Author: Jerrett
Carl Kammeyer Works Through a Breakup on “Since You Been Gone”
Carl Kammeyer works out of a home studio on Bethel Island, California, handling songwriting and production himself, free from outside pressure to shape his sound any particular way. His latest…
Reagan Hudson Turns a Courtroom Confession Into a Country Song on “When Your Husband Gets Out of Jail”
Reagan Hudson, a singer-songwriter out of the small town of Vale, North Carolina, has built a reputation on finding country songs in places most writers wouldn’t think to look. His…
Rusty Reid Puts His Own Stamp on Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now”
Rusty Reid, a Texas-born, now Pacific Northwest-based singer-songwriter, has never been shy about reaching into the past for material. His new single arrives as part of “Lone Stardust (Masterworks of…
Sdubsthereptillian Turns Cemetery Visits Into Hip-Hop on “DARK VAULT”
Sdubsthereptillian doesn’t approach hip-hop like most rappers do. Where the genre usually leans on straightforward autobiography, “DARK VAULT” arrives wrapped in something closer to mysticism, built on the artist’s own…
Keesha Blair Redefines What Gets Passed Down on “The Inheritance”
Keesha Blair’s catalog keeps circling back to the same idea: real transformation starts from the inside. After exploring healing and boundary-setting on tracks like “Peaceful Power” and “Access Declined,” she…
Ersin Secrin Returns With New Single “Replay”
Ersin Secrin occupies a slightly unusual position, and it’s worth understanding before pressing play on anything he releases. He works first and foremost as a songwriter and lyricist rather than…
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…
