The Los Angeles League of Musicians, LA LOM, are an instrumental trio formed in Los Angeles in 2021. They blend the sounds of Cumbia Sonidera, 60’s soul ballads, and classic romantic boleros that emanate from radios, backyard parties and dance clubs of Los Angeles with the twang of Peruvian Chicha and Bakersfield Country
A pastoral blend of sweeping chords, sandy percussion, autumnal textures and wistful strings that hark back to the earthy sounds of Big Thief, Cass McCombs or even Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’, the quintet’s stream-of-consciousness lyrics were inspired by an overheard conversation about the London suburb of Walthamstow, as well as the “spooky things” found while (bandleader… Read more »
At the core of any great singer-songwriter lies this inherent trait of stage presence, one where an entire room, no matter the size, is pulled in by this lyrical tractor beam — all eyes, emotions and energies aimed in one direction at a single voice. For Tyler Ramsey, it’s being able to honestly connect with… Read more »
Always shapeshifting and experimenting with genre and style, we can expect a bolder and dancier display for SASAMI’s follow-up to her raucous 2022 album SQUEEZE. Classically trained on french horn, SASAMI has been long developing her sound and reputation as a respected musical polymath of songwriting, performance and production. From receiving Pitchfork’s “best new track”… Read more »
Born in Nairobi and hailing from the Nilotic tribes of Kenya, Australian-based singer, rapper, and producer Elsy Wameyo embraces cultural heritage through her musical offerings. Her impressive self-produced tracks lay the foundation for introspective and insightful rapid-fire lyrics, delivered over a psychedelic fusion of hip-hop, rap, gospel and found recordings that shape her musical vision…. Read more »
New York-bred R&B vocalist Yaya Bey conjures a comprehensive self-portrait on her new studio album, Ten Fold, out May 10th via Big Dada. Over rapturous production from Corey Fonville of jazz group Butcher Brown, Karriem Riggins, Jay Daniel, Exaktly and Boston Chery, Yaya delivers a free-spoken masterpiece that documents a year punctuated by grief and… Read more »
As a kid, singer-songwriter Annahstasia Enuke says she used to hear actor Morgan Freeman’s voice in her head. His distinctly rich baritone narrated her younger years as pleasantly as it does on screen. “The way I see things is very cinematic,” she says, touching on a childhood growing up in Los Angeles and classifying her… Read more »
Born inside a family with a long artistic history, DORA (Madrid, 2004) began to show her natural mus cal talent from a young age. She grew up surrounded by music at home, listening songs from Ella Fitzgerald to Kendrick Lamar. After having a successful YouTube covers’ channel and playing around as the Lead Singer in… Read more »
For producer Barney Lister and vocalist Kojo Degraft-Johnson, music is a place to belong. Hailing from different ends of England and disparate cultures, they have come together as MRCY, creating a shared space of soulful self-expression that combines the timeless musical warmth of Marvin Gaye with the modern sensibility of Khruangbin, Anderson .Paak and Sault.
British-born Sam Wills is rapidly becoming one of the most hotly-tipped artists of the UK the neo-soul / r&b movement. His debut album ‘Breathe’ released in summer 2021 has clocked up well over 300 million streams worldwide with the single ’Traingazing’ becoming a viral hit on TikTok and Instagram. In the recent past Sam has… Read more »