Paired acoustic guitars, one fast-paced and rhythmic, the other meandering with a soulful sense of longing. Don Pasquale Ferone employs the bare essentials from an established musical toolkit, to deliver an organic and impassioned performance and song.
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Sometimes collaboration is the key to finding that sound or artistic moment that connects more strongly with a broader audience – no longer something exclusively personal to the performer, but bridging the gap to realise that actually, these ideas and feelings are relatable, and the music is impressively original and impassioned enough to hit with impact.
While technology continues to advance, the beating heart of creativity that connects remains as the irreplaceable human touch. Throughout the ages, art born out of struggle and uncertainty has always been the most impactful, and that continues to be true – regardless of the tools utilised to create it.
Ten original songs weave together this story of the Mystic Code, and while there’s plenty to unpack and explore conceptually, which rewards and provides insight and reflection, the music is also – and importantly – an impressive and enjoyable place to escape into for a while.
Traditional folk beauty – in poetry and melody, in fingerpicking and subtle tremolo vocals – Mikel Rafael takes listeners through the natural scenes of the world, with the three original songs of The Eternal Hour.
Jakob Kupferberg returns – the unmistakable Jakob The Liar, as unpredictable and fascinating as ever; this time tackling a heavy political landscape head on. Paradigm $H!T is the new release – conceptually provocative, stylistically unconfined, with a bold set of visuals to reinforce the performative flair and angst of the writing. Quickly evolving through this … Continued
Beautifully calming indie pop, a jazz-kissed instrumental backdrop adding warmth and dreamy atmospheric fragments, to elevate a voice naturally alluring in its gentle rasp and poetic longing. Maya Unagi settles your nerves and lightens the weight of the world, with the poignant and thoughtful, rather blissful new single Stumbling.
Eric’s latest single is a track entitled Free – perhaps a fitting representation of the feelings the artist associates with both making music and his youthful memories; that natural ability to live purely for the moment – not consumed by the past nor worried for the future.
Instantly unique music, a songwriter with a vocal that stands out by a mile, and a poetic lyrical thread that feels refreshingly human and honest and reflective. Sten Veiths blends alt-folk contemplation and calm with bolder folk-rock to cinematic stylistics, and showcases a superb strength of songwriting, with the mighty Where The Hell I Belong.
Evocatively reflecting on the unconditional love we get from and give to our pets – the wonderful degree of joy, the memories, friendship, and the inevitable pain of losing them – Canadian songwriter Martin Gladstone crafts a timeless folk-pop ode for any and all pet-lovers, with the beautifully hopeful Over The Rainbow Bridge.
French singer and guitarist Nicolas Willot pairs a likable organic groove with smooth melodies and quirky, raspy canned vocals, for a poetic and compelling take on contemporary blues-rock.
Just eighteen years old and already writing songs with genuinely great hooks and fearlessly unforgiving lyrics. Mia Mathilda is intriguing, a long-form story-teller and pianist with a deeply complex lyrical approach, and all of this is highlighted brilliantly, through the boldly unique but piercingly satisfying Radical Acceptance.