Today, on May 3rd, 2019 — Daniel Ruiz released the single “But the Popcorn They Sell Reminds Me of Your Eyes” on the independent label, Santa Rosa Records.
The track is a dreamy slow burner that seems to rise above the mortal struggle — and to a place not of this earth.
The single “But the Popcorn They Sell Reminds Me of Your Eyes” was written, recorded, and produced by the poet of despair — Daniel Ruiz. And was mastered by Jesse Gilmore at Santa Rosa Records.
On May 1st, 2019 — Dean Rivers released “Sleeping Beauty of Madness” on the independent label, Santa Rosa Records.
The track is a manic throwback to all those who are now dead and gone. It is a challenge to all those who dare to dream. It is the rebirth of a new era.
The single was written and recorded by Dean Rivers, and was mixed and mastered by Jesse Gilmore at Santa Rosa Records.
Hailing from the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay — Penny Opry brings to us a sound back from the dead — a vibration that breathes life into a genre some thought was gone forever.
Equipped with a suitcase drum kit, ukulele, and an antique button accordion, the outfit draws on creative inspiration from maritime folk tradition, tin pan alley, and traditional drinking songs.
Penny Opry founders Joan Wilson Rueter and Rosie Steffy dive deep into the murky waters of the underground — and explore seafaring music from North America and the British Isles, to the underworld of Americana roots music.
Here is the happy go lucky tune, “Walkin in the Rain”.
Mending
Kate Adams and Joshua Dumas create dreamy ambient slow burners made of voice, piano, and synths alike.
“We Gathered at Wakerobin Hollow” is a four hour, forty song cycle, released in nine Chapters. A sonic spectacle to behold.
In Year 33, a warm quiet moment at the midpoint of the story gives us an intimate glimpse into Emma and Jon’s life on the farm at Wakerobin Hollow…
Words and Music are all by Kate Adams and Joshua Dumas. Enjoy.
Chelsea Storm
Chelsea Storm crafts a soulful mix of intimate folk music. Her unique sound makes you feel like you’re somewhere between a sacred ceremony in the Amazon and a cozy concert in a small smokey tavern.
The authenticity echos beyond an angelic voice and drifts throughout the heartfelt lyrics that speak to the deepest part of the human existence.
Chelsea’s songs poetically express her personal relationship with Nature, with a haunting call to action — to protect and reconnect with this wild and vulnerable home of ours.
Meaningful, meditative, and mournful — Chelsea’s new track will take you on a transcendental journey through a wilderness of heartbreak and a sea of hope, leaving you with a sense of authenticity rarely found within the empty corridors of contemporary music.
The Skipping Stones
The Skipping Stones are an alternative folk outfit made up of K. Maginel and Cub Wyse.
The duo from Norwich, Connecticut is focused on bringing traditional Americana music to the sonic forefront.
With harmonies reminiscent of the Carter Family, this pair is guaranteed to make you feel something deep down inside the valleys of your heart.
Their sound is unique, rich, and enticing — all while playfully infusing Peruvian panpipes, the 5 string banjo, and more.
The outfit reflects the authentic vibrations of the collective human experience. Now sit back, burn one down, and enjoy the ride.
Joe Kaplow
Joe Kaplow lives in a four-acre mansion in the rolling hills of Santa Cruz. He shares the space with a group of shaggy hippies, a few rats, and some very dilapidated floors and walls…but it does have a swimming pool.
For Kaplow, becoming a full-time musician and adopting a lifestyle that often accompanies it — didn’t all happen overnight.
Having moved from farm life and family in New Jersey to the rich Santa Cruz music community — Kaplow has often found himself living paycheck to paycheck as he departs on several month long tours throughout the USA.
Kaplow records music in various bedrooms of the house where he lives, rehearses with band mates, and writes constantly — dedicating himself fully and lovingly to the craft of music.
Kaplow’s songs deal with his own struggles in cathartic musings overlaid with folksy guitar stylings reminiscent of legends now dead and gone.
Dealing with loneliness, depression, seclusion, death, and the fractured dichotomy between finding literal and figurative homes — Kaplow’s fresh take on folk music is the kind that will help you pull through difficult times. Enjoy it while it lasts…
Simon Linsteadt
Simon Linsteadt is an eclectic — introspective artist living in the metropolis of the cavernous settlement of New York City.
Linsteadt’s “Cecropia” is a dreamy, lo-fi folk song about a lonely moth flying through the dark night.
The tragic tale will leave you in awe as the beauty of Linsteadt’s melody takes the listener on a whimsical journey through the heavy air of a moonless night.
Enjoy my friends, and rest easy.
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The latest track from kitchenromance is a sleepy lo-fi ballad of psychedelic impermanence — lost in a sort of misty dreamworld filled with a fuzzy sense of nostalgic comfort and a nice cool ocean breeze.
The honest vocals seem to transcend both space and time in a seemingly casual, careless, but always cool manner. And now, here is “dream with me” — a lethargic rhinestone all the way from the hazy shores of Southern California.
https://youtu.be/CpnPrqENRhI
If kitchenromance were a food, we feel his YouTube cover art says it all — a leftover cheeseburger with a can of chili, some blueberries, and perhaps a side of fries — and don’t forget the ketchup.
“Dream me another, just like my father told me, and if you notice I dream all day long, would you still love me, long after I am gone, dream me another, just like my father told me.” – kitchenromance
Keep up with kitchenromance on YouTube — you monkeys!
Okey Dokey
In “All Hat No Cattle” — Okey Dokey indirectly riffs on the old Texas joke their good friend, Kole Sharp, reawakened for them.
It goes something like this: Nashville is essentially the cowgirl or cowboy who owns a ten gallon hat, a closet full of pearl snap shirts, wranglers, and a brand new pair of shiny cowboy boots, but has never ridden a horse, shot a sixshooter, sang a good old cowboy ballad beside a campfire, rounded up cattle, or ever really even done one damned cowboy thing in his or her life.
In a very strange way, it’s like The Beach Boys writing socal surfer music, but never having surfed a day in their lives.
“It can pertain to anything here in Nashville, but most notably music. For some reason when people live here [in Nashville], they have a sense of entitlement that they are different than the hundreds of thousands of musicians world wide. You can own a guitar or drum set or keyboard, but that doesn’t mean you know anything about real honest music.” – Okey Dokey, on “All Hat No Cattle”
Babe Rainbow’s latest track “Morning Song” is a happy and cheerful tune harping on the glorious intricacies of the natural world, and a true sense of bliss-inducing freedom and self-acceptance.
The soundscape sounds of a worldwide vibration, beautifully encumbered in honest vocals, and a real authentic feeling of what it means to truly feel alive — only to stare down a rifled barrel… Listen and dig my friends. I think you’ll really enjoy this one!
After releasing their self-titled debut back in 2017, The Babe Rainbow has evolved into an alternative psych-pop staple upon touring with the Allah-La’s, collaborating with Stu Mackenzie of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, and playing the Desert Daze Festival.
The band is very pleased to announce the release of a new full-length album on August 16th — on 30th Century Records. Stay tuned!
By the way — the music video was Directed by the one and only, Kristofski.
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Alex Cuba — an experimental artist out of Canada — is the puppet master of every instrument on his latest project, and has also adopted a more minimalistic feel as of late — a primitive vibration we feel is of a transcendent nature.
The excitement of his new journey started when he was on a writing trip to Mexico, and converted a solo, self-produced project into a collective statement about the value of the song writing craft — engrossed in themes of love, tolerance, climate, and tradition.
In an era of division, outrage, and difference — Alex Cuba’s new single “Yo No Sé” presents the importance of giving oneself the benefit of the doubt and allowing yourself to try anything.
It was in Mexico City where Alex witnessed the growing movement of Latin pride among young musicians and fans, with a special interest in Latin American folk arts.
Cuba’s retro song writing shines through the project — and is a nostalgic throwback to the collective unconscious.
We hope to hear more music like this from Cuba in the near future. It’s a brand of latin folk music the world so desperately needs.
Be sure to give Cuba a follow on Spotify!
Marinero
Marinero is the manic moniker of San Francisco native — Jess Sylvester — whose songs of heartbreak wreaks of Latin America and subtle touches of tender, and heartfelt emotion.
Despite playing in punk rock bands throughout his youth — it was a visit to Mexico that forever changed his life.
During a three-month trip to Guadalajara — Carlos Pesina, transitioned from being Jess’s tour guide to being his bandmate — resulting in Francisco Y Madero.
His more recent solo work as Marinero, however, offers further insight into his singular talent and evolution as an artist.
“Flor de Jamaica” is a first glimpse into the project — a pairing of bossa-nova rhythms and vocals filled with existential angst.
Following an emotional breakup, Sylvester booked a trip to Guadalajara. Once there, he collaborated with psych-rock troupe, Dorotheo.
Those sessions, recorded in May and June of last year, are the first Marinero songs on record with a live band.
The projecttaps into Sylvester’s Chicano roots with inspiration from groups around Latin America, and Brazil’s colorfully textured Tropicália movement.
While he notes that the project wasn’t easy to record, Jess now views Trópico de Cáncer as a natural creative step forward. “I feel like I’ve healed as a result of going through that whole process and making the record,” he said. “It feels like it was all meant to be in a way.” And, we feel the same.
Go ahead and give his other project a follow. We can’t wait to hear what else this evolving artist has for us in the near future. It should be a trip to behold.
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