Warner Music Canada announced this week that Fortune’s Favour, the latest album from St. John’s NL based group Great Big Sea has been certified gold in Canada. Fortune’s Favour is Great Big Sea’s ninth studio release since their 1995 debut, Up. It is a testament to the band’s popularity that every album they have recorded has now been certified gold or platinum in Canada. continue reading...
“Make you Crazy” is the single from the upcoming Brett Dennen release Hope for the Hopeless out October 21 on Downtown Records. The song features the legendary Femi Kuti. continue reading...
With a resume that spans over 20 years in the music industry, one would think that a veteran musician and ex-Dream Syndicate Frontman like Steve Wynn couldn’t learn any new tricks. Well, that idea is far from true with his newest release, Crossing Dragon Bridge. continue reading...
Pigeonhole Carrie Rodriguez at your peril. Sure, she’s done a lot of duets. She plays a fiddle (a mean one at that.) She’s recorded songs with a pleasing, folksy twang. But don’t think you know what you’re getting. continue reading...
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Pigeonhole Carrie Rodriguez at your peril. Sure, she’s done a lot of duets. She plays a fiddle (a mean one at that.) She’s recorded songs with a pleasing, folksy twang. But don’t think you know what you’re getting. continue reading...
Lauren Ianuzzi ain’t just a pint-sized Jersey girl with thick brown curls, a pearly-white smile and sparkling enthusiasm. She ain’t girlie girl vanilla either. The Bergen County-bred songstress boasts a hustler-like spirit with the vocal chops to match, and there’s no mistaking her tenacity as she madly croons, “I will turn up the heat” in the sultry funk flavors of “Sweat,” one of the many self-penned tunes by the twenty-two-year-old Ianuzzi. She’s been tellin’ it like it is for a long time now. It’s now the world’s turn to catch up and turn an ear.
She’s previously co-written songs with songwriters such as Jeff Franzel (*NSYNC, Taylor Dayne), Martin Briley (Celine Dion), and Elisa Korenne (Super Sweet Sixteen), while also having recorded with producers such as Adrian Gurvitz (Sheryl Crow, CeCe Winans), Jim Beanz and Charlie Brown (Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado), the Noize Trip team (Fergie, The Roots), and Visionary Music Group (Destiny’s Child, Elton John). In January 2008, Ianuzzi opened for Train frontman Pat Monahan and Grammy-nominated songwriter Emily King at the Sundance Film Festival. She also performed at the 25th anniversary gala for the Operation Smile charity in Virginia Beach, VA, where she opened for the Beach Boys with her original song, “Show Me That Smile.” Ianuzzi is currently putting the finishing touches on her first EP.
Shake up a little of Nikka Costa’s sexy brashness with the smooth soul of Prince and Jill Scott, and add a dash of Carole King — Lauren Ianuzzi will sate you.
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If you like it when the buzz about a performer ends up being all true – stay tuned to Lori Michaels. Her full-length CD debut, “Living My Life Out Loud,” (Reform Records) couldn’t be more aptly titled, period – and is available now.
She’s been singing and dancing since she could talk and walk. But Michaels’ career launched into new orbit in 2006, following her official “Coming Out” party at the House of Blues’ Club Worship in Atlantic City. It was a House of Blues first, and a turning point for Michaels in her evolution to in-demand solo artist and nationwide headliner with her head-turning Me & The Girls shows. By the summer of 2007, she was signing on to record with a new label –- and the songs haven’t stopped coming to her ever since.
In a time when coming out has evolved from something equated with fear to something much more about freedom, Michaels has freed her artistic soul to deliver “Living My Life Out Loud.” It is a testament to, above all else, her love of the song – whether that means writing, arranging and performing the vocals (lead and backgrounds), showcasing her talents on the piano/keys, or overseeing production with the best in the business to leave listeners breathless. continue reading...
Josh Ritter is a relatively new singer-songwriter who released a fantastic record called The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter in 2007. He’s slotted in as a Folk musician and his influences are pretty clearly people like Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, but his sound on this album is full and backed by a band. The first song on the album is “To the dogs or whoever” and features a rapid fire vocal performance that seems like it might be challenge to sing, but is neverless catchy and immediately endearing. Check out the song and hopefully more of this talented young musician:
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The Bees are a Folk/Rock band out of the UK and don’t get much coverage at all in the States. Its too bad, they’re an original and talented band that have some great songs. I must admit I hadn’t heard of these guys until I saw this video, which is pretty awesome, and I liked it enough to search them out and listen to the whole of their new album. The video is a crazy combination of animation and the band members playing their instruments whilst cruising around in a magic bus… You gotta see it: continue reading...
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