J. Graves
"J. GRAVES IS DEFINING THE FUTURE OF MUSIC, GIVING US ALL LIFE FROM THEIR DEATHBED"
AF Jones
"A Jurist For Nothing is a complex, illusory docket of the life experiences of its progenitor, AF Jones. Jones is an audio engineer, former submariner, and creator of weapons grade acousmatic listening experiences. His sound collages plasticize into probing questions that seem to hint at dangerous, secret answers. He comes to his sounds via close investigation of the natural world, the guts of electronics, and mundane public spaces. Jones is the architect behind Laminal Audio, a mastering studio in Washington state that appeals to his bent for the archiving and modulation of sound. Laminal Audio’s quality control lends to his carefully curated small batch label Marginal Frequency."
Carina Frantzen
"With every song on Blacklist the juxtaposition of elements become more clear. Strife leads to introspection. Destruction meets repair. Self loathing becomes self worth. Nashville goes Nordic. Blacklist could be the sound of planets crashing over the event horizon into a black hole. At the nexus of goth, Rock ‘n’ roll, pop, and electro, Blacklist is a gravitational force so strong it has densely packed a lifetime of musical expertise, a massive array of sounds, and a complex web of societal concepts into an album of heavy-hitting, angst filled, inspirational, songs."
Bronywynne Brent
Spilling the tea of love and reading the leaves has been the leitmotif of Bronwynne Brent’s work for nearly a decade. “I know,” she sighs, folding into a southern drawl, “it’s not like I sit down and try to write love songs, but what else is more important than love?” Lauded by American Songwriter Magazine as “captivating”, Brent’s last release, Stardust, saw her voted Female Performer of the Year twice in a row by Americana UK and called up for television and radio appearances on the BBC. For her latest album, Undercover, the Greenville, Mississippi, native setup shop at Brooklyn’s legendary Daptone Studios. Conjured up with trusted collaborator and producer Johnny Sangster, Undercover is a deep Southern roux, combining simple elements of folk, blues, and jazz into a complex and flavorful brew of truth-imbued Americana.
Craig Gerdes
"Craig Gerdes is a singer whose voice is steadied by the legion of angels he believes watch over him. He tells stories at a southern pace, with a soft voice and slow drawl. His new album Smokin, Drinkin, and Gamblin is full of ballads about strong heads and weak hearts, and country rug cutters about outlaws and road dogs. Fueled by nostalgia, his songwriting talent turns old habits in to dependable crutches, and nurses the phantom pain of missing lovers."
An American Forrest
"Western Music from Eastern Oregon.
Ragged-voiced tales and wild, hybrid style, finger-picked and strummed guitar. Poetic incantations that conjure images: a lone rider silhouetted against a sunset, the days fading light, the unspoken bond between horses and people. Songs as detailed as tooled leather about old love, and new frontiers. "
Ragged-voiced tales and wild, hybrid style, finger-picked and strummed guitar. Poetic incantations that conjure images: a lone rider silhouetted against a sunset, the days fading light, the unspoken bond between horses and people. Songs as detailed as tooled leather about old love, and new frontiers. "
Reed Turchi
"What began as an obsession with Mississippi Hill Country blues is has become a burgeoning blues orchestra at the vanguard of a new American roots music. Piedmont raised multi-instrumentalist Reed Turchi is a producer, label head, band leader and solo artist. He's also a master of guitar driven blues that shapeshift seamlessly between acoustic slide, electric juke joint boogie, and the improvisational, groove-driven, massive sound of his Nashville based Kudzu Orkestra. His latest albums Tallahatchie, and Live At Soulshine evince his ability to play elemental blues solo, and to lead entire improvisational orchestras on the very same theme."
