Author: Jerrett
Banquet Darling Sets the Table for “NOW” With “Shivers and Echoes”
Todd Kilby spent years working as a circus acrobat before he committed to songwriting, travelling and performing his way around the world first. That’s an unusual route into indie rock,…
Ilya Levinson Brings Bosnian Sevdah Into the Concert Hall
Plenty of composers borrow from folk traditions. Far fewer have a working relationship with the place the tradition actually comes from. Ilya Levinson’s music has been performed by the Sarajevo…
RISE Give “Hard To Leave You” a Second Shot
Most bands leave their back catalog alone. RISE didn’t. The Liverpool four-piece, Sam Kinley on bass and vocals under the name stayMellow, Paul Kinley on keyboards and backing vocals, Alex…
NOR.BE Fuses Cinematic Jazz and Instrumental Rock on Debut Single “All For You”
The music video for “All For You” was shot at sunrise on the Chott el Jerid, an enormous salt flat out in the Tunisian Sahara, with a stretch of coastline…
The Generation Finally Releases a Song That Sat in an Attic for 30 Years
Some songs get shelved for a few months. “When I Tell You” sat untouched for more than three decades. The Generation, a band that was actually active on Washington, D.C.’s…
Guyver7x3 Sits With Uncertainty on “Slowly Ready”
Guyver7x3’s “Slowly Ready” is built around a specific, hard-to-name feeling: the stretch of time when you’re moving forward without any real clarity about where you’re headed, still second-guessing every decision,…
Xavier Bryant Carries Classic Soul Forward on “All On My Grind”
Xavier Bryant works out of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in R&B and soul, and he’s picked a demanding set of ancestors to stand alongside. Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Teddy Pendergrass, that’s the…
Jade Ell Reissues “Methods of a Hostage Negotiator” With New Material
Jade Ell is bringing one of her earliest records back into the world. “Methods of a Hostage Negotiator,” originally released in 2005 alongside the Danish feature film “Den Store Dag,”…
Blake Baker Strips Down “Simply the Best” on “The Best”
Some songs are so tied to their original arrangement that stripping them back feels like a genuine risk. Blake Baker takes that risk on “The Best,” his reworking of Tina…
50mething Turns Cancer Recovery Into Quiet Encouragement on “Slowly Through the Night”
50mething is the project of Paul Jenner, a 58-year-old independent musician, composer, and producer based in Ealing, West London who came to music after careers as a dancer and a…
