If you haven't heard of Lady Blackbird yet, you will in due time. The Los Angeles-based singer is turning heads in the jazz and music world with her distinctly strong and raw voice. Gilles Peterson called Lady Blackbird "the Grace Jones of Jazz," while others compared her to Amy Winehouse and other classic vocalists. These comparisons and inspirations are fairly amazing. Marley... read full bio
The Dangerous Summer is a melodic emo band that started playing rock music right out of high school. Before disbanding, the Baltimore band achieved wide recognition with their debut Reach for the Sun and a Warped Tour performance after signing with Hopeless Records. They got back together for The Hazardous Summer and Mother Nature after a four-year break. The Dangerous... read full bio
Double-platinum selling, multiple-BRIT nominated Cat Burns, a musician from South London, released her brand-new song, "live more & love more." "Live more & love more" is an upbeat song that is overflowing with inspirational messages. It has brilliant guitar melodies and a fantastic vocal performance from Cat. Her latest song comes after "people pleaser," which has received over 20 million streams worldwide. In... read full bio
The "devastating riffs and catchy hooks" game is played by a select few bands, but Beartooth's music is the difference between life and death. These young men may come across as laid-back, endearing and gregarious, yet there is an inner agony simmering beneath that is only quenched by the brutal music they perform. Songs like "Fed Up," "Sick of Me" and... read full bio
Pablo Davila and his best buddy Bruno Segovia created the band Irist. The twosome recruited fellow Atlantans Adam Mitchell and Jason Belisha, who are both originally from Argentina and Chile. Yet until Brazilian vocalist Rodrigo Carvalho joined the group, Irist wouldn't truly become Irist. After making gradual progress as songwriters and engaging in a protracted courting with legendary A&R executive Monte... read full bio
With more than 10 million views on their irresistible hit "Sharpen Up," High Fade are Scotland's most innovative contribution to the new era of funk and disco. The band is currently on the rise in the UK and Scottish Funk scene. The demand for High Fade's distinctive sound has increased as a result of their appearance on "Jazz Nights" with Seonaid... read full bio
Kenny Anderson, a Scottish singer/songwriter who has also been a part-time member of Magnetophone and U.N.P.O.C. and has performed with Adem, is King Creosote. He previously sang with Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra and Khartoum Heroes. Anderson has released over two dozen CD-Rs on his own label, Fence, which he co-founded with brothers Een (as Pip Dylan) and Gordon (aka Lone Pigeon).... read full bio
Shaka Ponk are the French electro-punk collective best known for its digitally animated monkey figure, Goz, and were formed a year before Damon Albarn's Gorillaz came onto the world. The band was founded by web designer Frah and guitarist CC, who experimented with various visual techniques before bringing in bassist Thias and drummer Bobe-OD to round out their roster. The... read full bio
David Nihill got intoxicated on travel after leaving Dublin, where he was born and raised, and never recovered. He has lived and worked in twelve countries and traveled to more than seventy. His concerts are inspired by his extensive travels, cultural observations, language studies, (occasional) international drinking session(s) and being somewhat confused immigrant. David won the prestigious annual San Francisco Comedy Competition (prior finalists... read full bio
Ray Dalton is poised for big things with his major-label solo debut and new soul-pop song "In My Bones" (available now on Epic Records). In both cadence and content, the song is an inspiring driving force for good. It mixes Dalton's distinct voice, the heart of old spirituals and Adele's anthemic soul in "Rolling in the Deep." It's the first single in... read full bio
Psycodelics' Black American music has always melded foundations of blues, jazz and disco with contemporary funk rock. The R&B fusion group, which began as a four-piece with bassist/vocalist Cam Wescott, keyboardist Noah Jones, drummer Sean Bing and guitarist Whitt Burn, has already taken many forms, adding guitarist James Rubush and drummer Demario Kitt to its ranks and allowing local musicians like Kanika... read full bio
Beth McCarthy, a talented singer-songwriter from Yorkshire, is a featured artist. Beth has recently been working really hard in the studio to finish her new album. She has made available a live recording of the incredibly moving and intimate song "Left Behind" as a sample. We really like this one, and there are hints of Missy Higgins in it. Despite having... read full bio
Barbara Piévic, better known by her stage name Barbara Pravi, was born into an artistic and musical family in Paris. Her mother has Iranian ancestry, while her paternal grandpa was of Serbian descent. As a nod to the Serbian term prava, which signifies genuine, Barbara chose the stage name Pravi. First, a record agreement was presented to Barbara Pravi. She performed... read full bio
Ashley Monroe started creating songs that unexpectedly revealed themselves after releasing her Grammy-nominated LP The Blade. These songs were prodded loose after working through pain and conflict from her youth. Monroe lost her father when she was a young girl and the experience was difficult for both her and her mother as they tried to figure out their new places in the... read full bio
The career of singer-songwriter Alexander Cardinale is similar to a well-known tale of the underdog. The native of Monterey spent a decade on his own, independently building a fan following and a reputation in the music industry. His perseverance and commitment led to support positions on large-scale tours and his music was used in a plethora of popular TV programs. Alexander received... read full bio
Meet Cherise; her journey thus far has been nothing short of spectacular. The soul singer from London is truly a force to be reckoned with. She was named Vocalist of the Year by the Parliamentary Jazz Awards and Jazz FM's Vocalist of the Year due to her extraordinary talent. Cherise recently appeared with jazz great Gregory Porte in a Disney... read full bio
Bill Ryder-Jones, an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer, songwriter and producer, began his musical career as the lead guitarist for the Coral, a well-known Hoylake-based psychedelic pop band, with whom he spent 12 years before launching a solo career. During this time, he wrote scores for movies like Bed and Piggy and released more song-based solo albums like the ambitious If... and... read full bio
Duncan Laurence, a pop artist from the Netherlands, is well-known for being on The Voice Holland and for taking home the Eurovision Song Contest title. He followed up his breakthrough by releasing Small Town Boy, his platinum-selling debut album. Over the next two years, more hits like "Stars" and "Electric Life" were released. Laurence first made a name for himself when... read full bio
James Reid, an actor, singer, songwriter and record producer, is a true artist with a relentless enthusiasm for honing his craft. The president and founder of Careless is James. He is driven to find and develop musicians, and by giving Careless artists visibility on a global stage, he wants to take the local music scene to the next level. The core of... read full bio
Jonna Lee, the originator and frontwoman of iamamiwhoami, has a solo project called ionnalee. Ionnalee stands for a fresh start as well as the continuation of an ongoing narrative. A decade into her solo career, Swedish pop maverick Jonna Lee departs from the avant-garde audio/visual world she helped pioneer in the form of the enigmatic audiovisual project iamamiwhoami with a rawer,... read full bio
