Summer Payton is an R&B singer, songwriter, musician and music producer from Chicago, Illinois. Surrounded by music from an early age, Summer picked up the piano by ear and learned from her father, a musician in the church. A childhood of being bullied and fat shamed led her to pick up her pen and write […]
Interview with Stardusk Encounter – Everyone’s Pretending
In a scene where bands seem chained to their specific genre, Stardusk Encounter is a consistently shape-shifting entity, yet the unique mixture of styles isn’t there as a hollow grab for every possible audience. This is a band of well-schooled multi-instrumentalists, writing and performing on their own terms with a canyon-wide palette of slinky, ominous […]
Prepare for a Garage-Glam-Power-Pop-Punk Extravaganza, Dead Freddie’s Self-Titled New Album is Now Available!
Chicago Punk Pop Phenomenon Dead Freddie originated in the year 1966 when a group of Cub Scouts organized to raise funds for the Lithuanian Scout Movement. As a result of that experience, Donatas Ramanauskas and Vainis Aleksa became lifelong friends. The band, Dead Freddie, formed in 1980 after a 1978 epiphany brought about by the […]
Interview with Perfect Blue – Guilty
In this interview spotlight, I chat with members of Perfect Blue about the newest music, challenges, technology and more. Full Q&A along with links and music below. Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular genre classifications.) Trish: Our […]
Interview with Yup – Songs About Death
Yup is a 28 toothed skeleton of a man writing and recording music to the beat of several different Punk inspired genres. During his time traveling and playing with different bands in the St. Louis area, the skull and bones combo that is Yup began writing what would eventually be the musician’s macabre, debut album, […]
Interview with Taylor Rogers – NOA
Chicago-based singer-songwriter Taylor Rogers blends soundscapes of vocal layering, rhythmic guitar, and electronic texturing to create emotional terrain that both challenges and comforts its listeners. Her third full-length album project NOA is to be released this September, funded by Northwestern’s CIRA grant. Taylor has toured all over the US, and performed in various Midwest festivals […]
Wake Up Music Remixes DJ Wall of Sound Volume 1 – Matt Warren’s Music Is My Life Like You’ve Never Heard Before!
Wake Up Music Group and Matt Warren are back with an all-star cast of DJs for their new album: DJ Wall of Sound Volume 1: Matt Warren’s Music is My Life. If you’re wondering about Matt’s Music Is My Life album, wonder no more. I’ve already written an in-depth article about that release. In that […]
Joe Hanson Releases Radio Ready Single, Listen to If The World Was A Small Town Now
Invited by talent executives to audition for the The Voice, there is no denying Joe Hanson‘s high caliber of talent. On top of his experience with The Voice, Joe has also stood in front of Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan of American Idol. With beginnings in church in his hometown of Naperville, Illinois, […]
Interview with Brandon James – So Emotional
In this interview spotlight, I chat with Brandon James about his latest single, challenges, technology and more. Full Q&A along with links and music below. Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular genre classifications.) I’m from Chicago and […]
Shadowfields Prepare For Upcoming Album Release, Listen to Never Again Now
Chicago based folk rockers Shadowfields are preparing for the June release of their latest album, Festival For One. Today I want to share a song from that album with you. The song is titled Never Again. Comprised of vocalist Heather Humphrey and multi-instrumentalist Tom McKeown, Shadowfields is a powerful songwriting partnership which spent several years […]
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