Rikke has released her new album and it’s billed as an album of conflicts, goodbyes, and new beginnings. With that as a premise, it intrigued me enough to want to do a deep delve into this. Always A Part Of Me This is an acoustic number that goes for the heartstrings from the first line: …
Hello Jaidson how are you? I’m awesome, thank you… Congratulations on the release of “Smoke Screens” how does it feel? Smoke Screens has been an awesome project thus far, the whole creative process was amazing. What’s the story behind the song? I wanted to create a song with high pop rhythm and hence Smoke Screens …
Hello Lola, how are you? I’m good thank you ❤️ Hope you’re well!I’m great thankyou for asking! Congratulations on the release of “Jump The Gun” how does it feel? Thanks so much! Releasing Jump The Gun feels absolutely amazing. It’s always a mix of excitement and anxiety inducing nerves putting new music out into the world, but …
Well! Vulfpeck dropped fire again. I mean it’s Vulfpeck… what do you expect? Just to give you a bit of background, I get recommended tracks from everywhere. There are the usual sources, instagram, Spotify release radar, going through the FOTN inbox, Apple Music, the precious PRs, pluggers, record labels, other bloggers… but this one? This …
Now this is an interesting one, very jazzy, and sophisticated. I love jazzy and sophisticated. In a listening post that sat comfortably among folk songs, hip hop and a full blown concerto this just testifies to the taste of the team and the diversity of what comes through. It makes it hard to choose your …
Mia Wilks is back with a new single, and this one is a stunning acoustic number in 3/4 time. Having had Mia on my radar for the last year or so, I know that she’s very capable of multiple genres. She’s very thoughtful with her lyrics, and this is a case in point. “Don’t be …
First of all, let’s get this out of the way. Hiromi is a badass on the piano. No. Let me say it louder for those that didn’t hear me in the back. Hiromi is a badass on the piano. I SAID WHAT I SAID! This track starts off with a fun synth lead, it’s an …
In honour of the epic news that The Doobie Brothers and Michael McDonald are putting out a new album after 40 years I thought I’d revisit this classic track from 1976. What do I like about this song? Well. EVERYTHING! The first time I ever heard it was when I watched Forrest Gump. It was …
Oh my word. On first hearing this track I thought it was a long forgotten track from the 60s left in the archives of some studio in Memphis. The vocals are rough, and full of blues and soul, Ben l’Oncle Soul’s voice does not show his 41 years of age he sings with a power …
Hello Mike how are you? I’m ok, thank you for asking. Congratulations on the release of “Satsuma” how does it feel? Thank you – it feels wonderful. I like the concept I came up with, I executed to the best of my abilities, and it’s been received well by my fans so far, so that’s …
