Incredible indie / chamber-pop group Takénobu released their new album, Always Leave a Note, early last month to rave reviews. Now the truly dynamic duo—singer-cellistNick Ogawa and his wife, singer-violinist Kathryn Koch—have teamed up with Ghost Cult to share the evocative new video for their single “Got To Get By.” The track is an entrancing melodic wonder, with haunted vocals, a super-catchy hook and deep lyrics that draw you in. Coupled with this amazing video, the visuals are sure to drum up a well of emotions about isolation, mental health and trying to cope through these dark times.
Americana Highways compares Bill Filipiak’s new record to Tom Waits & Otis Taylor
If Tom Waits decided to sing some bluegrass-type songs dipped in a jar of blues spices he’d be as good as Bill Filipiak. 55-year-old Bill comes from the same cloth as Otis Taylor—as he unravels a gritty, upbeat, convincing array of bruised ballads of glittering fragments. Bits of glass in the sidewalk. There’s experience in his musical notes.
Medicine I Need (drops Oct 1 – independent) is Bill’s 3rd LP of welded-together dusty blues, undercurrents of burlesque, foot-stomping boots on the wooden porch & wailing harmonicas scaring off the crows. The penetration of his vintage-ness is ripe. He could sing folk, blues, minstrel & spirituals and still come out the real thing. “Fearing the Dawn” is country-blues brawn & grit.
Read more & check out Bill Filipiak’s recent single “Fearing the Dawn” at Americana Highways.
Live For Live Music reviews the new single from Angela Perley, “Here for You,” calling it an “intensely personal song,” and Perley herself, an “indomitable spirit.”
Emerging Ohio singer-songwriter Angela Perley has returned with an anthem of the post-lockdown era, “Here For You”. The latest track from the genre-defying vintage psych-folk-rock artist serves as a preview of a forthcoming solo album.
Glide Magazine debuts the lead single and video from Manuel the Band, “Without Me,” calling it “euphoric and hopeful.”
Hailing from Long Beach, California, Manuel the Band blurs the lines between rock, pop, and jam music, creating a warm, wide-ranging sound that’s every bit as diverse as the group’s Southern California stomping grounds.
Elmore Magazine debuts new video from William Russell Wallace, “Mormon Cocaine.”
“William Russell Wallace’s new album, Confidence Man brings us down-and-out reprobates through keen-eyed satire. Wallace marries gravitas and humor, delivering the punch lines with uncanny timing.”
American Songwriter debuts the new single from Angela Perley, “Here for You,” calling it “rootsy-rock (clad with an irresistible slide guitar line), a laid-back backbeat, and big, rich harmonies on the chorus.”
While 2020 is getting smaller and smaller in the proverbial rear-view mirror, the effects of the stress felt society-wide during that turbulent year are still fresh on a lot of folks’ minds… including Columbus, Ohio’s Angela Perley.
“I was in need of a mental escape,” she explains to American Songwriter. “I was also listening to a lot of Gram Parsons… and when I get inspired, I usually try to let it flow and write music.”