Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Tape Five



“Bad Boy Good Man” gained around 50 million streams (at Spotify and Pandora). Now in 2023, 14 years after creating that song, Tape Five thought it’s time for a facelifted version. Thanks to the audience, here it is! Original vibes from the times when Electro Swing was young, and Tape Five is a true pioneer of that genre.


http://tapefive.com/

Monday, May 15, 2023

Tony Venuto



This is the debut album of poet and indie rock songwriter Tony Venuto. He is joined by the epically talented Tim Lefebvre (David Bowie - Blackstar, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Departed soundtrack) on bass and the album is mixed by Grammy winner Brendan Dekora. The album has 89k streams on Spotify in less than 3 months. "20 Years" already cracked one of the top 200 North American college radio charts.


https://tonyvenuto.com/

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Karen Wolfe



The Queen of Soul Blues has transition to new record label Sweet Success Records LLC with a new sound, new attitude but with the same powerful show and now a new sound. Right out the blocks Karen’s new single entitled “Girls Night Out” followed by the hot new single " Grown Folk Step" is evident on how determined she is on changing the Soul Blues genre and crossing it over to also R&B Soul to allow the genre to breath and expand. she came out with three new hot songs "Just GOODBYE", "Don't Try Me" and "Let's Play"


WHO IS KAREN WOLFE

“Karen is no newcomer to the world of R&B and Soul Blues. However, “Karen Wolfe” recorded her first album with a Gospel Quartet group called “The Harmonettes” the CD was titled “Stop by Here”. The group later changed their name to “Direction” and went on to record their sophomore CD that was titled “God Don’t Make Mistakes”. After the group dissolved, “Karen’s” musical career took a change in direction. “Karen” joined the Soul & Blues arena by singing background behind the Queen of the Blues, the Legendary Denise LaSalle.


BACK IN THE DAY:

Back-to-back hits allowed Karen to perform and tour for four plus years all around the country but eventually like all great singers she had this burning desire to do something new. During those four years of traveling the global several looked alike appeared but when the dust settled only one Princess of Soul and Blues emerged. Karen knew she had to bring the fire to let them know that chick ain’t me and with a new year, new manager comes new music, new attitude, and now she had two new hot songs in soul that she just couldn’t wait to release but just couldn’t finding the right time to release them.


TODAY:

Even with all of the hits her fans were crying for that answer to “Man Enough so in 2017 Karen released the “That Chick Ain’t Me” which was followed in 2018 by “You Ain’t Woman Enough” and the fans were happy. Karen saw the times were changing and she wanted to diversify her music, so she moved over to Sweet Success Records (SSR) in and in 2019 and released a bomb shell entitled “Girls Night Out”


(www.KarenWolfeMusic.com ). It was the perfect time for the women wanting to hang out and have a great time. She has now touched a new demographics and getting ready to work on her second amazing project.  The Karen Wolfe-Bass is here to stay.

https://primetimepromotions.com/karen-wolfe/



 

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Mikolas Josef



Mikolas Josef returns with single Boys Don't Cry set for release 24.3.2023!

The Prague born singers return follows almost 3 year media silence. The Eurovision sensation made history in Lisbon after outscoring every previous entry his country ever sent to the biggest European stage. Coming 6th in 2018 he has been undefeated since. Former street performer and office cleaner now Forbes 30 under 30 became a radio number 1 in two countries two years after his Eurovision debut and kept his steady growth with all of his 3 latest releases certified gold.

His upcoming single Boys Don't Cry features several new superstar collaborators such as the 5 time Grammy award winning mix engineer and producer Chris Lord-Alge or the BTS "Butter" producer Rob Grimaldi. The all star team goes on with 12x gold and 20x platinum awarded Cristiano Cesario and the Hans Zimmer violinist Rusanda Panfili just to name a few.

Scoring 17 New Music Friday playlists on Spotify, his latest single "Lalalalalalalalalala" was a massive radio success in Italy and nearly 3 years after its release its still charting in Japan peaking number 13 this February.

MJ returned to social media on March 1 announcing the first single "Boys Dont Cry" from the higly anticipated debut album. Alltogether the upcoming track, set to be the biggest release of Mikolas Josef up to date, features 6 producers and 6 songwriters. 24.3.2023!

https://mikolasjosef.com/

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

The Heartland Collective





The Heartland Collective's new single "Gun to My Head" epitomizes their love of aligning dark and light whether in sound or emotion; it's angst fueled, nihilistically cast realm a seduction of trespass and tenebrific almost terrifying beauty.


"Gun to My Head" is an adrenaline-inducing, heart-pumping track that has the raw Punk energy of the Sex Pistols mixed with the dynamic Hard Rock power of Velvet Revolver! This rollicking and compelling song will get your blood pumping!

Eagerly anticipated, the song, and the video which accompanies it, has already been critically acclaimed by being selected for a host of film awards and festivals.





Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Apache Rose



Apache Rose is back with a banging soft/loud track "Cabin Fever". The track starts out with a chill vibe but then goes full throttle with pummeling drums and haunting vocals

The lyrics draw from lockdown and personal situations you get stuck in.

Apache Rose is a rock band from Moscow, Russia. They have released several singles and a debut album (“Attention!”) in 2021. The band is centered around vocalist and songwriter Ilya Novokhatskiy with prominent Russian rock musicians lending their skills in the studio. All songs are in English with inspiration drawn from mostly American classic rock and alternative scenes.

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Azra


"All Out" is the latest banger by pop-rock goddess, independent artist AZRA.


Immediately after the release, "All Out" was picked up by KROQ radio on the legendary Locals Only show by Miles Anzaldo and has been on regular rotation for the past 6 weeks. "All Out" was also featured on the largest Korean American News Korea Daily and she is scheduled to debut on the KBS TV Network show K-People highlighting her song and career.

"All Out" is an anthem to people of all ages existing at the boiling point between self-doubt and finally embracing the parts of ourselves that we've b tueen unfairly taught to be ashamed of.

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Anthony Krizan



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.

In the Summer of 2022, Krizan released the single Strawberry Wine. The song is currently experiencing national radio play and critical acclaim. The single can be purchased here.

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 2022 EP, Anything, and produced 3 tracks on the release. He also co-wrote the title track to John Waite’s Mercury release When You Were Mine.

Krizan is the 2013 recipient of the ASCAP FOUNDATION JAY GORNEY AWARD for the song he co-wrote with CHERYL DAVEIGA, “Home Don’t Feel Like Home”.

But Anthony’s true passion lies in his solo work. The Anthony Krizan Band’s performances and songs are electrifying, a swampy, rock/blues/soul, genre crossing solo-coaster ride. The title track to his last CD, Dust & Bone, was well-received and recorded by Gretchen Wilson, blues guitar legend Pat Travers and Tim Hicks (Universal Records).

He is the owner of SONIC BOOM STUDIOS.

https://www.anthonykrizan.com/