Introducing a beautiful song, simply put. Paul Stone & The Basement Collective deliver a classic, soulful and comforting style, with the smooth vocal and instrumental prowess, the heartfelt storytelling and declaration, of Brother.
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Softly shifting the landscape of modern country pop with something evocative, hopeful, and led by sublime vocals – Angela Inkson delivers a smooth and soulful original song, for the timeless charm of Lioness Heart. Built upon a classic country pop set-up of acoustic and electric guitars naturally intertwined atop a subtle jazz-pop groove, Lioness Heart … Continued
Eleven songs make up this album from Vivienne Aerts, something like alternative neo-jazz, with hints of Eva Cassidy, Chet Baker, to the voice and songwriting, but a more alternative edge of electronic design in unison, to keep things secure in this new artistic arena.
If you’re looking for songs that feel real, new, purposeful, fascinating – such as the music of Medium Build, Bo Burnham, Father John Mistry – this album is absolutely one to spend time with.
Long-time musician and artist Austyn Gillette creates a multi-layered indie-jazz aura with his latest project, blending saxophone, guitars, keys, riffs and rhythms, with a kind of Mac Demarco character and voice that’s distinct in both topic and tone.
So many of Walter’s songs are four or five minutes in length – another calling card of an artist making music for the sheer love of doing so, and getting truly lost within the escapism of the process. That authenticity is impossible to fake, and shines brightly throughout Walter Hansen’s extensive catalogue of music.
Back to basics in a way, but a much needed return if so. Santa Fe captures a moment that’s comforting and awakening all at once, with the raw materials, original melodies, and brilliantly intriguing writing, of Undercut.
Sublime nostalgia, in topic and tone – a lo-fi organic soft-jazz arrangement and lush, intimate vocals resounding together. Noah Milanovi and his band capture a moment of warm reflection and gratitude, for the wonderfully ambient los discos de los 70.
Bringing anthemic intention and freedom to the conceptual side of creative RnB, ANASTÁZIE delivers an intoxicating blend of afrobeats and soulful jazz, with the ambient warmth and evocative, spiraling vocals of Kiss & Let Go.
The beating heart of contemporary soul and RnB rings loud, and the conceptual depth and originality of Died to Myself helps make for a fiercely relatable, modestly unforgettable single.
Considering the evolution of music and technology, Pasquile talks of the growth from vinyl to tapes to CDs to digital, and how we didn’t fight that evolution. And yet, with modern production tools, not least of all AI, we seem to be at war with or afraid of the future.
Beginning with the shoulder-swaying soul-rock swagger of Good Boy, the project offers an AI vocal lead and meandering bass and guitars, jazz hi-hats, and a few lyrical twists of modern scorn and originality, for a good-vibes listen that’s interesting and nostalgic all at once.