Ellyn Woods is a multi-disciplinary artist currently based in Montréal. Aside from being a singer-songwriter, Ellyn has a degree in Fine Arts from Concordia and a passion for illustration and tattooing. In 2019, she travelled to northern Québec to record her debut album with Sterling Grove, scheduled for release later this year.
“Tangerine,” the first new track to be shared from those sessions, started as a poem that Ellyn wrote while waiting to record vocals for a different project, seated on a vintage couch under the odd glow of an orange light. The vocals were done in one take, one afternoon and were not re-recorded.
Songstress Grace Gillespie has just revealed her new song, “Hoppers,” for the delight of our ears.
Grace Gillespie is a London-based artist and producer originally from Devon, who spent much of 2017 touring as part of the live line-up for 4AD’s Pixx. In 2019 Grace released her debut EP Pretending. She is now following with a new EP slated to release this November 27th.
Grace just released a new single from the EP, “Hoppers”. The track takes influences from the folk, alternative and dream-pop traditions capturing the frantic energy of life and contrasting it with the stillness of death, providing a backdrop to her intriguing vocal melodies.
The Deathray Davies have just released a new single ahead of the album titled “Then You Met Me.” Inspired by the sound of the 60s British invasion, the band set out to create something reminiscent of The Troggs or The Who, but ended up with something true to The Deathray Davies.
It’s been fifteen years since we’ve heard anything new from The Deathray Davies, but that’s not to say the members of the much lauded and loved garage rock outfit haven’t been busy creating and performing. The members of The Deathray Davies have used this time wisely and are now back with a new album, aptly titled Time Well Wasted, slated for release later this year.
Alex Southey is a singer songwriter based in Toronto. His unique blend of wandering lyricism, atmospheric strings, and emotive sense of melody make for an engrossing, contemplative listen.
Alex just released a new single, “On the Dance Floor”. The song is an atmospheric folk track celebrating all the people dating, enjoying themselves, enjoying the nightlife in Toronto. The song has been paired with a visual made up of sourced and filmed clips to reflect the tenderness of the song as a whole.
Alex just released a new single, “On the Dance Floor”. The song is an atmospheric folk track celebrating all the people dating, enjoying themselves, enjoying the nightlife in Toronto. The song has been paired with a visual made up of sourced and filmed clips to reflect the tenderness of the song as a whole.
Today, international music sensation Dallas String Quartet released their vibrant new single and music video for “Rain On Me.” The upbeat and colorful rendition of Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande‘s award-winning song dazzles and is sure to make listeners dance their hearts out in their living rooms.
Watch below!
Affectionately called DSQ by fans, the group is referred to as “Bach meets Bon Jovi” and compared to artists like Lindsey Stirling and 2Cellos.
DSQ has performed for Presidents Obama and Bush, the College Football Playoffs, NBA, and NFL organizations. They’ve sold out concert venues like the House of Blues and symphony halls and have played alongside Josh Groban, Chicago, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. You’ll find the group’s music featured by ESPN, A&E, The Wall Street Journal and prominent Spotify playlists such as Pop Goes Classical and Sinfonía Hipster.
Dallas String Quartet was founded in 2007 by violist Ion Zanca. A fusion of contemporary classical and pop music, DSQ uses both traditional and electric strings performing as a quartet with the full accompaniment of drums and guitar. They are known for their eclectic renditions of anything from Guns N’ Roses ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ to Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s ‘Señorita.’
DSQ has nearly 40 million streams on Spotify and one million streams per week on Pandora.
Woundikin is currently sharing his recently released single “So It Goes,” which has become a standout single for 2020.
While the music can be calm and relaxing, it’s evident that Woundikin’s vision is truly a labor of love. Often taking the bittersweet moments in life, his songs offer up grey clouds with silver linings. With influences ranging from Ray LaMontagne to the Tallest Man on Earth, the music that Woundikin creates is uniquely and elegantly his own. When writing lyrics, the up-and-coming songwriter draws inspiration from personal experiences, his perception of others’ experiences and the world around him. Lyrics are generally the last step in Woundikin’s songwriting process as they come together after the musical portions have come into place.
Woundikin shared of the song:
“I wrote “So It Goes” a while back and then spent a long time getting my guitar playing and voice to a point that matched what I was hearing in my head. I recorded it in my little home studio, and I mixed and mastered and did all that stuff there as well. To me a large part of the appeal of folky acoustic music lies in its humanity; stifling the slight natural change in tempo as a song progresses with a click track or “correcting” the emotion of a bent pitch can sometimes end up taking away from the overall experience. For this song I didn’t want to edit together multiple takes or track guitar and vocals separately, I just pointed a mic at my mouth and pointed a mic at my guitar and played it as many times as it took to get the recording as close to perfect as possible. And I added reverb, because reverb makes everything sound better.”
Taking piano as a child, Woundikin always felt drawn to the drums. In High School he started playing drums for the school’s Jazz band, and over the years have played in Rock, Funk, Electronic, Jam and Jazz-Fusion groups. Eventually he wanted to be able to create individually and have more control over his music, than what drumming typically allowed. This led Woundikin to learn production and guitar. Gravitating towards the finger-picking styles a la The Tallest Man on Earth or James Taylor, he found himself intrigued by the rhythmic style and how it’s almost like playing guitars, drums, and even a little bass.
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