May 15th, 2009
by JW Richard.
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It’s a rock-pop mood today with some slight detours, so here’s the playlist:
Dove Hunter – What Turns Inside
Gregory Douglass – Cathedrals
Hong Kong in the 60’s – Fox’s Wedding
Levi Kreis – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
N’Dambi – Young Lady
Wendy and Lisa – Niagara Falls
Mid*One – Easy Come and Easy Go
Darci Monet – Jezebel
May 11th, 2009
by JW Richard.
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Bringing both a throaty rock vocal, as well as a soft acoustic touch, songwriter, Darci Monet’s Fusion drops on May 12th, 2009. Just in case the name doesn’t ring a bell with you, she is a songwriting partner of Levi Kreis, whom we’ve just featured here and on popolio.com.
Take a listen to the single, “Jezebel”, [...]
May 6th, 2009
by JW Richard.
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Bringing adult/contemporary and jazz, here’s today’s playlist:
“Street Sound” by Pimps of Joytime
“Hold On” by Nathan Haines feat. Tama Waipara and Joel Haines
“The Optimist” by Stan Harrison
“Fractions” by Timeline
“Beautiful fate” by Astronauts of Antiquity
“For My Children’s Love” by Finley Quaye
“Sixty-Five” by Roland Satterwhite
Apr 29th, 2009
by JW Richard.
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Pop-rock songwriter and performer, Levi Kreis, took some down time between performances of The Million Dollar Quartet in Chicago took talk about his new CD, Where I Belong, which will be available Tuesday, May 5. During the interview, listen for these snippets from the new CD, “Gonna Be Alright” and “Stained Glass [...]
Apr 22nd, 2009
by JW Richard.
Freddie has a great podcast conversation with R&B/soul artist, Wayna. She talks about her recent Grammy nomination for her interpolation of Minnie Riperton’s “Lovin’ You”, from her 2008 disc, Higher Ground. However, it’s the song, “Billieclub”, that the most ironic success for her. That’s because she was arrested at a Houston airport [...]
Apr 10th, 2009
by JW Richard.
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“Get yourself together or fall apart…
Make your mind up or let yourself down”
Those words played through my mind as chorus to encourage decision this week. Then Lukid puts this slinky rhythm on it and it’s just nice. Following that :By Design (formerly known as Autolect) brings the track, “Coping Mechanism”. [...]
Apr 6th, 2009
by JW Richard.
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Comandante Zero is Ken White and Dan Freeman, professional musicians hailing from New York and they bring a rhythmic party groove that gets you up. They also have a unique goal to get their music out to you called the Indie Way, which you can find out about here. Essentially, because they want [...]
Apr 6th, 2009
by JW Richard.
Been seeing a lot of Canadian love in the site stats. Well, thanks for enjoying the site. Say “hi” every once in a while .