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Today, Canadian Indigenous singer-songwriter Carsen Gray is proud to announce her new gospel album Praise Sah’Laana, sung in her native Haida language. Carsen hopes to introduce listeners to the culture of the Haida people who have lived on the island of Haida Gwai off the coast of British Columbia for centuries. She hopes to continue in the traditions…

Australian indie folk groundbreakers The Paper Kites are preparing to return to the U.S. for Austin City Limits and their previously announced support tour with Stephen Sanchez. Now, the band has announced a special, one-night-only event at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge on October 21, where, for the first time ever, they will perform the songs that comprise Evergreen from front to back.…

Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow returns with his brand-new single “Glu,” offering an intimate reflection on love, connection, and the complexities that come with it. Co-written with Ilsey Juber, the song captures the balance between being together and alone, underpinned by McMorrow’s trademark emotional vulnerability and introspective lyrics. This follows McMorrow’s recent seventh studio album, Wide open, horses. “I wrote this with…

London-based guitarist, composer and singer songwriter Vraell (aka Alessio Scozzaro) shares his stunning new single “quattro”. The track is a gorgeous, luscious piece blending subtle electronics, modern classical textures and delicate guitar motifs to create a rich arrangement with a pointillistic attention to detail, recorded and produced by Paul Savage (Mogwai, Arab Strap, Aidan Moffat)…

Today, nomadic singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Cramer, a.k.a Old Sea Brigade, debuts his delicate, melancholic track “If You Had To Ask,” and announces the details of his forthcoming project, If Only I Knew (Pt. 1). Set for release December 13, If Only I Knew (Pt. 1) is the first of a two-EP series that takes the listeners through Cramer’s…

Always one for a new challenge, lofi producer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Nathan Kawanishi is back with a split single, entitled This Might Be It! Composed of two tracks—“Entropy” (ft. Malaman) and “abstract nerd rap”—Kawanishi pulls a 180, showcasing his rapping skills a mere 6 weeks after his first folk singer/songwriter EP nk-01.  “A couple of verbose raps,” shares Kawanishi on the 2-pack. “While there’s…

Today, Juno and Prism Prize-nominated ambient artist Alaskan Tapes shares his 8th album, Something Ephemeral. The Toronto-based composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist a.k.a. Brady Kendall is known for bringing a human element to the forefront of his delicate alchemy of ambient soundscape architecture and live instrumentation by allowing natural noises and flourishes to accent carefully curated production.  “I was…

Indie-folk singer-songwriter Harrison Storm explores the fleeting connections made while traveling the world on “Temporary Friend.” Listen HERE. “’Temporary Friend’ is about the intense and interesting things you learn about someone’s story, the deep conversations into the early hours of the morning and the vulnerability that can be revealed from those encounters,” explains Harrison.  Harrison is set to embark…

Today, New York-based singer, songwriter, and producer Elliot Moss teams up with award-winning Chilean avant-pop artist Rubio to share an imaginative reworking of “Lazy,” from his February 2024 album How I Fell. Both artists are known for their ghostly vocal cadence, and together they deliver an intoxicating blend on this moody synth-pop epic. Listen to…

After announcing his new EP My Everything with the hard-hitting progressive jazz cut “Zodiac,” Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Braxton Cook shares the vibey, R&B-leaning single “Weekend” featuring Swiss soul singer NNAVY. Braxton is no stranger to collaborations, working with friends like Butcher Brown, Kiefer, Mac Ayers, Marquis Hill, and more, so when he met NNAVY in Milan on tour, he knew she…