The Dimestore Haloes, L.E.S. Stitches, The Dead Tricks, and most recently The Sweet Things and has that true rocker […]

What would it sound like if your journal could sing? What would transpire if each heartbreak took lyrical form, and every intimate confession was transformed into soaring notes, in a crescendo of self-discovery and an honesty that can only be revealed through time and a ready pen? It might sound something like Claudia Combs Carty’s […]

It would be blasphemy to compare anyone to James Brown, but it’s hard for Mr. Dynamite to not come to mind when listening to Dylan Chambers’ new track “Me vs. Me.” Right from the get-go, Chambers comes out swinging with a tight funk workout that is slinky, smirky, and sharp, where the band hits hard […]

Born in Dayton, slap dab in the heart of planet Ohio, The Repeating Arms is a five-piece string band. Combining equal parts Americana, roots, grass and rock, The Repeating Arms have spent nine years nourishing a musical seed planted nearly a decade ago. Harold Hensley croons believable heartfelt lyrics, while keeping the rhythm on guitar, […]

The phrase Joy Is Elusive appeared in Matthew Carlson’s head one day, and the Harborcoat singer/songwriter/guitarist wrote it in black Sharpie on a piece of paper and tacked it to the wall above his studio computer. Those words became a conceptual signpost for the Harborcoat’s sophomore album, aptly titled, Joy Is Elusive. “Not that joy […]

Powerhouse art-punk, cello-rock duo, Lung, have a sound that is dark and commanding, evoking the driving sludge of early grunge with layered sinister undertones. The band is Kate Wakefield, a classically trained opera singer and cellist, and drummer Daisy Caplan, formerly of Foxy Shazam, Babe Rage, and Ayin. Lung is poised to release their third […]