A musical partnership runs very deep between bandmates. Even if they need to create music from without being in the same room, they find a way to make it happen. Life gets in the way but music will always win. Our recent find hERON is a testament to this. We caught up with the band […]
Music is an all-together complicated business that is too often forced to endure cosmetic makeovers so that the general public will view it as streamlined and easily accessible as opposed to ruthless and fiercely competitive. And on top of that, there’s never been more talent in the pool than there is right now, with artists […]
Anyone into funky instrumental jazz with a touch of smooth needs to discover Union Five. Union Five is a group of working pro musicians who have joined together to make music in a new formation after playing with each other for years in other situations. The music grooves hard, shows a jazz influence, but remains […]
Kody Nielsen’s “Bic’s Birthday” is magical and I’m not in opposition of this unique instrumental replacing the traditional birthday song. Birthday Suite by Kody Nielson Visionary Classical-Hip Hop Fusion Nielsen shared the single in honor of New Zealand artist Bic Runga, and on her birthday, January 13th. (Happy belated, Bic!) The single comes ahead of […]
Instrumental music isn’t a genre a lot of people seek out. Bands like CHON have taken their punk-fused instrumental rock and brought it to a wide variety of fans. However, Delicate Steve is taking his instrumental rock to a new place in the video for “Tattered.” Delicate Steve is Taking Instrumental Storytelling to a Whole New […]
The Yolngu are an aggregation of indigenous Australian people. In their mythology the Djanggawul, three Yolngu siblings, created the landscape of Australia and covered it with flora. The legend goes that they were from an island that lies to the east of Arnhem Land where Barnubirr, the creator-spirit who guided the Djanggawul siblings and rises […]
-review by Mike O’Cull -independent music journalist Equipped with only with a guitar, a looper, and a whole lot of chops, Bud Summers makes beautiful music that lies somewhere amongst classical, New Age/Ambient, jazz, and classic rock and soul sounds. It sounds like a big mash up until you hear him turn it all into one […]
Music is extremely powerful at creating emotions and thoughts. Lyrics will help but are not always needed for a musician that can pour his feelings into his instrument. Our recent find Sambadi Majumder is just this type of musician. He has taken on the task of creating a full concept album of instrumental tracks to […]
