PREMIERE: Listen to Ivy Ryann’s Brutal, Nonaggressive New Album

PREMIERE: Listen to Ivy Ryann’s Brutal, Nonaggressive New Album

ByRachel CholstMar 3, 2022

Norfolk, Virginia-based, multi-instrumentalist, indie-rock musician Ivy Ryann is set to release her new album, A Nonaggressive Extreme Violation of Boundaries, on March 4, 2022. Ryann is poised to blow the doors open on what is deemed acceptable or taboo material…

PREMIERE: Listen to Erinn Peet Lukes’ New EP, EPL

PREMIERE: Listen to Erinn Peet Lukes’ New EP, EPL

ByRachel CholstMar 2, 2022

Erinn Peet Lukes is a singer, songwriter,and guitarist. Originally from the sunny shores of Redondo Beach, CA, her musical journey has taken her through Seattle, New York City, Denver, and, most recently, Nashville. Her lilting vocals, vivid songwriting, bluegrass-style flatpick…

HEY! LISTEN: Cowboy Diplomacy Bring Thunder and Optimism on “Dark Days”

HEY! LISTEN: Cowboy Diplomacy Bring Thunder and Optimism on “Dark Days”

ByRachel CholstFeb 28, 2022

Austin rockers Cowboy Diplomacy deliver a message of hope on their new single “Dark Days.” The song was written during the Covid-19 lockdown and inspired by the ongoing pandemic. “From not being able to see our families, to losing jobs, and even losing loved…

HEY! LISTEN: Brad Armstrong Deconstructs Americana on Hopeful “Everyone Lost”

HEY! LISTEN: Brad Armstrong Deconstructs Americana on Hopeful “Everyone Lost”

ByRachel CholstFeb 24, 2022

Brad Armstrong was born in Birmingham, AL in the early 1970s. He was a product of hair metal. Later, there was Bob Dylan and the Pixies and all that, but the first things were Motley Crue Shout at the Devil…

PREMIERE: Pete Mancini’s “Quit Playing Games With My Heart”

PREMIERE: Pete Mancini’s “Quit Playing Games With My Heart”

ByRachel CholstFeb 8, 2022

There’s something about Pete Mancini’s high and lonesome songwriting that really gets me. Pete was game to cover anything I wanted for the Adobe & Teardrops 10th Anniversary fundraiser for Jewish-led immigrant rights group Never Again Action. So, what would…