June Star, the recording project of Baltimore-based singer-songwriter Andrew Grimm, take a clear-eyed, measured look at the concept of falling in love on the tender “Afraid of the Fall,” the latest release from their forthcoming album How We See it Now (out April 16).
Nashville indie-folk and Americana group Lake & Lyndale’s “Still Here” is a song for anyone with a dream. The soulful track is about overcoming obstacles through tenacity and perseverance.
“I watch the flicker and the flame/I stay the same,” vocalist Channing Marie sings. “Doubters call me crazy, saying that it’s just a matter of time/ Waiting for the day I pack my bags so they can say there were right/ But I’m still here.” READ MORE…
“Once in a While,” the latest song shared from Michelle Billingsley’s debut album Not the Marrying Kind, out June 12 on Western Myth Records, teams the Chicago-based singer-songwriter with fellow band leader Wild Earp. No one’s going to confuse this particular example of the pair’s harmonies with those of Emmylou Harris and Don Williams, but that’s by design. A song about the insecurities that arise in a relationship works best as an out of sync conversation, and Billingsley and Earp prove their storytelling chops by nailing the right level of disconnection. READ MORE…
Fans of Atlanta’s Nikki & The Phantom Callers do not have to hail from the Bible belt for their well-intentioned family’s faith to complicate their bouts with depression. And well beyond what folks in Alabama and Georgia call “Baptist guilt”, mental health issues carry a stigma that’s slowly but surely being socially demystified. READ MORE…
Sylvia Rose Novak weaves together heartbreak and apocalyptic imagery on the gripping, steel-laden “Waiting On October,” the latest single from her forthcoming album Bad Luck (out May 8).
Kentucky country singer-songwriter Andy Brasher offers a sweet, tender country ballad just in time for Valentine’s Day with “If She Loves,” a tribute to a partner who “loves whole-heartedly” from Brasher’s forthcoming album Myna Bird.
Brasher says he wrote the song for his girlfriend, Tamarra.
“I’ve been looking forward to releasing ‘If She Loves’ probably more than any one song on the record,” Brasher tells Wide Open Country. “It’s personal. I wrote it for my girlfriend, Tamarra, who embodies the song. And it just so happens to be coming out on Valentine’s Day! The first time I performed it live, she was in the audience and I decided to lock eyes with her through the entire song. Kind of as a joke at first, kinda to watch her squirm a little and see how she’d react. Maybe she’d crack up? Maybe she’d get nervous, knowing that there were so many people watching us?