Heartland Rock meets Atmospheric Synths: "Everything But" by Damien Binder

„Everything But“ (Album: „Bright Side“) by Damien Binder Damien’s essence and spirit infuse his sophisticated and graceful songcraft throughout the ten tracks that compose „Bright Side“. The album explores themes of self-discovery, re-discovery, resilience and self-determination, often in contrast with external resistance. Damien’s songs express a genuine sense of honesty and humanity, without being sermonizing…

The Artist: Graham Coe

“Here I Am” by Graham Coe We discovered the second release from Graham Coe, an Irish singer and songwriter, called “Here I Am”. He says it is a spiritual and soul-searching choral folk ballad. What I really like is the perfect balance between Graham’s vocals and the selected sounds or instruments. They complement each other throughout…

The Artist: Steven Reinhardt

“Down to Earth” by Steven Reinhardt The musician Steven Reinhardt, based in Melbourne, released his third single, “Down to Earth”. Musically, it reminds me a bit of “The Wings”, based on the pretty good 70s pop music elements that this song has.  Furthermore, Reinhardt explains that this single is about validation and wanting attention in the…

The Artist: Brenna Erickson

 “One Hundred” by Brenna Erickson The musician Brenna Erickson, based in Jacksonville, has surprised us with an electronic-pop song called “One Hundred”. The arrangement of the sounds and the instrumentation, combined with the vocals, is more than well done.  Especially the synth parts are well placed in the arrangement. And, as we know, it is produced…

The Saturday Interview: Sweet Jayne

Sweet Jayne Today we present Sweet Jayne, a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Dublin. We are really proud that we had the chance to ask her about music, influences, social media and her talents. So we have to say: beware, this is a must-read! Who inspired you to make music? When I was a small…