The Los Angeles-based alt-rock group Run River North are set to embark on yet another remarkable chapter with effervescent lead single “Wake Up,” from a forthcoming EP Monsters Calling Home, Vol. 2.  Monsters Calling Home, Vol 1 & 2, follow sophomore album Drinking From A Salt Pond led by lead single “Run Or Hide.” The album lands…

Pêtr Aleksänder are Eliot James and Tom Hobden. The two first met in 2007, while working together on Noah and the Whale’s debut album Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down. After many years spent touring and recording in their respective fields, they collaborated in 2016 on an ambitious orchestral album, recorded in Budapest with the…

Nurtured in a small Swedish village embraced by the serene Scandinavian forests, Swedish singer-songwriter and Ivor Novello-nominee, Elina derives her boundless energy from this idyllic setting. Her artistic journey is influenced by the rich tapestry of ‘60s and ‘70s pop-culture icons, including the likes of Joni Mitchell and The Mamas & The Papas, while also…

Heightened  senses  strengthen  communication.  Receptive  to  even  the  most  subtle  internal  and  external  stimuli, Nina June leans into acute sensitivity as a lyricist and embraces expansive scope as a sonic auteur. On her forthcoming album(Nettwerk  Records),  the  Amsterdam-based  singer  and  songwriter  layers  plainspoken  emotion  over  multi-dimensional soundscapes  steeped  in  strings,  keys,  guitar,  and  natural  sound …

As chaotic as the world may get, certain sounds still soothe unease. Re-channeling the noise of daily life with melody; music unlocks a meditative state. Mree, the Portland-based singer, songwriter, and producer achieves ataraxia between lush chords, warm tones, and breathy vocalizations.  This approach continues to transfix a growing audience. Born Marie Hsiao, she has…

NAVA formed in Milan in 2016. Originally from Iran, singer Nava Golchini met producer & arranger Francesco Fugazza whilst studying music in Italy. The collaboration then expanded to include drummers Elia Pastori and Marco Fugazza. Talking cues from Italy’s current flourishing electronic music scene and international acts like Arca, Apparat, Purity Ring, etc, NAVA are…

The acoustic-only mode of GOIN' WAY BACK recalls Muddy's similarly constructed FOLKSINGER album. GOIN' WAY BACK doesn't have FOLKSINGER's deep-seated ominousness, but the intimacy and warmth are comparable to that legendary recording. This album was recorded in a single afternoon during a 1967 Canadian tour. In between shows, Muddy and his band gathered in a…

Milo Greene is comprised of Graham Fink, Marlana Sheetz, Robbie Arnett and Curtis Marrero, who all share vocal and songwriting duties. They released their debut self-titled album in 2012, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseeker Chart and featured breakthrough single “1957.” Their sophomore album, Control, was released in January 2015. They will release…

Patria is the debut label release by the Vancouver based, World Latin band Mazacote. While the music is inspired by the vibrant sounds of Colombia, Mozambique and Nicaragua, the lyrics from lead singer David Lopez are a conversation with his Nicaraguan homeland: “In the first years of my family’s life in Canada the longing for that life…

Latin GRAMMY nominee and vocalist Maria Mendes, together with GRAMMY award-winning Metropole Orkest, led by conductor, jazz pianist/composer John Beasley take a symphonic jazz approach to fado. Mendes' latest album Close To Me is out now via Justin Time and Nettwerk Records.