Category: Indie Vibes
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…
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…
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…
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…
