“Change the Conversation” by Beverly Keel (Chair/Professor of MTSU’s Department of Recording Industry and Music Journalist). Keel touched on the disadvantages for female artists, especially within country music. She stated that radio stations were frowned upon from playing a female artists back-to-back. Rarely female country artists even make the top

Polish producer Simon O’Shine presents future trance anthem “Sunstalgia” on Trance All-Star Records. With the recent world phenomena of the solar eclipse, this tune has all the sunny feels. A mysterious bass build up transcends to an euphoric breakdown of light keyboard melodies, emulating the sunlight. From there you catch your breathe and exhale to a combination of an uplifting musical climax. O’Shine’s creation is to the trance “t” and open to remixed interpretations. Simon O’Shine2017 Luminosity Beach Festival SetFacebookTwitter Trance All-StarsWebsite
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Charleston based pop/rock group SondorBlue globally releases their latest single, “Ashely Ave.”. Much like their personalities, the guys invite you for a warm welcome into their home, where the tune was written and recorded. Acoustically, “Ashely Ave.” has all the cozy feels of great singer/songwriters before them. This song is perfectly timed in release, given our…

“Kings” Review. U.K. based producer, James Brewer aka Frameworks, unleashes visual to his eclectic single “Titles” from his recent album “Kings”. Director Simon Brooks puts a perspective frame between music and dance. Between the jazzy downtempo, soft hip-hop rhythm, and lounge electronics, Brooks creates a slight slow…

When it comes to music, nothing says family tradition quite like Hank Williams. Like his father before him, Hank Williams Jr. is an exceptional storyteller and crafted musician. Despite being a world-renown singer/songwriter, Jr. prefers to perform below the mason-dixion line and instills skills crafted from former tutors such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Fats Domino, just to name a few. It is these skills that enable him to switch instruments, as frequently as he changes hats, without missing mid line. Although his lyrics and stage sayings project his political and personal views, Jr. his an introvert at heart and is very much the core of American country music…

“Instrumental artist Frameworks, part of Emanicpator’s distinguished label Loci Recors, has returned for the full unveiling of his forthcoming album KINGS. This release follows his collaboration remix of label-mate Tor’s “Vaults” from Blue Book Remixed. While appearing on the label’s tour, Frameworks has built up quite a bit of anticipation for the release of this ambient work of art”. – Magnum PR…

With the heat of summer still steadily rising, nothing quite brings in cool vibes than music. This year I ventured out of my east coast element and drove down to the sizzle (no exaggeration) that is Tampa, Florida. Lyrical rock gods Incubus just kicked off their album “8” tour with special guests Judah & The Lion and Jimmy Eat World. The tour will be well into the fall season and certainly worth a click…

Once again traveling along the cobblestone’s of Charleston, we find recent CofC graduate Taylor Czerwinski hard at work reviving the arts and music culture. As the city looses historical businesses and gains (yet another) hotel, Czerwinski is striving to piece together Charleston’s rich musical scene with the vast melting pot around her…

Faber & Faber are proud to announce a beautiful, full-color collection of the diaries and photographs of Karl Hyde, half of the pioneering electronic duo Underworld.
“Hyde proves himself an able and enigmatic writer with an intriguing and absorbing way of chronicling the world he finds himself in” – Loud and Quiet….

Behind every great album lies an unheard story. Now, as the sun sets on 2016, Portland’s very own Emancipator shares the story of his debut album, “Soon It Will Be Cold Enough” through his latest release: a double-sided EP titled “Maps & Father King…