Category: Artist Promotion
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Marsha Swanson, ‘Something Real’
Marsha Swanson has spent decades sitting with children in rooms where big feelings show up uninvited, and you can hear every bit of that experience in “Something Real.” This isn’t a novelty children’s song dressed up with jingly production. It’s a quiet, honest piece of songwriting that trusts young listeners…
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Julia Thomsen, ‘Meet You In Nottinghill’
There’s a stillness to “Meet You In Notting Hill” that I haven’t been able to shake since my first listen. Julia Thomsen and Raphael Beaudon’s debut collaboration, out now, is the kind of piano piece you put on when you want the room to go quiet with you. Beaudon takes…
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Cloud, ‘Nobody’s Dreaming’
Cloud has a way of making you wait for it. “Nobody’s Dreaming,” out June 26th, opens so quietly you barely notice it start, then it grows around you until you realize you’re already deep inside it. I put this on expecting background noise and ended up sitting still for four…
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Thomas Cole, ‘Stubble’
Thomas Cole has a knack for making the ordinary feel like a discovery, and “Stubble” is his latest proof of that. Out July 17, the track takes something most guys shave off without a second thought and turns it into the whole point of the song. The chorus is the…
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Garret T. Willie, ‘Bill’s Cafe’
There’s a real risk in naming an album after a family landmark. It can come off forced, like a marketing angle dressed up as sincerity. Garret T. Willie avoids that trap completely on Bill’s Café, because the record actually sounds like it grew out of that place rather than being…
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BUSHMAN, ‘Reggae In Nashville’
“Reggae in Nashville” by BUSHMAN is a song with actual backbone. It is a track that feels like it knows exactly what it’s doing. The production sits in that interesting space between classic reggae and what’s happening now. You hear the weight of the tradition everywhere. Bob Marley and Peter…
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