Birds are better

The brainchild of Norwegian singer-songwriter Stian Fjelldal, Birds Are Better brings a unique slant to folk music with a fusion of traditional folk, power-pop, synth-rock and indie-pop.

The Other Side Reviews describes the project as a meeting between Charlie Puth and Mumford and Sons while Of Monsters and Men comes to the minds of Nordic Music Central and Music To Blame.

Fjelldal himself is a huge fan of artists like Fleet Foxes and Loney Dear and you might be able to spot Birds Are Better somewhere in between.

The project was launched this fall and “Marigold” is his second single. More singles will come before the debut album release in 2023.

https://www.facebook.com/stianfjelldal

Brian Hobbs

Brian Hobbs is an acoustic singer/songwriter from Chorley, UK. Brian Began playing music in 2007 with his passion for guitar and the love of acoustic music . Brian is known for his trademark soulful acoustic sound which has audiences enchanted. Brian was previously in a band called Strumtap which had some small success going on tour and releasing singles via spotify and music videos on youtube. Brian has performed all over the country, but some of the highlights are Dw stadium, the Wigan warriors, Chorley live fest and The Big Condo Records Weekender. Brian Captivates the audience with loop peddles and bass riff's with amazing vocal harmonies. Brian recently signed to Big Condo Records in september 2022 and is set to release is debut single as a solo artist on the 27th January 2023 called ''Everythings Alright'', There is a back to back Liverpool to Chorley gig and we cant wait for the release.

Sam Frank Blunier

Carried by the breath of the movement Lôzane bouge, Sam Frank Blunier (under the name of Sam Frank) realizes in 1983 his first single, Tenue correcte exigée, which obtains a success of esteem and is diffused on the Swiss and French FM radios.

In 1985, the Swiss musician performed at the Printemps de Bourges festival.

The following year, in 1986, he signed a contract for 5 years with EMI Group, which published the singles Te Quiero and Chez Skan's4.

In 1991, he won the "Young Creators" prize from the Fondation Vaudoise pour la culture.

From 1996 and the album Il pleut la vie, the artist displays on his records his surname, Blunier.

Ten years after Bleu nuit (2004), Sam Frank Blunier started the project "The Five Album Concept", whose first opus, Il fait beau, was released in 2015. The third part of this pentalogy is released in spring 2020 under the title Mystic Señor, followed by a tour in Switzerland and France.

https://www.samfrank-blunier.com/

Atwater collective

"Blood Moon" is enticing and mysterious, built around an exotic harmony. Its poetic lyrics are delivered in an evocative croon by Mary Grace. The song encapsulates everything the group does well, from its hypnotizing rhythms to its mysterious natural imagery.

Info & biography at https://www.vincents.green.com/

Meditative Animal

"Alternative Phenomenon" is a chronicle of singer songwriter Nick Mirisola’s personal trip down the rabbit hole, his stroll down the yellow brick road, and his own relationship with the Matrix metaphorically. It includes collaborations with talented brother John Mirisola, beatboxer Rafael Hendrix, and others. Wise, insightful lyrics accompanied by music with some of the best vibes around, it is a modern day masterpiece by a woke genius.

Info and biography at meditativeanimal.com

The Maple Blues Band

For nearly a quarter century, The Maple Blues Band has been the cornerstone of the Toronto Blues Society’s annual Maple Blues Awards (MBA), honoring the creme de la creme in Canadian blues music. With its upcoming full-length record, “Hey Nola,” the Maple Blues Band will step into the spotlight, showcasing the lively instrumental compositions the all-star ensemble has created over the course of its decades together, out now from Cordova Bay Records. 

 

Bassist, band leader and musical director Gary Kendall - perhaps best known for his association with Downchild Blues Band - started the project back in 1998, after a meeting of the Toronto Blues Society.  “I boldly told all present that the music that accompanied the award presentations should be better. The comeback was, ‘Let’s see what you can do.’ It must be working because the band has been the centerpiece of the Maple Blues Awards ever since,” Kendall recalls. 

 

Kendall dreamed of putting together a big band that could tackle a wide variety of styles, including Delta blues, Southside Chicago blues, New Orleans funk, uptown blues, zydeco, blues rock, and most of all Canadian blues, and recruited some of the finest folks on the Canadian blues scene to join him in making that dream come true. 

 

Providing the theme and background music for the event, as well as accompanying the special guests performing at the awards ceremony, the group is made up of many MBA winners and nominees. The band’s current lineup includes Pat Carey on tenor saxophone, Teddy Leonard on guitar, Al Lerman on harmonica and acoustic guitar, Jim Casson drums and percussion, Howard Moore on trumpet, Lance Anderson on Hammond B3, piano and accordion, Alison Young on baritone, tenor and soprano saxophones, Meirion Kelly on trombone, and Roshane Wright on percussion.

 

Kendall calls Let’s Go a true group effort, featuring contributions from band members both past and present, with songwriting credits drawn from over the group’s 24-year history. 

 

“The songwriting helped The Maple Blues Band create a personal and unique sound. It’s what I refer to as ‘big band blues,’” he notes. “The men and women I chose to surround myself with in The Maple Blues Band are part of the enormous southern Ontario pool of blues talent. Each one of them is a star.”

http://www.maplebluesband.com/

John Otto Young

"Torn Away" is a tribute to Ukrainian soldiers and their loved ones that they had to leave to bravely fight for their homeland. While it speaks of the horrors of war, it is ultimately a ballad of hope and desire to return to those they love.

John Otto Young is a native Connecticut keyboardist and songwriter who has been playing, writing, and recording in a number of projects over the last 6 decades.  He started his musical journey in second grade when he started taking accordion lessons from Naugatuck Valley legend, Sal Ferla.  Years later he would transition to such unique instruments as the Ace Tone organ, the Hohner Pianet, and a Hammond CV organ, playing with local bands the Cliff Dwellers, Blues and Novelty, the Poem, and Bigfoot.  In the mid-70s, John married the love of his life, Camille, raised two boys, coached little league, ran a marathon, got his Masters degree, worked as a computer programmer and IT director, and in general lived the all-American dream, with music retreating to hobby status. But it always remained his most fervent passion.

Johnottoyoung.com

Kenneth Cole

Kenneth Cole continues to put out excellent music. Millions of listeners the world over are enjoying his unique country flair. "Something in the Moon" was written while Kenneth was in Nashville recording a music video. He awoke during the middle of the night with the lyrics of this song flashing through his mind. Once in the studio, the music brought back the exact essence of what he felt the night this song was written. The exhilaration of escaping the darkness and running into the light with someone who unexpectedly turns up in your life. Something seems so right. There must have been "Something in the Moon". Another great song by Kenneth Cole.

 kennethcolemusic.net

Mojow Trio

The Mojow trio creates magic with the soulful and hard hitting Rock, Soul and Funk tracks on their 3rd EP "Magic Soul Music".

Armed by a symphony of songs melding and marrying together seamlessly, eclectic musical trio Mojow is sending ripples in the Rock, Soul and Funk genres. Driven to rock out the world of listeners. With their characteristic use of the Baryton sax, Mojow includes the musical prowess of the band's lead vocalist and guitarist Nanex Crooner, complemented by Youl on drums en Benjamin Kurpisz on Baritone Saxophone, spinning magical rhythmic combinations. "Magic Soul Music" forms the band's third 5-track EP, characterized by all that the French trio is good at and more.

Mojow.co

James Leeds

 

James Leeds about the track:

'"Thunderstruck" is one of my favorite songs from my new album "Whenever". A lot of piano and strings and the wonderful voice of JACOB combined with a strong drum and bass accompaniment makes it a power piano ballad.

I composed this song when I met someone and thought she would be my partner for life. In the end, it turned out that it was only our last date.'

Website: jamesleeds.com

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Kate Rena

 

Who doesn't know it: lying awake at night and brooding over decisions made long ago?
Kate Rena opens her new single "Million Ways" with this image. The song is a break-up-song in the broadest sense, but it is anything but a ballad. Even more it's a powerful scene about the millions of different ways to individual happiness, which sometimes include partings.

'When a pair of shoes no longer fits or is worn out, it has to go. To put it simply, this is also the case with relationships between people. Old things have to go in order to make room for new things. It's just that we have a much harder time with people than with shoes.'
- Kate Rena Fleming

https://www.kate-rena-music.de/

Stephanie Chaiken

 

This is a sweet duet featuring Stephanie Chaiken and Alex Smith, about spending time home with the family at Christmas and wanting to sneak away for some romantic time alone tog yoether.

stephaniechaiken.com

Mauricio Yrivarren

Madrid-based singer-songwriter Mauricio Yrivarren aka Binary Drift releases the uplifting pop/rock Christmas single "Smile". "Smile" is the third single of Binary Drift's second album "Mortido". According to Mauricio, 'Smile is a Rock/Pop song that captures the excitement of living life at its fullest, without any fears, as long as you have love in your heart. I went through a period where I hadn’t realized that happiness had always been there for the taking. Looking back, I think it was a side effect of the Covid pandemic and the lockdowns. Shortly after the confinement restrictions were lifted in Madrid, the line 'the joy of being alive / no one’s got the right to take it back' popped into my head. It felt as if the universe had sent it for me to use as the foundation for a song.'

George Dooley

 

George Dooley is a singer songwriter who has been playing and performing for over twenty years. He had always been frustrated in trying to get his songs produced. About two years ago he discovered the virtual world of music production, and he has never looked back. In just under two years, he already has four songs under license with Alcon Sleeping Giant (“ASG”), the music licensing arm of Alcon Entertainment, and another with Figure & Groove, a publishing house out of NY. His reputation as a lyricist continues to grow and his songs are generally fun and include great stories and clever lyrics. His catalog continues to grow, and he hopes his songs bring some joy. He also would welcome the opportunity to connect with recording artists who want to further bring his songs to life.

 https://dukesongs.net/

 

Judith Owen

 

 

Welsh singer and performer Judith Owen is releasing her new album, "Come On & Get It", via Twanky Records, together with a charming, burlesque-infused new video for "Tess's Torch Song". The video was filmed at the Toulouse Theatre in New Orleans, featuring the bow-tie "Loving Big Band". 

 

Delicious, delightful, bodacious, brave, insightful, seductive and fun - just some of the many adjectives one might use to describe Judith Owen's fascinating and alluring new album.

 

Owen, a now New Orleans native who originally hails from Wales, conceived of the project as a result of her childhood fascination with the jazz music of some of the ballsiest women of the Jazz and Blues world, including unsung trailblazers Nellie Lutcher and Julia Lee whom she discovered hidden on the shelves of her father's record collection alongside the likes of Oscar Peterson and Jelly Roll Morton. Captivated and enchanted by these "unapologetic" chanteuses of the 40's/50's (Pearl Bailey, Dinah Washington, Blossom Dearie, Peggy Lee, Julie London), who were singing about sex - and enjoying it at a time when women were meant to sing about romance - Owen made it her mission to dig deep and find out more from both a musical and historical perspective. The result is "Come On & Get It," the most joyful, uplifting, and empowering project to emerge out of Covid; a throw-back with a fresh feel complete with a look and style that speaks of all those delectable, hugely entertaining women who broke the glass ceiling with their shoe heels and were ever so proud of it!

 

Recorded at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans, "Come On & Get It" features a stellar cast of musicians, including Jason Marsalis, Donald Harrison, Charlie Gabriel, Nicholas Payton, David Torkanowsky, Kevin Louis...

 

 https://judithowen.net/

 

Syd Carter West

 

Beyond the anthemic blues rock progressions and in-your-face lyrics, Syd Carter West has been navigating her way through finding the potential in her imperfections rather than striving for perfection. "'Motorbike Man' is my muse - the wild, carefree, gritty, and badass man I desire and the person I want to be. Through this song, I find inspiration in letting loose and tearing myself away from the idea of perfection and normal," West confesses. "Motorbike Man" presents West's truth as a heavier, rock-forward artist. 

 https://music.trendpr.com/sydcarterwest

Leah Belle Faser

 

Up-tempo, driving beats, and modern sparkling synths set to the empowered, sassy lyrics and free-spirited vocals of Leah Belle Faser come together in "Trash Talk;" a country-pop feast of a song parked at the intersection of sweet love language that turns to savage back-stabbing by an ex.

Leah Belle was named the 2021 Teen Artist of the Year by Georgia Country, and this past spring brought her the coveted Golden Ticket to Hollywood on the 20th Season of ABC’s American Idol where she placed in the Top 60. She tours regularly with her band including recent opening spots in front of Boz Scaggs (who gave her a shout-out!), Jimmie Allen, Christopher Cross, Maggie Rose, and on November 19, she’ll be opening for Jake Owen! “Trash Talk” was written by Leah Belle who is a senior in high school and recently celebrated her 18th birthday.

Leah appears on Ozarks Fox AM morning show:

https://www.facebook.com/OzarksFOXAM/videos/784931389460434/

Kenneth Cole

 

Kenneth Cole is a country artist, singer - songwriter, who has worked with some of Nashville's finest. He has recorded 3 albums and appeared at the Nashville Palace in Nashville, TN., as well as at the TSAI awards show and several TV shows. He has been nominated for various awards by the Tennessee Songwriters Association International and Millennium Music. All of his radio releases have gone high on the Cash Box, Cross Country, and Power Source Music Nashville charts. 

 https://www.kennethcolemusic.net/

Anthony Krizan

 

Anthony Krizan’s rock roots run deep. He was lead guitarist of the Spin Doctors, opening 15 dates for the Rolling Stones with audiences of 70,000, and for the Allman Brothers. He played guitar with Jimi Hendrix’s legendary bassist, Noel Redding. Anthony is known for rocking the big stages and getting an audience on their feet. He’s an original member of Amphibian, with Phish lyricist Tom Marshall.

Anthony has also penned rock/soul staples such as Stand By My Woman with Lenny Kravitz, 5 songs on the Spin Doctors Greatest Hits, the theme of the Spin City TV series and The Howard Stern “Miss America” theme. Recently, Krizan co-wrote the title track to British rock singer John Waite’s new EP, When You Were Mine, and produced 3 tracks on the release. He also produced Waite’s 2022 release, Anything.

 https://anthonykrizan.com/