Steve Andrews is a green-bearded singer-songwriter leading the way with songs to save the oceans and stop plastic pollution. Where Does All The Plastic Go? Produced by Jayce Lewis, this protest song is a call to action that is getting heard worldwide, most recently in Portugal, where it garnered a full-page story. It’s also featured […]
Estella Dawn – “Pretty” – unfiltered in its vulnerability and confessional lyricism
You’d never want to reduce Estella Dawn’s music strictly to formulas, but the strength of her releases tend to have a pretty strong correlation to three factors: the amount of affecting emotion she puts into her performances, the amount of songwriting skill loaded into each track, and the amount the of refined vocal prowess she […]
Presley Duyck – “Happy 22!” finds a way to weave together emotions and sounds
To 20-year-old singer/songwriter, Presley Duyck from Dallas, TX, a single is a body of work that expresses an experience or topical moment in her life, not just a random collection of chords and words. Nowhere is this ethos more present than on her new single, “Happy 22!” Listening to the song it’s easy to imagine how […]
Presley Duyck – “Passenger Seat” sketches an impassioned woman of many complexities
Once you press play on “Passenger Seat”, Presley Duyck’s sound is special from the start—a lyrically driven, rhythmically compelling blend of folk, pop and indie-rock, all placed under a sturdy radio-ready overhead. There is a blend of attitude-fueled confidence and self-ownership, together with resonating and earthy vocals which stand out completely from the instrumental. Presley […]
Arda & The Stolen Moon – “Outsider in Perpetual Motion” balances modernism and naturalism
Four years ago, after playing the Café circuit in London, and then forming as a band, Arda & The Stolen Moon – a project that showcases the talent of Cyprian singer-songwriter Arda – hooked up with producer Robert Camassa to produce the critically acclaimed album “Minutes into Years”. The same team hit the studio last […]
Sean Teahan – “Mirror” – In search of a sense of freedom
Sean Teahan is a singer-songwriter originally from Ireland, and living in Barcelona for the past 8 years. “I love writing songs but find it hard to categorize my songwriting. Plenty of life, heartache, joy, loss, love, nostalgia, inspiration…and sometimes just people I’ve come across…. and other times just trying to generate sensations and impressions,” explains […]
Zalex – ‘Hindsight’ telegraphs extraordinary sensitivity
As may be obvious by now, I’ve been following the trajectory of singer-songwriter Alex Ruimy aka Zalex, since 2015, and consider him one of the finest pop music songwriters of the last decade bar none. The fact that he is not yet a household name is irrelevant, and can certainly be put down to the […]
Kevin Riady – “Not A Love Song” – bold in its sentiments and statements
Kevin Riady’s latest single, “Not A Love Song”, is exquisitely entrancing to listen to. The singer-songwriter has emerged with a song that is so raw and authentically fragile, so beautiful and painfully melancholic that it’s impossible to listen to it without being genuinely moved. The whole tune is both hauntingly intimate and intensely epic, as […]
Kai Nanfelt – “Sober,” tackles mental health, substance abuse and suicide
Kai Nanfelt’s song, “Sober,” tackles difficult topics such as mental health, substance abuse and suicide. Just three months after its December release, the track has already garnered over 200,000 streams on Spotify. “This song [Sober] is written for my childhood best friend,” Nanfelt explained in an interview. “I wrote it one day while I was […]
Kevin Riady – ‘Home’ – gorgeously warm and organic!
Kevin Riady has an interesting back story. Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, he completed a degree in Human Factors Engineering and worked as a consultant before he finally decided to pursue his artistic aspirations. For many years, he considered himself a natural singer, however due to an unsupportive environment, he decided to hide his voice and […]
