The Lift is a collaboration between singer/songwriter Amber Ojeda and pianist/musical director Davy Nathan. Lost In The Middle is a slightly bluesy, jangling pop gem about the complexity of a relationship between two women and their more traditional relationship with the men in their lives that leaves them feeling lost. It’s a bit sad, and speaks volumes about relationships in general, and how they can be much more complex than they appear on the outside. Beyond that, the music is dreamy and…
Read MoreNew Zealand singer Jan Hellriegel’s brand of alternative pop rock can foster her low alto growl, heard here at times on 2 X 2 from a 2010 video that was eventually released on her July 2012 long-player All Grown Up. Hellriegel’s tunes have a soaring, anthemic quality, with very catchy melodies. Her voice can be nearly bass at times but rises to much higher tones throughout the music to add a real richness in vocal texture; And 2 X 2 is no accident as…
Read MoreIt is by no means a surprise after listening to An Open Letter To Stephen Fry by Molly Lewis, that she once job shadowed with Johnathan Coulton, because the humor in this piece is more than a little Coulton-esque-and that is a good thing! Molly Lewis just released (June 2013) The Same Old Songs, But Live, which includes Letter as well as eight other originals and covers. The intro she does for Letter is funny all by itself….
Read MoreTouches of vocal jazz and blues echo throughout iSeo Pompaelo’s I Lost Count from her August 2013 EP, Red Garden. iSeo’s voice is somewhat reminiscent of Sade, though truly iSeo is decidedly immersed in her own unique sound. The video from 2012 (seen here) is sparse and simple, highlighting iSeo’s guitar and vocal, while the EP version is a bit richer, adding in tasteful keyboards, xylophone, a bit of echo to the early and late vocals, and just a touch of percussion…
Read MoreUpdate: The original video is gone. There are some live performance videos out there, but I always prefer studio quality. Here is an audio-only version: Adrian Bourgeois makes happy feeling pop music for mass appeal. He has been releasing videos off and on for a few years, including Everybody Knows It Was Me (seen here) from 2011, which is also included on his new 24 track double-CD, Pop/Art, scheduled for release in February 2014. (For the thirsty, a pre-order of the physical…
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