Interviews

R. F. Coleman just released the music video for “I Couldn’t Trust” today, September 28. The TV show “Neighbours” director Jonathan Dutton directed it. He wrote, produced, and played seven of the characters. Renowned director of photography Chas Mackinnon shot it. Joshua Moriarty (of Miami Horror and Telenova) and Scott…

With their powerful single Only One, the Hertfordshire-based blues and roots duo Tranquility Beach make their eagerly anticipated debut. Only One confronts humanity’s frequently problematic relationship with the natural world in response to widespread calls for action on climate change and global nature loss. The band’s home studio was used…

Award-winning singer-songwriter LINDA SUSSMAN, whose songs cover universal themes like love and heartbreak and cries for social justice, is based in New York. Her music blurs the lines between folk and blues. Sussman’s guitar playing, which combines fingerpicking with a touch of slide, and strong rhythm supporting her vocals; her…

Pauline Janier, a French singer and songwriter living in London, debuts as a solo artist with “Make A Wish” and introduces her new stage name, Cody Pepper. The track, which Basile Lacroix-Boettcher, a friend from the neighborhood, produced, is a jazz-infused edgy club anthem that is reminiscent of artists like…

Multi-instrumentalist, ethnomusicologist, and multidisciplinary artist Gillian Stone works in Toronto (Tkaronto). She has been praised for her vocal-driven music, which has been called “beyond characterization” and “surreal in its composition” and draws inspiration from post-rock, folk, ambience, and minimalism (The Revue). Stone channels the influence of outer landscapes in her…

The Heart Has Eyez is a gorgeous fusion of wordplay, jazz, and R&B. Nobody has a style quite like Cassie. The vocals are dreamy, and the beats are fresh. The melodies will captivate you. Feel her energy on her album ‘The Heart Has Eyez’ and the exclusive interview below: 1.…

Staytus constantly challenges the status quo with a nod to the past while remaining truly original and exciting in her delightfully destructive delivery. Her aggressive industrial metal sound would make fans of genre heavyweights like Nine Inch Nails, Odonis Odonis, Black Dresses, Orgy, Static-X, and God Lives Underwater proud. We…

The 19-year-old ZAVIER! is based in Austin, Texas. His sound is very different from that of other underground artists, so it would be refreshing for music lovers all over the world to hear something new. He is bringing back a familiar underground sound while adding his own spin in an…

Mark Shepherd is a Cambridge-based singer-songwriter with a powerful, recognizable baritone and a dark, folky brand of acoustic rock/Americana that explores the stygian side of life with a rough warmth sure to stick with you long after you finish listening. Mark is a music aficionado who grew up listening to…

Your favorite misanthropic hermit plays dirty swamp blues from the dark side. Slide guitarist and singer-songwriter K.K. Hammond infuses her unique brand of the blues with the gritty, ominous energy of the swamp. She draws inspiration from the early Delta Blues musicians of the 1930s, such as Skip James, Leadbelly,…