Midwest Soul Xchange takes folk music to another planet. Ryan Summers (left) and Nate Cherrier (Right) enjoy creating sunny folk rock music.
Is your music playlist in need of upbeat, stripped down to the bone and wonderfully human songs? Then you’re in for a treat from Midwest Soul Xchange, bringing sunny folk rock vibes right to your speakers with their latest record ‘New American Century.’
On the album folk rock music fans will have the pleasure of hearing vocals from Ryan Summers and Nate Cherrier, which speaks to the eternal power of the human spirit. The album is not your average Americana record; The band Midwest Soul Xchange is fearless when it comes to mixing in elements of progressive rock while fully acknowledging the influence of pop masters like Michael Jackson.
The ‘New American Century’ is eclectic, poignant and incredibly refreshing as it speaks to the daily millennial struggle to find salvation in a new day. Have a listen to the ‘New American Century’ today and let us know what you think. If you like it, feel free to share the hit folk rock single the ‘Roots’ with friends and family. Our favorite song on ‘New American Century’ is Revolt of the Guards. What is your favorite folk rock song? Leave a comment.
Rimi Basu, Indian Pop music artist, brings Bollywood and Indie Pop to the next level.
Looking for something different via your music playlist? Try some original indian pop like pop singer Rimi Basu’s single ‘Keh Du?’ from her album ‘The Unveiling.’ Basu is a very unique Indian-American artist with plenty to offer as her records ‘Unveiling’ and ‘Crossing Over’ are dominating Indian music charts, with her single the ‘Mysterious and Charming Maahiya’ received bestseller status in India and made her headline a variety of conferences and festivals on multiple continents.
Why do people like Basu as a music artist? She has a well-crafted and unique sound, with hypnotic live experiences that fuse ancient ideas with modern pop. It’s not only bold but different and it’s easy to love the ethereal soundscapes in Rimi Basu’s music. In fact, it can remind music fans of Bollywood with its wholly distinctive flavor. She is innovative and fans like her humble personality. If you take a full listen of her album ‘Unveiling’, you will notice Rimi Basu uses primarily Hindi lyrics along a few English lyrics for an incredibly unique blend of old and new music traditions.
Here are some cool facts about Rimi Basu:
She has training in Indian classical music and dance.
She is a well accomplished belly dancer and uses a combination of music and dance in her live performances.
You can watch Rimi Basu’s new music videos ‘Keh Du?’ and ‘Maahiya’ below:
For more world music, pop, indian pop and Bollywood vibes from Rimi Basu, listen to the music stream of ‘Unveiling’ and ‘Crossing Over’. She has a similar feel to Shakira, Sunidhi Chauhan, Azam Ali, Shreya Goshal, and Norah Jones.
Wade Williamson brings to ‘Backesto Park’ in electronic post-rock album.
Are looking for some new electronic, downtempo, post-rock music to add to your playlist? Wade Williamson has a potent record called ‘Backesto Park’, a loving tribute to his neighborhood and fans really get a show of Williamson’s prodigious artistic talents at their finest. He is a music artist who has interesting musical ideas, allowing fans to look into the layers of his artistry and falling in love with his craft.
The song ‘Backesto Park’ has a peaceful feel to it, a song where you can get lost in your thoughts and feel less stress after a long day of work. There’s something beautiful about the noise and each listener can give his or her own purpose to the sound. If you want to compare Williamson to Tyco, El Ten Eleven, The Durutti Column, RATATAT, and Lusine. Here are some little fun facts about the ‘Backesto Park’ album:
The music was recently used in the opening credits for the Cameron Crowe film Aloha.
The Joss Whedon’s television show Dollhouse played some of the songs from the album.
‘Backesto Park’ appeared in a variety of independent film and multimedia art.
The albums a personal studio work by Williamson and he accounts for all instruments and productions.
Williamson enjoys playing the guitar and keyboards.
The ‘Backesto Park is his fifth album in the past decade and goes perfect with the vibes of his San Jose neighborhood as it is wonderfully active, eclectic and bizarre . If you’ve never been to Sane Jose, the neighborhood is very diverse with its Japantown, longstanding Italian families, Vietnamese tennis prodigies and Mexican pride. To put it short, the pa brings people together, buzzing with liveliness. The album just gravitates fans to a spicy melodic electronica, post-rock universe. Music fans can enjoy delayed guitars along electronic and rhythmically evolving song structures. It is a spiritualized masterpiece, guarantee to resonate with music lovers for years to come. It’s meditative and Williams enjoys listening to music for studying and coding as his day-job is information security, where he spends plenty of time doing malware analysis and collaborating with software developers. He doesn’t like to get into a music hook quickly. Instead, he likes to take his time building up the music vibes in song tracks like ‘ Safe Return from the Howling Void’ where the elements of the song hover around one another and never really coalesce until about 2/3s of the way through the song, but the build up makes the song even more beautiful. There is something unique about hearing sounds from the real-world in music. Just listen to ‘Walking Home and Aiming for Light’ which includes a recording of a walk in the dark while camping. Williamson calls this type of art natural recording, filled with the sounds of guitars, analog synths, his wife sewing a dress and his cat. Listen the full album here:
If you are searching for music that will help reminiscent about great artists like David Bowie and LCD Soundsystem, you will enjoy the latest record from El Paso’s Add Agency. The latest album is ‘Gemstone Radar’ and this album acknowledges 80’s pop influences while adding a modern touch to cross the generation gap. To put it short, its sheer serendipity and raw inspiration that helps Add Agency and Will Mora shine with outstanding vocals,drums, bass and guitar hooks. This great album has been three years in the making and truly has a distinct sound to make Add Agency a project for the ages with its rock, dance and electronic styles.
One of our favorite tracks from the album is ‘Sex on the Side’, a relatable track for millennial rock music lovers about relationships we don’t want but settle for. We really dig how Will Mora sings, composes and plays various instruments throughout the album. When Will Mora isn’t working on his own projects he records with his band The Morakestra. He created Add Agency after he saw the film ‘The Rocker’ where Emma Stone is the bassist in a factional band, A.D.D. To pay homage to Emma Stone he names a track after her and composes a full length album right in his home studio. If you enjoy free-spirited sessions with exciting musical characters and colors, you’ll enjoy this one man band with a sonic delight. Listen to ‘Gemstone Radar’ today. Here is the track-listing below:
Nick De LA Hoyde brings us into his world with new album Passion.
We were listening to the radio this week and came across an artists by the name of Nick de la Hoyde. The twenty-something music artist has a new EP out called Passion and the album is like nothing we’ve ever heard. Nick de la Hoyde is a singer, songwriter and rapper from Sydney, Australia and can give any New York or LA rap artist a run for his or her money with his creative poetry, and blend of hip-hop, pop, soul and R&B influence. Did we mention he is also an MC and has no problem shying away from wearing his heart and soul on his sleeve. On the Passion album you will hear spoken word which defies genres while appreciating introspective lyrics that read like personal journal entries. What we love about the Passion album are the songs expressing angst and triumphs we all experience in youth and dreams, with an energy of determination.
The deep lyrical content from Nick de la Hoyde goes incredibly well with the emotive bed of music. We love the family affair on the album as well with the production duo of his brothers Joseph and John de la Hoyde. We enjoy the unique meld of hip hop, pop and alternative rock on the Passion and hearing a feature with renowned Hip Hop producer Lemoyne ‘LA’ Alexander. A track we really like on the Passion album is the track ‘ By My Side’, which offers a light-hearted groove and a deeply moving hook from Nick. In addition to the album, Nick performs live online on channels like Younow.com and he is creating a live streaming series with his brothers Joseph & John to allow his fans around the world to tune into epic live shows with all the character of a full-blown show. Below is the album playlist, you can listen to tracks at Nick De La Hoyde on SoundCloud :
You can listen to the full album on Soundcloud. Want to know some fun facts about Nick? Here are some:
He pursed a professional football career in Barcelona Spain at the age of 15 and lived there for four years.
He explores hip-hop music as a way of expressing his frustrations with the ups and downs of following his dreams.
Nick made a name for himself by performing his songs online and through self-made videos.
Nick made his way to the USA when he caught the attention of Chicago based Hip-Hop producer Lemoyne ‘LA’ Alexander, who worked with R.Kelly and Aaliyah.
Leave us a note to let us know what you think of Nick and his album Passion. You can watch the new videos ‘ By My Side’ and ‘The Longest Way’ below:
It’s finally Fall and the time of the year when I search for new music to enjoy on my jogs through the leaves and the cool breeze. I came across an interesting New Jersey indie pop artist called Bitter’s Kiss. You may wonder why on Earth would I even consider listening to an artist titled Bitter’s Kiss, but Chloe Baker truly makes me think, even with her title Bitter’s Kiss she has a way of expressing herself and demonstrating her great talents. Baker is young and her thought-provoking music will surely take her far because every work from her is in-your-face raw as she explores the artist’s soul.
When listening to her music, you can feel the melancholy of suburban life and hardship people face mentally and emotionally in everyday life. In Chloe Baker’s Bitter’s Kiss project she shows us it’s okay to express our fragile humanity. Her songs are memorable and really touch listeners from the soul.
Listening to her music, it really gives room for self-reflection. Often at times one begins questioning what would the younger version of me ask my current self. Is this the life you dreamed about when you were young? It’s moving to even have the courage to address ones self about such questions. On the album Bitter’s Kiss, we go through a journey with Chloe Baker to answer the questions we fear to answer to ourselves, but she is confident in the hope for a better tomorrow and hopes asking those questions will help us all look in the mirror and ask ourselves before we ask of others. Important principles matter and it’s relevant with the times as Pope Francis visits the United States for the first time with a powerful message for the people to act now on creating a better tomorrow.
Watching “The Rope” music video, which is on the album Bitter’s Kiss, we were instantly glue to the screen as we see a woman in a white dress with long blondish, brown hair looking away from the camera. What is she doing? That’s the first question we have going into the music video. In fact, the white dress is beautiful with lovely detailing. As she turns her head to the camera, we see a perfectly made up face, reminds us of a porcelain doll. But it’s not the face which has us in awe by the end of the video. It’s the hard questions like ‘Are you thankful for the pain?’ How many of us thank God for the pain? How many of us question the soul behind the face? Questioning faith and religion is scary for most of us. Sometimes it does hurt to smile. Chloe Baker puts it all out there for us to think upon in the new video “The Rope” and it makes us love the artists even more. There is something refreshing about a young woman saying meaningful, powerful statements from the soul. Don’t take our word for it, watch her new video “The Rope” ( radio mix) below:
The Rope is Baker’s way of examining her feelings about the suicide of a distant cousin from a very religious background and her thoughts on the importance of staying true to one’s identity, finding something personally significant about one’s life to make life feel meaningful. Another memorable track from the album is the song “Too Far Too Fast”. It’s a reaction to watching her older sister go off to college and reflecting on how quickly time passes. When people can look beyond the sadness of the world, it’s truly moving and Baker brings us there. She gives us hope.
You can have a listen to the entire “Bitter’s Kiss” album here. If you love Regina Spektor, Sixpence, None the Richer, Nellie McKay, Sarah McLaghlan, or Carole King, you’ll enjoy this album. To learn more about Chloe Baker, follow Bitter’s Kiss on Facebook and visit the website.
About Chloe Baker of Bitter’s Kiss
Chloe Baker grew up in a home filled with music, with a father who maintained a studio, a guitar collection and a band, and has been active in musical theater for years. Baker has been serious about writing for about a year and her father helps her record and produce music. For her, songwriting is her living diary and a way for her to ask the hard questions.
We want to take the time to applaud feminist and women empowerment advocate Amber Rose (@DaRealAmberRose ) for standing up for universal respect of women when it comes to sexuality.
She recently produced a video with the website Funny of Die to rewrite the rules of the morning after walk, which is known as an act of shame for women who explore their sexuality with no strings attached. It often happens on college campuses and women are often targets of sexual harassment and cyber bullying for being sexually active and exploring their options when it comes to dating.
With the video the walk of shame transforms to the walk of no shame as Amber Rose portrays a woman coming home from a night of sex beaming and not one bit of ashamed about it.
Not too many women have the courage to create such a video or even proudly come from a night of sex. Here is what the world looks like when women have the freedom to enjoy sex without shame:
Walk Of No Shame with Amber RoseAmber Rose rewrites the rules of the morning-after walk and shows what it looks like when a woman takes pride in her stride.
Posted by Funny Or Die on Tuesday, September 15, 2015
If you enjoyed the No walk of shame video, please support Amber Rose’ Slut Walk, this event is hosted by The Amber Rose Foundation, a non-profit organization she started to uplift, empower and give women a voice across the globe. Any funds received from donations will go toward HIV testing, sexual awareness booths, food vendors, merchandise vendors and a host of other services which help women empower themselves through proactive health and education wellness.
Everyday women experience slut shaming, double standards, sexual assault and even rape simply because they seem a certain way or carry themselves a certain way. Women, no matter their nature of character deserve respect of body and mind.
Feel free to email Amber Rose and her team at slutwalk@saxproductions.com for more specifics on how you can give to Slut Walk and The Amber Rose Foundation.
You can have some of the most beautiful Christmas trees in the nation delivered right to your front door from Hilltop Christmas Tree Farms
It’s nearly summer, but it’s never too early to think ahead to the winter holiday season. By Christmas planning in the summer, you can reap the benefits of great savings and sales. All it takes is getting a little organized for the Christmas holiday season to prevent your family from over spending and scheduling this winter.
Here is how organizing for the winter holidays will save you time and cut your stress:
Set a gift budget for items that are often over priced during the winter.
Start making travel plans for the family. The earlier, the cheaper the travel.
Spend less and get more for your money by relying less on credit cards and relying more on cold hard cash. When you use cash and not credit, you have more negotiating power when it comes to gift exchanges and give you the power to scale back for friends and family that get emotional and disappointed during the holiday seasons when they have over spent and you have scaled back. Summer is a great time to let those you appreciate most know how your holiday budget is looking.
Enjoy the holidays by being attentive to your family traditions. One tradition you should not exclude from the Christmas holiday is decorating a christmas tree. It’s a wonderful family project that creates holiday memories. By starting early on your holiday decorating preparations, it won’t feel like a seasonal task or a stressful project. Hilltop Christmas Tree Farms can help you have a stress free holiday by offering nationwide free delivery of real Christmas trees directly to your doors.
I like Hilltop Christmas Tree Farms because of their dedication to delivering fresh farm grown Christmas trees and the trees for sale are cut later than shop sold trees. That means your Christmas tree will arrive at your door fresher and longer lasting than your neighbor’s shop sold trees. You can expect your Christmas tree from Hilltop Christmas Tree Farms within 5 days after placing your order.
The company has locations in Granville, MI and Valley Cottage, NY. You can order online or call them. Visit www.hilltop-tree-delivery.com for more information on fair prices, loyalty rewards and referral discounts.
You’ll appreciate the preparation when your holiday is full of joy and laughter.
