The Just Imagines

 

 

 

Tyler Cressman is a member of The Just Imagines with Ciroyelle. They are a real life power couple who met through music and are now engaged and have formed a band. From the USA, the instrumentalist and producer in the band and Ciroyelle is from Germany and they compose the lyrics and do vocals. Ciroyelle is in charge of all visual art and promotion of the band. They are in the process of releasing their debut album, which tells their true love story as they wait for Ciroyelle to be able to move to the USA. This album includes songs from across the musical spectrum, including blues, folk, jazz, reggae, rock, funk, classical and more! The intention is that the album sounds as diverse as their love for one another. 

The first single, Not a Chance Encounter, is out now and is a sultry and psychedelic blues epic proclaiming their meeting could not have been by accident.  They both do vocals in this song and it features long and powerful guitar solos conveying the vibes of the song.  It has already been featured on multiple FM stations, podcasts, youtube shows, and internet radios. There is a pop art style music video for this song on their youtube channel as well. 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheJustImagines.music

 

Ten books about music subcultures

 

 

 

1. Deep Down in the Ghetto by Roger D Abrahams
In 1964, a folklorist based in Philadelphia managed a neat trick: he published one of the most important books ever written about hip-hop, long before hip-hop actually existed. In this classic study, Abrahams records and analyses a trove of mid-century Black oral literature, setting down street-corner rhymes, tall tales and boasts – some of which are as violent, and as bawdy, as the rap records that shocked the world in the decades to come.

 

2. The Nashville Sound by Paul Hemphill
Hemphill was not exactly a Nashville insider, which explains part of the charm of this book, published in 1970: he captured the genius and the weirdness of a country-music industry that was just starting to think of itself as such. Like virtually everyone who came after him, he noted that the genre seemed split between “traditionalists” and “the new breed”. He noticed that the town was full of performers who were “modernising the simple music of their rural southern childhoods and blurring the distinction between country and pop music” – and of course it still is.

 

 3. Like Punk Never Happened by Dave Rimmer
A very strange book: a sharp treatise on the aesthetics of pop, masquerading as a just-in-time biography of Boy George and Culture Club. In fact by the time this book was published, in 1985, Culture Club’s time at the top of the charts was pretty much over. Knowing this adds some wistfulness to Rimmer’s narrative. And it adds some context to his argument, which is that, in the aftermath of the punk explosion, a new “pop” sensibility emerged, rebelling against the punk-rock rebellion by steadfastly refusing to be rebellious. So what if it didn’t last? Who says great pop is supposed to last?

 

 4. I’m With the Band by Pamela Des Barres
When this book was published, at the peak of the hair-metal craze, some readers might have mistaken it for a gossipy compendium of backstage tales. The book’s subtitle is Confessions of a Groupie, but the main draw is the way that Des Barres, sometimes drawing from old diary entries, charts her evolution from a curious consumer of rock ’n’ roll records to an important participant in the scene that helped create the myth of the rock star. Her writing is precise and perceptive, affectionate but unsentimental. In one memorable passage, she remembers listening to Led Zeppelin II while hanging out in Jimmy Page’s hotel room. “I had to comment on every solo,” she writes, “and even though I believed the drum solo in Moby Dick went on endlessly, I held my tongue and went on pressing his velvet trousers and sewing buttons on to his satin jacket.”

 

5. The Death of Rhythm and Blues by Nelson George
For much of the 1980s, George was a music editor at Billboard magazine, which gave him extraordinary insight not only into the genre of R&B but the industry that nurtured it. This classic study is both a history and a manifesto – and also, more than 30 years later, a time capsule. George writes tenderly about the Black business owners who supported R&B, and skeptically about the way that 80s R&B singers (including Michael Jackson and Prince) found pop success, sometimes seeming to leave the genre behind. Was that really progress?

 

6. Black Noise by Tricia Rose
This book, published in 1994, was one of the first academic investigations of hip-hop, although, like many of the books that came afterward, it was not entirely celebratory. Rose was devoted to hip-hop, but she was also devoted to the idea of hip-hop as a vehicle for resistance and emancipation, which means she can’t help but notice the ways in which it often failed to live up to these ideals. In describing (and sometimes decrying) the genre’s tendency to focus on “male predatory sexual behaviour”, and its existence within a network of white-owned, multinational businesses, she anticipated the way hip-hop would continue to delight and frustrate its biggest fans for decades to come.

 

7. Energy Flash by Simon Reynolds
An enthusiastic and often contagious history of dance music, with a focus on pleasure: Reynolds conjures up not only how house and techno (and their many offshoots) evolved, but what it really feels like to love them. This feeling has not always been entirely organic: Reynolds pays close attention to the relationship between dance music and drugs, explaining how often, when the high changes, the beat changes, too.

 

8. Lords of Chaos by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind
An intense, scary book about an intense, scary scene: black metal, which in the 1990s took heavy metal’s obsession with darkness and evil to its logical conclusion. Moynihan and Soderlind chronicle a world of murder, hatred and madness; even if you don’t have any interest in the bands (or in the 2018 Jonas Åkerlund film based on this book), you may come away with a new appreciation for what it means for music to be truly extreme.

 

9. Love Saves the Day by Tim Lawrence
How do you capture a party? Often, you don’t: the revellers go home, the DJ packs up, people move on. But in this careful work of excavation, Lawrence shows how, in 1970s New York, casual get-togethers spawned glamorous nightclubs, and eventually an entire musical subculture, reconstructing the prehistory of disco, and gesturing toward all the sounds and scenes that came afterward.

10. Girls to the Front by Sara Marcus
Riot grrl was at least two things at once: a musical movement, which bloomed briefly in the 1990s, and a literary movement, sparked by fanzines, which jammed together punk rock and feminism, challenging and changing the identities of both of them. This book is an indispensable cultural history that emphasizes both the strangeness and the sensibleness of riot grrrl, an unlikely movement that seems, in retrospect, inevitable.

Great Spanish-speaking rock bands

 

Do you love Spanish rock bands? Read on to learn about 13 huge bands in the Spanish music industry. It’s a wonderful genre to enjoy while practicing your Spanish.

Spanish rock bands with female singers are somewhat rare, but there are many great solo female artists in Spanish rock.

1. Hombres G

Hombres G is a Spanish rock band named after the American movie G-Men who made their debut at Madrid’s festival, Rockola, in the 80s. They signed to an independent label called Twins and their song Devuélveme A Mi Chica was the smash hit that took them to stardom. 

In 1986, La Cegaste was released and also became a huge hit. Because of their songwriting skills and catchy lyrics, Hombres G has been recognized as one of the best rock bands in Latin America and Spain. 

The band consists of Javi Molina on the drums, David Summers on the bass and vocals, and Rafael Gutierrez and Dani Mezquita on guitar. Hombres G stood out in large part thanks to the captivating talent of their drummer. 

Their unique sound is evident in their catchy songs, such as: 

• Devuelveme mi chica (Give me back my girl)
• Si no te tengo a ti (If I don’t have you), and 
• Te quiero (I Love You).

 

2. Enanitos Verdes

Enanitos Verdes is another Argentinian band that came out in the 1980s. This legendary Spanish rock band gained popularity with their second album Contrarreloj. 

Their single La muralla verde (The Green Wall) was a smash hit throughout Latin America and Spain. People love to sing along to their incredible hits. Lamento boliviano (Bolivian Sorrow) is another of this band’s greatest Spanish rock songs. 

3. Café Tacvba

Café Tacvba (or Café Tacuba) is one of the most famous Mexican rock bands of all time. Their rebellious and unique sound fits into the alternative and pop rock genre. 

The group began in 1989. Their best songs include Eres (You Are), La Ingrata (The Ingrate), and El Aparato (The Apparatus). International music buffs compare their sound to The Cure. 

The band’s sound uses traditional Mexican music styles, reimagined, in their songs. They honor their country in the music that they write. Listening to Café Tacuba is a splendid way to learn more about the Mexican culture. 

4. Maná

Maná is another famous Spanish rock band from Mexico. Although they started in the 1970s, Maná had to wait almost for 11 years to gain popularity. 

Finally, in the 90s they became the phenomenon that they are today. Their album, Dónde jugarán los niños, (Where Will The Kids Play) took them to stardom. 

Some of their best songs are: 

• Labios compartidos, (Shared Lips)
• Rayando el sol (The Rays of Sunlight), and 
• Bendita tu luz (Bless Your Light).

Ever since, critics and fans recognize Maná as one of the most influential Spanish rock bands of all time.

 

5. Soda Stereo

Soda Stereo is an amazing Argentinian Spanish rock band. Their music is legendary due to their poetic lyrics and catchy melodies. Many say that their approach to music has changed the genre for the better.

Their lead singer, Gustavo Cerati, wrote many of the songs. Soda Stereo reached the height of their popularity in the 80s. 

Two of their most famous songs are:

• De música ligera (Of Light Music) and 
• Persiana americana (American Blinds). 

 

6. Molotov

Molotov is a rebel Spanish rock band that mixes rap, heavy rock, and pop. Many of their lyrics are about doing whatever you want, whenever you want. 

Molotov is popular with younger audiences. They came out in the 90s and continue to impact the Spanish rock genre today. 

People compare them to Rage Against the Machine and the Beastie Boys. If you’re into punk rock, this is the Spanish rock band for you.

 

7. Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana is one of the most famous guitarists in the world. Rolling Stone Magazine ranks him as one of the most influential artists of all time. Santana came out in the 60s and continues to play with both English and Spanish rock bands. 

Santanta has 13 Grammys so far, and he’s played multiple world tours. This 70-year-old rocker continues to play his guitar and inspire his multitude of fans. 

8. Aterciopelados

Aterciopelados is a unique Spanish rock band from Colombia. They use traditional Colombian sounds mixed with rock and roll. The lead singer is a woman, and their crossover style has gained them world recognition. 

Many say that their album El dorado (The Golden) is one of the best Spanish rock albums of all time. Florecita rockera (Rockin Little Flower) is an amazing pop rock song that’s super fun to dance to. 

9. Zoé

Zoé is one of the most unique Mexican Spanish rock bands out there. This grunge band started in 1994.

Leon Larrengui, their lead vocalist, created a one-of-a-kind lineup. Since the 90s, this Mexican band has found its own sound. Two of their most popular songs are Paula and Nada (Nothing).

10. Caifanes

Caifanes is a Spanish rock band from the 80s. Led by Saul Hernandez, they’re one of the most respected Spanish rock bands in Mexico. They blend British new wave, Latin beats, and progressive rock. 

Fans love them for their use of music to make social and political commentaries. Some of their most recognized songs are Afuera (Outside) and Viento (Wind). 

Hurricane Highway

 

Amazing things have happened Hurricane Highway in their short few years together. From a chance meeting in a pub, singer Ed Holland and guitarist Kevin Collins recorded their first single ‘Your Man’ in 2014. It received great critical acclaim and very quickly became a radio hit. A video of the same song they made also did very well for them.

The band plays a style of American Country Rock that appeals to a lot of people. Based out of the West Coast of Ireland the have been creating ripples in the industry which have become waves recently.

‘Yeah’ was their second release also accompanied by a video which was quickly picked up by satellite TV stations and started the brand building process for them.

Then came the recording and video of ‘Keep them Kisses Comin’ which catapulted Hurricane Highway to new heights. This reached nearly two million views between YouTube and Facebook and other internet platforms and still growing.

This was boosted by the amount of airplay on Sky channels 191, 266, 389 and other Country Music channels not to mention a slot on the Ray Darcy TV Show and being play listed by RTE 1 Radio. National exposure and regional airplay has driven national awareness and brand recognition for the band.

‘Hey Pretty Girl’ was the next single and was accompanied by a beautiful video which featured an older man looking back on his life. This has already touched over half a million people and won the Irish TV Country Music Award 2016 Best Video of the Year.

The hallmark of Hurricane Highways success has been the high quality of their recordings and videos. This is well recognised in the industry and Country Music channels and Radio stations always look forward to receiving their new material. Ed Holland and Kevin Collins come from two different musical backgrounds and sometimes when these are mixed something magical happens. Hurricane Highway is a perfect example of this.

April 2017 saw the release of their greatly anticipated album ‘EXPOSED’ which went straight to No. 1 in the iTunes charts and is doing really well for the band. Further singles from the album ‘If it Gets You Where You Wanna Go’ and ‘Make you Mine’ have received great airplay and the video for ‘Make You Mine’ won the Irish Post/TG4 Country Music Award for Best Video of the Year 2017 for the second year in a row.

They are definitely doing something right. Hurricane Highway was also nominated for the 2017 Best Live Band 2017 and Best Album of the Year 2017.Having played some of the biggest festivals of the year 2017 their new original single ‘If this is Goodbye’ is released early November 2017. This plus their song gave Hurricane Highway two GRAMMY nominations in 2019 and this brought the band to the notice of international audiences and promoters.

 

https://www.hurricanehighway.net

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The Metal Byrds

 

 

The Metal Byrds band are born musicians. London born Suzanne Birdie, has a power-pop rock voice, that compliments Sly Rye's ripping rock riffs and lead guitar solos in every song!
These catchy songs are throwback to a time where female front-women dominated the radio waves with rocking sounds. A time where Hair Bands and Classic Rock & Roll ruled the world.

​"Our sound comes from our individual influences over the decades.  Sly Rye's guitar playing style has been influenced anywhere from classic rock all the way from metal to alternative rock. Suzanne's singing style is heavily influenced by all the great women in rock history. From Joan Jett, Pat Benetar, Stevie Nicks and Heart. We are not the typical cookie-cutter sounding rock band, and if you listen closely, you will hear a sound like none-other." says the band of creating songs together.

The Metal Byrds have received rotation on both international and national online and FM radio stations, and have a fan base that keeps on growing.  Currently having three songs from their latest album, that have risen up the radio charts to reach #1, they maintain at least one song on any given time on a top ten chart, every week since the beginning  of 2020, as well as being featured on several explosive and popular Spotify playlists that feature other great up and coming Indie Rock bands and musicians.

Their fourth full length album, 4, available now online, for streaming and purchase on BandCamp, Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Deezer, Tidal, Napster, YouTube Music, and YouTube.

Site: https://www.themetalbyrds.com

 

Most Famous Unknown Rock Band in History

                                                         The group BIG STAR

The story of rock and roll is full of missed opportunities, poor decisions, and tragic turns of fate that consigned many worthwhile artists to obscurity. While many are little more than footnotes in musical history, some, like the legendary Memphis combo Big Star, pick up a second life as an influential force far beyond their original lifespan. 2022 will mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Big Star’s debut 1 Record. Though their shimmering Beatles-influenced guitar pop sound was acclaimed by critics, very few people heard Big Star, but as Brian Eno famously noted about the Velvet Underground, many of those who did would start their own bands.

Barely out of their teens, the duo of Chris Bell and Alex Chilton composed songs that fused the chiming guitars of the 1960s British Invasion sound with touches of the gritty soul sounds that put Memphis on the musical map. Bell knew his way around the studio as a session musician at Ardent Studios, where many local R&B hits were born, and Chilton was already a cynical veteran of the music industry from his time in the Box Tops. Bassist Andy Hummel and drummer Jody Stephens completed the group.

The songs on #1 Record (1972) expressed a strident self-confidence, “The Ballad of El Goodo”, and a deep spiritual yearning, “Try Again”, but they could also keep pace with the AM radio sound of the time, on rockers like “In The Street”, which would become adapted as the theme from 1990s sitcom That ‘70s Show, and the Rolling Stones-styled boogie of “Feel”. The acoustic ballad “Thirteen” evoked the feeling of early adolescence like few songs in the rock idiom, previously or since. Strong reviews, however, did not translate into sales, and the record sank from view.

Disappointment over the record’s failure led Bell to quit the group before the 1974 followup Radio City was recorded, but Big Star forged on as a trio led by Chilton. Songs like “September Gurls”, later covered by The Bangles, “Back of a Car” and “O My Soul” were evidence that the magic of the debut was no fluke. But as a rare rock group on soul label Stax Records’ roster, and because of a failed distribution deal, few of their records made it to the shelves. The band remained a well-kept secret to anyone other than a few journalists and industry insiders.

With little left to lose or to strive for, Alex Chilton retreated to the studio and recorded what would become the third album with various musicians and noted producer Jim Dickinson. Songs like “Big Black Car”, “Nighttime” and “Kanga Roo” were harrowing but beautiful, and Chilton seemed to reflect on Big Star’s failures with sarcasm (“Thank You Friends”) and anger (“You Can’t Have Me”). The recordings of what would be known as Big Star’s Third were the nihilistic sound of an artist and band falling apart, and true to Big Star’s commercial fate, other than a few bootlegs the record was shelved until the late 1970s when it was released in England.

Alex Chilton continued on as a solo act, making many eclectic, often difficult records that would also achieve their own cult-like appreciation. His later music could be heard as a rejection of the “power pop” sound he helped to pioneer and the Big Star myth, as he would become a prickly godfather of the spirit of punk and independent music. Chilton resurrected Big Star in the 90s and kept it going—on his own terms, of course—off and on until his death from a heart attack in 2010, including a new collection of songs released under the Big Star name in 2005. After leaving the band he started, Chris Bell would eventually give up on music and died in a motorcycle crash in 1978, but not before recording an album’s worth of songs with Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick while in France. These recordings were issued posthumously as the collection I Am The Cosmos and stand alongside the very best music that Big Star released. Bell’s pre-Big Star work was included in the Big Star box set Keep An Eye on the Sky, along with other Big Star rarities.

Big Star would find their listeners; in fact, all three records have been included in Rolling Stone’s ever-evolving 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. Artists like Beck, Wilco, R.E.M., the Replacements, and Teenage Fanclub would claim them as an influence. Since Chilton’s death, a collective of musicians from across the musical spectrum including surviving member Jody Stephens and latter-day Big Star members from the band The Posies have gathered to perform Big Star’s music in epic concerts on stages around the world. A 2016 show at Glendale’s Alex Theatre was captured on the live recording and DVD Thank You Friends: Big Star’s Third Live and More. More archival live sets and radio sessions would emerge, enhancing the Big Star archival legacy, including a comprehensive collection of the Big Star Third sessions. Most illuminating of all was the 2013 documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, which finally told the story of rock’s most celebrated cult band.

15 New Blues & Rock Songs You Must Hear

 

Robin Trower, Maxi Priest, Livingstone Brown
When three legendary artists come together to create a sound all their own, it doesn’t always work out the way it does on United State Of Mind by Robin Trower, Maxi Priest and Livingstone Brown released October 9, 2020 on Manhaton Records. A trio of musicians you might not necessarily put together, they blend their unique sounds to create an album of singular beauty.

Song “United State of Mind” 

The Black Moods
The Black Moods play raw, amplified rock and roll with a modern update of a timeless sound. They breathe a blast of fresh air into electric guitars, anthemic hooks and percussive stomp. A power trio made up of frontman/guitarist Josh Kennedy, drummer Chico Diaz and bassist Jordan Hoffman that makes great, crunching rock music with excellent lyrics. Their new album Sunshine is respectful of the past and plugged into the present. The Black Moods built their audience the old fashioned way—by hitting the road, touring heavily and promoting their albums.

Song “Sunshine”

 
Artur Menezes
Brazilian blues/rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Artur Menezes impresses on every level on his new record Fading Away, a super-hot eight-song set that blends blues with psychedelic rock, funk and Brazilian rhythms. Produced by Josh Smith, the album features guest appearances by Smith as well as Joe Bonamassa. A superb guitar player and strong singer/songwriter, Menezes combines vintage influences with his own contemporary style. Winner of the Gibson/Albert King Award for Best Guitarist, even if this song doesn’t resonate, check out his other musical offerings.

Song “Northeast” 

 
Jeremiah Johnson
Talented blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Jeremiah Johnson released two albums this year, and this one is in response to the pandemic. One of the hottest prospects on the blues scene over the last decade, Mississippi native Johnson knows a thing or two about hard work. By all  accounts, Johnson has come up the hard way, day-jobbing as a billboard laborer while recording and self-releasing some mighty fine blues records. With rocking swagger, Johnson turns up the heat on the record with his power trio.

Song “Unemployed Highly Annoyed” 

 
The Immediate Family
The Immediate Family put their superb rock and roll spin on their new EP, Slippin’ and Slidin’ out October 16, 2020. The Immediate Family is made up of legendary musicians Danny Kortchmar (guitar, vocals), Waddy Wachtel (guitar, vocals), Leland Sklar (bass), Russ Kunkel (drums) and Steve Postell (guitar, vocals.) The Immediate Family is the epitome of cool. They’ve played together for decades, their chemistry undeniable, their talents limitless. The term “supergroup” has been loosely bandied about for years, but it definitely applies here. There is true excellence not just in the musicianship on Slippin’ and Slidin’ but in the poetic songwriting as well.

Song “Cruel Twist” 

 
Sam Morrow
Gettin’ By On Gettin’ Down by Sam Morrow is a blast of fresh air, fuel for your pandemic-weary soul. Produced by award-winning producer and president/label owner Eric Corne, the record is funky country rock with a modern feel. Outstanding vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Sam Morrow has a serious feel for groove that’s inherent in each of the nine songs. With slinky slide guitars and super-tight drumming and bass, this album is a musical feast. Morrow is a compelling artist with a unique sound, backed by top-tier musicians who have a tight grip on rhythm.

Song “Golden Venus” 

 
Cary Morin
Cary Morin’s “Prisoner” opens with some of the finger-style guitar-work for which Morin has become famous. Morin makes his instrument sing, moan and talk, like the great Robert Johnson with a personality all its own. Soulful, rich vocals abound on his new album, Dockside Saints. Behind Morin’s magic, the band kicks up a slow and colorful blues jam.

Song “Prisoner” 

 

Kevin Burt
Guitarist, harp player, songwriter, and vocalist Kevin Burt comes straight out of Iowa with a load of blues power on his new release Stone Crazy. Produced by Mike Zito, the set features ten soul-infused blues songs that showcase all of Burt’s considerable talents, especially his powerfully expressive voice, which easily goes from a smooth-and-sweet seduction mode to a commanding growl in a hot second. Burt’s vibe is influenced by Aaron Neville, Bill Withers, and B.B. King. What a voice.

Song “Ain’t Got No Problem With It” 

 
Hurricane Ruth
The great Willie Dixon once told Ruth “You’re the only hurricane I can appreciate.” Ruth LaMaster has performed with John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Willie Dixon, Taj Mahal, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Royal Southern Brotherhood, and more. Her vocals are deeply rooted in the blues but she also rocks the house. Hurricane Ruth gives it everything she’s got on her new album Good Life, a smoking-hot set that adds up to another huge blast of the deeply soulful two-fisted blues. Backed up by an ultra-powerful band made up of Scott Holt (guitar), Bruce Katz (Hammond B-3, keyboards), Calvin Johnson (bass), and Tony Braunagel (drums), Ruth comes on strong and delivers a performance that would blow the roof off of any roadhouse in the world.

Song “Dirty Blues” 

 
Oz Noy
Contemporary funk/fusion/jazz guitar master Oz Noy presents another batch of his iconoclastic musical style on his new album Snapdragon. Born in Israel, Noy began playing professionally at just 13 years old doing jazz, blues, rock, and pop. Since moving to New York City in 1996, Oz has made a huge impact on the local and international music scene. He’s broken all the rules of instrumental guitar music by focusing on the groove. Oz has toured with just about everyone so no list of names is needed.

Song “Just Groove Me” 

 
Bette Smith
Fierce rock and soul vocalist Bette Smith puts down a big sound on her new record The Good, The Bad & The Bette. Produced by Drive-By Trucker Matt Patton and engineer/drummer Bronson Tew, the album features Smith infusing gospel and soul into rock and roll, with guests including Luther Dickinson and fellow DBT member Patterson Hood. The set is proof positive that an old school mix of soul and rock music never goes out of style and that Smith has every bit of the power displayed by past masters up to and including Aretha Franklin. Smith is a wildly emotive singer with a fearless swagger that permeates everything she does.

Song “Fistful of Dollars”

 
The Michael Mills Band
The Michael Mills Band stirs up blues/rock fire on their new album, Stand Up. With tasty guitar riffs along with strong, expressive vocals and a tight band, these blues rockers hail from Huntington Beach, CA, and have been lighting up the club scene up and down the California Coast, plus a standing gig at The House of Blues. From blues-funky to straight up blues/rock, this is the band to watch.

Song “I Know”

 

Gráinne Duffy
You might not have heard of her, but Ireland’s own Gráinne Duffy is an emerging blues star on her new album Voodoo Blues. One of the most notable blues guitarists, vocalists, and songwriters rising to prominence in the European scene, Duffy’s sound is a mix of blues, rock, roots music, and soul blended with Duffy’s own Irish/Celtic style. It’s a swampy, sensual, heartfelt, and spellbinding experience focused on Duffy’s powerful, heart-shredding voice and highly melodic guitar work.

Song “Voodoo Blues”

 
Eric Johanson
A growing force in the blues and roots/rock scene, Johanson’s music is distinct—it’s moody, sometimes haunting and dark, blessed with groove. Visual storytelling, mind- blowing guitar, and soulful, strong vocals abound on Below Sea Level. Whatever transpired in that studio with this artist’s songs and musical talents, Cody Dickinson on drums, Terrence Grayson on bass (Victor Wainwright) and Luther Dickinson’s production, summoned some kind of magic. For Below Sea Level, Eric teamed up with Luther and Cody Dickinson and recorded the album. A better match could not have been made.

Song “Dose of Forget” 

 
Magnolia Bayou
Mississippi blues swamp rockers Magnolia Bayou’s sound is reminiscent of the golden age of rock n’ roll, flavored with heavy southern swagger that’s distinctly theirs. A soulful, distinctive vocalist and tight band, Magnolia Bayou’s new album, Strange Place is steeped in the group’s origins, tapping into elements of southern, psychedelic, funk, and blues-based rock and roll that the group has reinvented and bent to their will.

Song “Tupelo” 

Keith Shaw

 

 

KeithShaw is a singer / songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. He is a 2021 International Singer-Songwriter Award FINALIST for Album of the Year for "Haunted" and Single of the Year for "Little Pretty Thing". He also is a 2020 International Singer-Songwriter Association (ISSA) Award finalist for Male Rising Star, Single of the Year for "Until The Rain Comes", Songwriter of the Year, and Emerging Artist of the Year. Keith also is a 2-time finalist for "Best Rock Song" and in 2021 for Best Pop Song in the World Songwriting Awards (WSA). Keith writes all music and lyrics for his songs, and plays guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion on all tracks, as well as producing, mixing and mastering. He also does his own art production.

His brand new album "Haunted" featuring the title track is available now on CD Baby, Spotify, Amazon Music and more.

Single releases include: "Until The Rain Comes" , "There's A Tie That Binds Us", "I'm Going Home", “Cherry Red”, "(It’s A) Race To The Bottom”, "L.M.A.O.", and "17" which are getting solid airplay around the world. In fact, all 7 have hit both Top 10 and Top 20 charts.

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Jimmy Barnatán

 

 

 Jaime Barnatán Pereda (born 2 July 1981), known as Jimmy Barnatán, is a Spanish singer, actor and writer. His origins lie in the district of Chamartín in Madrid (Madrid), although he spent part of his childhood in New York due to family reasons. There, he usually went to the church with his grandmother of him, and he soon became impressed by the Gospel choirs. He also surrounded himself with black musicians and was captivated with the blues they played. In fact, his style of him is unmistakably American, and arguably his voice of him, powerful and torn, is one of the most singular in the Spanish national scene. His relationship with the theater and the big screen also starts very soon. Jimmy is certainly a multifaceted artist. He was born of the marriage between the writer Marcos Ricardo Barnatán and the journalist Rosa Pereda. Jimmy Barnatán was born in Madrid, but his heart of it is divided between the capital of Spain, Madrid and New York. Since its early years, he showed great admiration for the performing arts, and soon experienced the desire to get on the stage of a theater. His claim was answered in 1992, when he was just 11 years: then, the young Jimmy managed to join the cast of Les Misérables, a musical produced by José Tamayo and Plácido Domingo, in association with Cameron Mackintosh, which was presented on 16 September in the New Apolo Theater in Madrid, as an adaptation of the classic that inspired the novel by Victor Hugo. The success was overwhelming. After that experience, Barnatán landed on television and performed sketches on entertainment programs as The Worst Week Program (1994) or Innocent, Innocent (1995). That year took place his leap to the big screen thanks to director Alex de la Iglesia, who entrusted him the role of possessed child in the iconic film The Day of the Beast. In 1996 he started in television fiction with Milk Brothers (Hermanos de leche), sharing cast with actors like Jose Coronado or Juan Echanove, and, a year later, he returned to the theater, to represent Between two shores (Entre dos orillas) ( 1997) at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville. Since then, Jimmy has been part of a lot of projects in all formats, highlighting Torrente, the dumb arm of the law, Heart of the Warrior, The Biggest Robbery Never Told (The Greatest Robbery Ever Told) and Los Serrano, a TV series that gave him an enormous popularity thanks to the role of Chucky. He has participated in several short films, being director of three of them from 1998 to 2005. He did the same in a documentary (Racing Blues. History of a feeling) (Racing Blues. History of a feeling) (2007) in which, alongside Fernando Guisado, he narrated the adventures of an historic Spanish football team, the Racing de Santander. In music, the journey of Barnatán also began in New York, where he used to go due to family reasons. One day, he had the opportunity to get on a stage surrounded by black Blues singers, and his intervention by him was warmly applauded by them. Jimmy said in an interview with daily El País: Since I was a child, I used to go, first with my grandmother and, later, alone, to a Harlem church to hear gospel. I started to be interested in black music and, one day, at 16 or so, I slipped with a friend at Arthur's Tavern, mythical place, to see a concert. When it finished, it started a jam session and I started to sing ... the musicians liked the way I did and they summoned me to return whenever I wanted. From there, everything ran. In Spain, he began his career as a vocalist with Caronte's Ferry, and later went on to lead the San Telmo Blues Band, covering in both formations the great American classics. In 2010 he released his first studio album with the title Black Note, showing the influences received from those vinyl of Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong that he listened to at home. It was a subtle tribute to all those legends of Jazz, Blues and Soul that saw him grow. The album was presented at the legendary Sala Clamores of Madrid, causing a pleasant surprise to those who, until then, had enjoyed her performance on the big screen and in television. Soon after, he began recording with Back Door Band what turned out to be his second album, After the blue Times (2011), this time with the seal of Warner Music Spain. While preparing the above releases, the multifaceted artist had time to write two novels: Atlas (2005) and New York Blues (2012). After that, he continued his career in the music scene constituting the group Jimmy Barnatán & The Cocooners, with whom he has released Room 13: A Blues Tale (2013) and Motorclub (2015).

Meanwhile, Jimmy has continued exercising his profession as an actor in projects like The Hurd, land with a soul (2015), documentary still unreleased for which he has also composed the soundtrack. Musically, he toured Spain accompanying the Texan guitarist Carvin Jones, and drew up part of the soundtrack of My big night (Mi gran noche) (2015), the new film by Alex de la Iglesia. Moreover, he has already prepared what will be his third novel by him, The Topper of Memphis (La Chistera de Memphis), whose publication is expected for the coming months.

A little of History: Internet Radio

 

Internet radio was pioneered by Carl Malamud. In 1993, Malamud launched "Internet Talk Radio", which was the "first computer-radio talk show, each week interviewing a computer expert". The first Internet concert was broadcast on June 24, 1993, by the band Severe Tire Damage. In March 1994, an unofficial automated rebroadcast of Irish radio news was setup as the RTE To Everywhere Project, allowing Irish people across the World daily access to radio news from home until it was rendered obsolete in 1998. In November 1994, a Rolling Stones concert was the "first major cyberspace multicast concert." Mick Jagger opened the concert by saying, "I want to say a special welcome to everyone that's, uh, climbed into the Internet tonight and, uh, has got into the M-bone. And I hope it doesn't all collapse." [twenty] On November 7, 1994, WXYC (89.3 FM Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA) became the first traditional radio station to announce broadcasting on the Internet. WXYC used an FM radio connected to a system at SunSite, later known as Ibiblio, running Cornell's CU-SeeMe software. WXYC had begun test broadcasts and bandwidth testing as early as August 1994. WREK (91.1 FM, Atlanta, GA USA) started streaming on the same day using their own custom software called CyberRadio1. However, unlike WXYC, this was WREK's beta launch and the stream was not advertised until a later date. On December 3, 1994, KJHK 90.7 FM, a campus radio station located in Lawrence, Kansas, at the University of Kansas, became one of the first radio stations in the world to broadcast a live and continuous stream over Internet radio. Time magazine said that RealAudio took "advantage of the latest advances in digital compression" and delivered "AM radio-quality sound in so-called real time." Eventually, companies such as Nullsoft and Microsoft released streaming audio players as free downloads . As the software audio players became available, "many Web-based radio stations began springing up." In 1995, Scott Bourne founded NetRadio.com as the world's first Internet-only radio network. NetRadio.com was a pioneer in Internet radio. It was the first Internet-only network to be licensed by ASCAP. NetRadio eventually went on to an IPO in October 1999. Most of the current Internet radio providers followed the path that NetRadio.com carved out in digital media. In March 1996, Virgin Radio - London became the first European radio station to broadcast its full program live on the Internet. It broadcast its FM signal, live from the source, simultaneously on the Internet 24 hours a day. On May 1, 1997, Radio306.com (now Pure Rock Radio) launched in Saskatoon, Canada. The internet-only station purerockradio.net celebrated 20 years on air in 2017 as the longest-running Canadian internet station. Internet radio also provided new opportunities to mix music with advocacy. In February 1999, Zero24-7 Web Radio was launched. t was the first internet radio station to be crowdsourced and programmed by professional broadcasters and crowdfunded by a unique partnership of people, charities and businesses. Out of Washington DC, the station mixed progressive music and green messages. It was created by BBC and WHFS veteran Mark Daley. Internet radio attracted significant media and investor attention in the late 1990s. In 1998, the initial public stock offering for Broadcast.com set a record at the time for the largest jump in price in stock offerings in the United States. The offering price was US $18 and the company's shares opened at US $68 on the first day of trading. The company was losing money at the time and indicated in a prospectus filed with the Securities Exchange Commission that they expected the losses to continue indefinitely. Yahoo! purchased Broadcast.com on July 20, 1999, for US $5.7 billion. With the advent of streaming RealAudio over HTTP, streaming became more accessible to a number of radio shows. One such show, TechEdge Radio in 1997, was broadcast in three formats - live on the radio, live from a RealAudio server and streamed from the web over HTTP. In 1998, the longest running internet radio show, The Vinyl Lounge, began netcasting from Sydney, Australia, from Australia's first Internet radio station, NetFM (www.netfm.net). In 1999, Australian telco "Telstra" launched The Basement Internet Radio Station but it was later shut down in 2003 as it was not a viable business for the company. From 2000 onwards, most Internet radio stations increased their stream quality as bandwidth became more economical. Today, Most stations stream between 64 kbit /s and 128 kbit /s providing near CD quality audio.  As of 2017 the mobile app Radio Garden, a research project of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, was streaming approximately 8,000 radio stations to a global audience.