Nia Andrews is a painter of music. Her palate is full of textures and time signatures, a rich bluesy voice, a penchant for story telling and smart melodies. Her canvas is the EP Colours (February 2013), four rich songs of rhythm, blues and soul excellence-the title track for which appears here. Colours (the song) is a nice change-up from the common 4/4 time signature (I’m not a music theory expert, but I believe this is 6/8 time) and is a smart visual landscape, which…
Read MoreJust the right touches of swing and rhythm and blues makes Kassy Key and The Rain Dogs a compelling listening experience. Kassy Key has a great vocal for this style-a sassy, full on alto, dripping with bluesy greatness. The Raindogs provide excellent backup horns, bass and rhythms, sometimes popping up front for the limelight-and not in a bad way. Here on Sleight Of Hand, from the band’s latest EP (available via i-Tunes) you can hear all of those elements. The…
Read MoreCombining healthy doses of power pop, rhythm and blues and hip-hop, Toussaint Morrison (actor, model, singer) melds his hopeless romantic with his musical self. The results are a lot of fun, as seen here on Can’t Relive The Party from his Toussaint Morrison Is Not My Boyfriend long-player (August 2012) available for …ahem… FREE, on bandcamp.com. You can find more information on Toussaint Morrison by visiting his web site, Facebook page, Twitter feed and MySpace link, and others. Take a listen…
Read MoreThere are decidedly very few instrumental-only posts on this blog, mostly because stories are sometimes hard to find without words, but not always. Enter the New York City 10 piece aftro-rock-funk EMEFE and Stutter, from the bands July 2012 long-player, Good Future. This is a very skillful group of musicians, borrowing from multiple styles, rhythm and blues, funk, jazz, rock and more, to create a rich and fully textured soundscape. This is music to get your groove on, to cleanse your soul, to fill…
Read MoreBaby’s Got It rewinds you back to the mid 70’s era and the melding of R&B and disco. That said, there is something fresh sounding about Maylee Todd’s bouncy delivery. This is fun music to listen to and probably more fun to dance to. Baby’s Got It is available as a single from bandcamp.com and worth the buck (depending on exchange rates) that you’ll pay for it. Check out Maylee Todd on her web site, complete with social links, and consider a…
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