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In the last few years, country has been feeling like a homegrown genre again – after well over two decades of being about as internationally mainstream as it gets – and the biggest reason why has been young indie acts like Lan Law. Lan Law has a lot in common …

Creeping out of the silence, a sexy beat finds singer Amanda Holley in the right groove to make a ripping rhythm all them more exciting in “Fav Flavor,” which sees the acclaimed singer and composer delivering some of her smoothest rhymes so far. It doesn’t take more than a few …

Comprised of tools familiar to his fans and the country-pop model in general, yet completely removed from the mainstream mundane in every sense that counts, there’s nothing ordinary about the way Jason Owens’ “Party Like You” comes together. Following the most subtle of instrumental introductions, we quickly find ourselves enraptured …

If there’s one man who still knows how to keep things interesting with his work in the music industry, it’s Michael Aroian and his new music with Elsewhere is all the evidence I need to verify this. In the single “Life…is a Fraction VI. Realization” from the record Life…is a Fraction, …

Although composed as a tight ballad on paper, there’s nothing black-and-white nor particularly conventional about the melodies that are unleashed when Brie Stoner starts to play “Loved Me Like a Weapon,” her new single currently out everywhere quality independent pop music is sold and streamed this spring. Blending contemporary alternative …

Everyone knows that music can be impactful, but it is at its strongest when written for an important cause. Steve Major’s newest single, “TORN,” or “РОЗДIЛЕНI” in the Ukrainian version, is an emotional battle cry against the violence Ukraine is still suffering from. Telling from its deep, meaningful lyrics about …

Though not quite tasked with carrying the full load of the harmony on its own, there’s no understating the importance of John Hall’s six-string in the new single “I Think of You” this April. It should be said that for Hall, a talented pop singer, frills are always optional when …

While it’s made to compete with one of the more sterling vocal elements Chris Waters has recorded to date, the percussive element in the new single “Road To Damascus” is probably as important to this piece as any other component of the master mix is. Although driven primarily by the …

In the past year or so, folk singer Christian Parker has shown himself to be one of the more consistent and reliable players in all of his scene. He doesn’t experiment to such an extent that his identity is in a constant state of being reinvented, and although there are …

Listeners who have been keeping up with the gospel scene recently know there’s a lot of amazing talent coming to the surface at the moment, and most of all, its vocalists like Jekalyn Carr we’ve been talking about the most, whose new single “I Believe God” is earning a lot …

Hip-hop’s modern stars would likely be called too experimental to have run with a lot of the preceding generation of leading players, but that said, there’s something really special about what’s going on in the genre right now, and artists like the independent Life Change are the reason why. Instead …

For all of the stress that we’ve collectively experienced in the year 2023, it’s been a pretty good start to a new chapter in rock n’ roll history, and to understand what I mean, I’d recommend taking a peek at the new single and music video from Palms Station, “I …