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Rockford Road – Temptation (Spotify)
“-Rockford Road- fenced -temptation - a variety of beautiful shades, a variety of melodies, which betrayed music from their charm and a unique style. Soothing, melodic, and perfectly combined with lively instruments.”
“-Rockford Road- оградили своё детище -Temptation- множеством красивых оттенков, разнообразием мелодии, что предало музыке свой шарм и уникальный стиль. Успокаивающая, мелодичная и идеально сочетающаяся с звучащими живыми инструментами.”
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Up tempo, driving song with great guitar work and some very nice harmonies.
Squeeze Me/ Official Music Video / Sweet Megg & Ricky Alexander (Video)
“The original jazz composition -Squeeze Me- convincingly breaks all visible and invisible patterns, once again proving that jazz is an immortal classic. Virtuoso, expressive improvisation in its best manifestation!”
“Оригинальная джазовая композиция -Squeeze Me- убедительно разрывает все видимые и невидимые шаблоны, в очередной раз доказывая, что джаз это бессмертная классика. Виртуозная, экспрессивная импровизация в своём лучшем проявлении!”
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Sweet Megg and Ricky Alexander give their take on the Louis Armstrong classic, “Squeeze Me” in the latest cut off of the duo’s new album, “I’m in Love Again”- a delightful compilation of 20’s and 30’s jazz songs.
https://www.facebook.com/sweetmegg
https://www.instagram.com/sweet.megg/
Alyssa Jacey – Drowning Me (Spotify)
“Alyssa Jacey is here to add some colour in our grey lives. The famous singer/songwriter can easily attract with her advanced vocal capabilities and obviously create a positive impression. This is a representative example from the Electro Pop scene. Enjoy!”
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http://www.alyssajacey.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alyssajaceymusic
https://www.instagram.com/AlyssaJaceyOfficial
Alyssa Jacey is a multi-genre, award-winning singer/songwriter, inspirational career coach, and professional dancer/choreographer. Her other love affairs like motivational speaking, acting, modeling, improv musical comedy, and TV Hosting became more than just part-time passions after moving to Nashville nearly 10 years ago from her hometown San Diego, California. Her infectious personality, easy-going music, and smooth vocals make Jacey a deeply original artist. With her many fans, including legendary artist manager, Doc McGhee (Bon Jovi, Kiss, Motley Crue, Darius Rucker), and Ron Delsener (President of Live Nation, NYC) this quintuple threat cannot be overlooked! Jacey was about to turn 24 when she learned she could sing for the first time. Until the stage became her second home as an artist, she had unknowingly been greatly influenced over the years by the vocal stylings of Sarah McLachlan, Joss Stone, Amy Grant, and Jewel, which fans later would credit for her honey-like tone. Other vocal comparisons have been made to Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow, and Alison Krauss, as well as Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. However, when you take a listen to her catalog of over 400 songs (a quarter of them released), you’ll notice she only sounds like one person…herself
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyssa_Jacey
Jon Thorstensen – Secret Place (Spotify)
“Norwegian composer, guitarist Jon Thorstensen has gathered around him a band of superb musicians to deliver this modern day Jazz / Funk classic. Positively oozing with quality, ‘Secret Place’ is everything you would expect from such an accomplished ensemble. It’s creative, inventive it’s familiar and above all, it’s class.”
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Secret Place is instrumental jazz created by the Norwegian composer and guitar player Jon Thorstensen. The reminiscence of Steely Dan might come to mind in the harmonic language and the interplay between guitar and horn section. Inspiration comes from different musical sources for instance guitar slingers like John Scofield, Mike Stern, Jim Hall and John Abercrombie to The Meters and Earth Wind & Fire.
https://www.facebook.com/jon.thorstensen.35
Turbo Knight, Edictum – Andromeda (Spotify)
“Here on ‘Andromeda’ there is creativity in abundance. Turbo Knight & Edictum are positively exploding with imagination. This track is bursting with a huge variety of emotion, melody,rhythmic percussion, evolving sequences & dynamic variance. A massive Synthwave meets Trance anthem. Big thumbs up for the B side too.”
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Turbo Knight & Edictum are blending Trance with Synthwave to create a 100 % Spacewave EP.
https://www.facebook.com/edictum303/
https://www.instagram.com/edictum303
https://twitter.com/turbo_knight
Dub Boat – Signs (Spotify)
“The main qualities of -Signs- are the melody and energy of Reggae. Music that has a magnetic effect, filled with mentality, meaning and love from its creators. Deep work that can easily attract you.”
“Главные качества -Signs- это мелодия и энергетика reggae. Музыка, которая обладает магнетическим эффектом, она наполнена душевностью, смыслом и любовью автора. Глубокое произведение, слушается легко и очень приятно!”
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https://dubboat.bandcamp.com/
https://dubboat.com/
Mike Caudell on Saxophone in song Signs.
Dub Boat is an instrumental Reggae band hailing from Boston's North Shore. The band brings influences from Jazz, Rock, Funk and Soul to create a unique Reggae sound, with heavy grooves, deep pockets, and catchy melodies. The band includes current and former members of Soul Rebel Project, The Brew, Cold Engines, and the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. Dub Boat's self-titled 2020 debut release charts new territories in Reggae music.
Jon Persson - Trumpet
Adam Saylor - Bass
David Drouin - Guitar
John Funkhouser - Keyboards
Aaron Zaroulis - Drums
Elliot Cole: Bloom ft. Jordan Dodson, Gabriel Cabezas, and Stas Chernyshev (Video)
“The patterning of Elliot Cole’s amazing piece in four parts for guitar, cello and clarinet is inspired by digital delay audio effects, only played live. It is an experience, rather than just a piece of music, one that demands the full attention of the listener. The guitar playing is at times sublime, the percussive range of the cello is on full display and the clarinet completes the trio to perfection.”
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Bloom is a fast and intense trio for guitarist Jordan Dodson, clarinetist Stas Chernyshev, and cellist Gabe Cabezas (Paul Simon). Its patterning is inspired by digital delay audio effects used in electronic music production, but with the echoes all played live. It’s the opening set of my album Nightflower. (It’s 1 piece in 4 parts — all one track on YouTube, but broken out into 4 tracks on Spotify.)
http://elliotcole.com/
Elliot Cole (*1984) is a composer, music technologist, and “charismatic contemporary bard” (NY Times). He scored Evolver (e.d. Terrence Malick), alongside Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) and Wu Tang Clan, and he has written for and performed with GRAMMY Winners Roomful of Teeth, GRAMMY Nominees A Far Cry and Metropolis Ensemble, as well as Alkemie Early Music Ensemble, the Lucerne Festival Academy, and as a member of the book-club-band Oracle Hysterical. His percussion music evokes “sparkling icicles of sound” (Rolling Stone) and has been performed by over 250 ensembles all over the world, including the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, the Swedish Royal Opera, the Toho Orchestra Academy in Japan, and at the Big Ears music festival. Community performances of his Flowerpot Music through Make Music Day are becoming an annual tradition; in 2021 over 500 participants brought the piece to parks in 40 cities around the world. He has taught courses at Juilliard, Princeton, Manhattan School of Music, and The New School, and was invited to Google to share his explorations in music through computer programming. He is currently on faculty at the The New School and Juilliard Evening Division, and is Program Director of Musicambia at Sing Sing, where he runs a music school for incarcerated men.
Michael Kobrin – Calling You Now (Video)
“-Calling You Now- is a real musical ballad with the hookiest vocal qualities. -Michael Kobrin- has a unique style that gives his songs a special highlight. Also the guitar strings, in combination with the aforementioned vocals, result in something incredible.”
“-Calling You Now- настоящая музыкальная баллада. Что вас непременно зацепит – так это вокал. -Michael Kobrin- имеет уникальный стиль, который придает его песням свою особенную, неповторимую изюминку, а игра на гитаре, в сочетании с вышеупомянутым вокалом творят что-то невероятное.”
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https://www.michaelkobrin.com/
https://www.instagram.com/michaelkobrin
Kobrin performs in numerous countries at festivals and at major events and is internationally recognized as a “jaw-dropping” artist. He has released his 2nd album under the renowned label, “Candyrat records”.
Michael has received more than 16 million views on social media of his performances from fans worldwide, and with his unique style, he is often invited to collaborate with other artists.
Michael has also performed in TV shows such as The next star.
Dylan Rockoff – Magic (Spotify)
“Not a single note should be ignored in this crazy dose of a perfect musical drug. -Magic- sounds with ease and pleasure. With its positive vibrations gives good emotions and the desire to enjoy life.”
“Ни одной лишней ноты, только сумасшедшая доза совершенного музыкального наркотика. -Magic- звучит легко и непринуждённо, своими позитивными вибрациями дарит хорошие эмоции и желание радоваться жизни.”
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http://www.facebook.com/dylanrockoffmusic
https://www.instagram.com/dylanrockoff
RANI – Sugar Rush (official video) (Video)
“Completely emotional chorus and beautiful arrangement, which gives an excellent mood and energy charge! Thin and graceful design of polished sound and its amazing quality. Melodic and romantic atmosphere under the title of “Sugar Rush”!”
“Совершенно эмоциональный припев и красивейшая аранжировка, которая дарит превосходное настроение и заряд энергии! Тонкое и грациозное исполнение, отшлифованный звук и его изумительное качество. Мелодичностью и романтическая атмосфера – слоган трека Sugar Rush!”
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RANI delivers a love-filled summer with Sugar Rush
https://rani.lnk.to/SUGARRUSH
She is the voice of Sam Feldt’s hit song Post Malone, and collaborated with David Guetta on the single ‘Get Together’. Earlier, we saw RANI release two EPs of her own. Now RANI releases her third solo EP, called EP6.
https://www.facebook.com/RANIOFFICIAL2020
Out now RANI’s new single Sugar Rush, the first of three tracks on her latest EP: EP6. An EP dedicated to love and all its facets, as RANI herself explains:
‘We feel love in all kinds of ways and forms. EP6 is about love for the people around me. About falling in love, that high feeling and those crazy feelings you get the moment you really like someone. It’s about friendship and the worries you can have about someone. But also about the dark side of love and going through the pain of a broken heart’.
https://www.instagram.com/shannonrani_/
In addition to Sugar Rush, EP6 also features tracks Mr. Perfect and Rewind, a sneak preview of the debut album 396 that will be released later this year. Earlier, we saw RANI release her first two solo EPs: EP3 and EP9. The three tracks on EP6 showcase another fine piece of songwriting. RANI writes with a vulnerability and honesty about finding her way to adulthood and all of that in a pop/R&B/hip-hop sauce. Something the singer will be able to show live in November when she performs as a support act during Greyson Chance’s European tour. This will be followed by another tour of RANI along the Dutch pop stages.
RANI saw her breakthrough in 2019 and could be heard on Sam Feldt’s hit Post Malone. Earlier this year, she also saw the release of ‘Get Together’, on which she collaborated with David Guetta as singer and co-writer. This single was part of a global campaign for Tuborg. Her previous releases EP3 and EP9 were received with great enthusiasm at home and abroad. The international music blog Unheard Gems wrote that RANI is ‘fast becoming the new queen of R&B pop’. MTV also named her MTV Push Artist of the Month in March this year and she became Kickstart Artist at XITE in April. According to Glamour, RANI is ‘the empowering singer that the Netherlands needs’.