JNNA – “Waking Up With You” The brand of Electro Pop that this LA artist creates is nothing short of captivating. The maturity and restraint shown on this track is incredible and exactly what it needs. Instead of trying to impress listeners with …
Category: Folk
The Absolute Best Tracks We Heard This Week
Kanadia– “Ocean Blue” Oxford rock is back. The four-piece alternative act builds jams for the masses with growing sounds that swell until a combustible finale. Building on those who came before, such as Foals and 30 Seconds to Mars, the group is loud, …
New Music Friday – Episode 68 – Vote in the poll to decide who wins an artist feature!
These New Music Friday posts are so much fun! Have you voted in one recently? Feel free to send us some social media feedback on these picks or past episodes. What genres do you like best? What are your favorite bands and tracks …
3 Songwriters Who Break The Pop Mold
Daniella Mason – “Cruel Summer” Mason has an impressive pop resume. Writing tracks for Nick Jonas, touring with Demi Lovato, and opening for DNCE, her pop sensibilities are on point with the current spirit of the genre. “Cruel Summer” is extremely catchy, while …
Why I Loved Tom Petty
My first memory of Tom Petty, and pretty much all music, was an old cassette case my dad had in his truck of Full Moon Fever. When the sun pierced the window, it seemed to shine like a thousand prisms. I don’t have many memories of …
Five New Songwriters to Help Us Find Hope
I don’t mean to trivialize the events of the past 24 hours (mass murder at a concert in Las Vegas and the death of American songwriting icon Tom Petty), but in these moments of collective mourning we do need hope. We hear a …
New Music Friday – Episode 67 – Vote in the poll to decide who wins an artist feature!
When we invented New Music Friday as a regular feature on the site, we hoped that artists would become more engaged without content and have an interest in promoting. It worked! These articles are far and away our best performing content for total …
Album Review: 5J Barrow – From the Dim, Sweet Light (NMF Ep 62 Winners)
If you like big folk sounds, you’ll enjoy the new 5J Barrow album. They’re a fun and experimental folk sound. In other words, this isn’t exactly Woody Guthrie folk music. There are layers of complicated sounds on this album. The opening “Talking My …
Album Review: Brandin Reed – Debut self-titled album (NMF Ep 61 Winner)
Brandin Reed is one of the hardest working guys in the business. We know this because when he got a spot on our NMF contest, he personally tweeted out an invitation that brought more traffic than almost any other strategy. But let’s be …
Artist Feature: Emerging folk singer Cale Hawkins (NMF Winner Ep 59)
Cale Hawkins’s track “The Ferryman” was one of the most gripping first-listen “wow” reactions I’ve had all year. It really is that kind of powerful influence and I can’t totally explain why. Whether it’s the intricate lyrics or the overall theatrical feeling of …
