It seems that Mental Health is very much in the fore front of the list at the moment – not surprising as May is Mental Health Awareness month but particularly with Scott Hutchison’s death a few weeks ago – we’ve been very focused on raising awareness of mental health issues…
Matthew Tavares or Matty as he’s known by friends and family is the keyboardist of BadBadNotGood who has taken time away from touring to work on a solo project. Fear not, he’s very much still apart of the band and his colleges support him 100%. With the blessings of his bandmates and a temporary leave of absence Matthew had time to work on his first solo EP Déjàvu as Matty.
Every now and then you get a track submission which is truly perfect for the list and this week I think nails it! Writer, Composer, Pianist and general all round creative, Ben Hippen recently produced an album – Scenarios that was commissioned specifically to provide the perfect sonic environment for writing. Check out Ben’s initial submission notes:
When talking about southern music and its influence over the rest of the hip hop industry, I cant help but bring some artist that might not totally be from the south but they do nothing but justice to the southern sound.
It’s weird how some people are born with powers of persuasion. They can talk you into anything or at the very least, they can change your mind – sometimes without you even noticing it…
You know those paintings people look at and just think: “This guy was just playing with colors and threw some random ones and called it art”? Well, only the painters themselves can say if that’s true or if they really had a purpose by putting those colors togethers. In most cases, the latter is true.
Push just set the tone for what is expected to be a G.O.O.D summer with Kanye produced album Daytona. While his subject matter of the drug dealer lifestyle hasn’t changed, his focus on creating great music hasn’t faltered.
Let me just start by saying that back in the 90’s and 00’s. Amber was a bad ass! She was constantly dropping hits such as “This Is Your Night” and this week’s track “Sexual (Li Da Di)” which I think is one hell of a track and will damn sure make you wanna shake that ass!
Saba’s latest album has put him another box. His work is elite in every sense of the word. CARE FOR ME is easily a contender for album of the year. “HEAVEN ALL AROUND” acts as the final song and ultimately concludes an album which documents his struggles, environment and relationships through thorough storytelling. With this song, he saves his best for last.
Ésta semana nos toca viajar musicalmente a Nashville, Tennessee, donde
se formó una banda llama Blue Merle, formada por un músico a quien
considero parte de mis influencias, se trata de Luke Reynolds, quien
unió esfuerzos con Jason Oettel, grabando demos en el studio de un
amigo en común, un día el presidente de Sony paso de visita, y pasó lo
que para muchos artistas es un sueño, los escuchó tocar y cantar, y al
final terminó ofreciéndoles un contracto!
There are tiring days when one doesn’t have many words, this is one of those days. I feel tired and not really in the mood to say much. Sometimes you feel compelled to stop expressing yourself to avoid trouble and I’ve have to do that for a while, maybe that has blocked my words a little.
When you think of the archetypal protest singer, the image that comes to mind is probably a weary, earnest, lank-haired folk troubadour gently strumming a battered acoustic guitar with all the energetic tempo of your geography teacher on a Monday morning. But along comes Mike Frazier to wipe the slate clean with a take-no-crap four-to-the-floor protest song powered by the Energizer Bunny with Tony the Tiger on lead guitar.