Jim Halfpenny - First Things First
Folk Rock/Adult Alternative/Pop
If you can imagine Bob Dylan inviting Glenn Phillips, Steve Earle, Chris Isaak and the Wallflowers over for enchiladas, imported beer and social debate then you have a good grasp on the direction The Jim Halfpenny Band is taking with their music. Folk/Roots meets Alternate Adult/Pop/Rock. Sometimes gritty. Sometimes sweet. At time humorous. Other times stingingly close to the heart. The emphasis is always on good, solid songwriting and generating an original
atmosphere around a familiar sound. They are earthy, yet comfortably polished.
Review of Radiate by Hearsay magazine
"Look how everything is changing, changing where you are," sings New York-based songwriter Mila Drumke on her ambitious, magnanimous and riveting fourth recording. We're five years on from her last release, 2000's Hip to Hip, a coolly-ahead-of-its-time reinvention of jazz standards and, yes, everything's different now. While all the traits which captivated Mila's admirers late in the last millennium are still in abundance—the dynamic, supple compositions which nod to jazz and folk without really being either, the velveteen vocals, the oblique yet vivid lyrics—no one could have anticipated an album quite so keenly felt, so moving and yet so scrupulously arranged and played as Radiate has turned out to be.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/halfpenny
John Lennox
Into the Bull's Shoulder
A cross of country jangle and soulful sweeps. A little 70s rock, a little Americana
Born in So. Ontario, John Lennox was brought up with one hand on a piano, one hand on a guitar, and the other in the cookie jar. In 1998 Lennox moved to Montreal to attend university. Graduating at the top of his class, Lennox turned down offers from Oxford University and the World Bank in order to pursue his dream of lo-fi recording, perpetual poverty, and a relentless touring schedule that would ultimately end his career, and his life.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/lennox
Karen Nunis Blackstone
Give Me Sanity
introspective folk rock with ethnics influences
http://cdbaby.com/cd/knblackstone2
Jane Bolduc
THE BABY JANE SESSIONS
With her first studio effort, Jane stretches her pop/folk roots with her stellar band on this 5-song EP of dynamic, insightful and catchy originals
Jane was a popular fixture on LA’s songwriter circuit back in the early 90’s, as she mastered her uniquely passionate pop/folk sound, and was featured in industry showcases such as the National Academy of Songwriters Showcase, the Western Beat American Music Showcase, and Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase. In 1996, she migrated to Nashville where she honed her craft, gracing the stage of the famed Bluebird Café, as well as other Nashville songwriter haunts. Next Jane returned to her home state of Connecticut, where she continued to evolve as a performer and writer. With her recent return to Los Angeles, Jane resumes her place in the LA songwriting community and continues her artistic odyssey
http://cdbaby.com/cd/janebolduc2
Mila Drumke Band
Radiate
Mila Drumke immediately tweaks the music gods imbedded deep in your marrow. Drumke is a little-known but incredibly talented artist whom half of you wants to tell the world about so she can immediately capture fame, fortune and fans, while the other half
Review of Radiate by Hearsay magazine
"Look how everything is changing, changing where you are," sings New York-based songwriter Mila Drumke on her ambitious, magnanimous and riveting fourth recording. We're five years on from her last release, 2000's Hip to Hip, a coolly-ahead-of-its-time reinvention of jazz standards and, yes, everything's different now. While all the traits which captivated Mila's admirers late in the last millennium are still in abundance—the dynamic, supple compositions which nod to jazz and folk without really being either, the velveteen vocals, the oblique yet vivid lyrics—no one could have anticipated an album quite so keenly felt, so moving and yet so scrupulously arranged and played as Radiate has turned out to be.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/drumke3
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