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Monday mashup 2019: vol. 10

Hope you all survived the start of Daylight Savings Time yesterday.  Hopefully today’s great music will give you the jump start you need (that and several cups of coffee).  We’re getting really excited about our return to LA next month, and looking forward to the Hollywood Fringe Festival, our debut solo show, Livin’ the Dream (a journalistic journey), and celebrating women at the third annual LA Music Critic Award Winners Showcase.  We hope to connect with all of our LA peeps at at least one of these events.

NEW SINGLES

Our first single this week comes from one of the scheduled performers at this year’s Showcase, Brigitte Purdy, who took home wins for Best Blues Artist and Best CD (Female).

Our second single comes from the cold vastness of Denmark.  The Straw Family Band have been thrilling us since we introduced them to you back in July 2017.  Their latest, “Perfectly Fine,” is another prime example of why we love them so much.  The tune is melancholy while still upbeat and features stirring vocals that uplift and give the song its intended positive vibe.

Next up is the first single from Americana/Indie Rock duo Anana Kaye.  We love the harmonies and the intriguing vocals, and think this song should do well in both Americana and Indie Rock/College radio circuits.  Check out “Blueberry Fireworks.”

We had intended to feature our next single a few weeks ago, but it got lost in our email.  We are very pleased to present it now, as it is pure classic country that we can’t get enough of.  Check out Marty Brown‘s “Umbrella Lovers” and we think you’ll love it too.

Our final single this week is an amazing work of R&B smoothness, featuring the amazing vocals of Dominique Tey.  Her EP will drop next month, and this tasty appetizer should get you ready for it.  Here’s “Every Part.”

NEW MUSIC VIDEOS

We kick off this week’s music videos with this torch song from the amazing Fiona Grey.  We definitely agree with her assessment that we need more “Girls Like Me.”

Our next video comes from Kakkmaddafakka, which we introduced to you in our Ten Great Singles of February.  Here is the video of that same song, and we love it.  Get up and dance your cares away.

Likewise, our third video is the latest from Blue Élan Records artists Red Wanting Blue, featuring the stunning vocals of Liz Brasher.  We introduced this song to you a couple of weeks ago, and we can’t get enough of it.  Check out “I Got a Feeling it Hurts.”

We featured Kat Holland‘s song “The One” in our post-Grammy Monday Mashup, and she has now released a music video for it.  We love the sound of her voice, which is elegant, airy and full of life.  See what we mean.

We close out this week with the heartfelt sound of Cameron Hawthorn, who likes to be “Dancing in the Living Room.”  Sounds like a great idea, don’t you think?

 

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Ten great singles released in February 2019

We continue to be bombarded with a plethora of singles, and received another 200 or so this month.  We wish we could feature more, but we are trying to share the best of them with you each month in our Monday Mashup and Ten Great Singles columns.  Here are our picks for this month.

We wanted to start off with a bonus selection, as we just featured this artist a few weeks ago.  Fred Hostetler is a huge part of the driving force behind Blue by Nature, and he continues to evolve with his current solo effort, “Taming the Wolf.”  The song has a true acoustic delta blues vibe, and Hostetler tells a great story you’ll want to hear more than once.

Our first single this month comes from Norwegian band Kakkmaddafakka.  They have a very retro 80s sound which we truly dig.  This one is just plain fun.  Enjoy “Runaway Girl.”

French-born but London-based alternative folk singer Amelle Rose brings us our next single.  This one is a slow-cooking power ballad that will rile up your emotions and take you on a spectacular ride.  Here’s “Rain.”

Our third single comes from a group with a heavy Maroon 5 vibe.  “Strange Love” is the latest from The Unlikely Candidates, and we think it deserves heavy radio rotation.  Let us know what you think.

Next up is “Not Alright,” the debut single from 2 Paper Dolls.  These two ladies have incredible chemistry and their vocal harmonies are to die for.  We can’t wait to see what comes next, and believe we will be seeing a lot more of this band in the future.

Our fifth single this month is from Scottish folk rocker Jamie Sutherland.  This one is upbeat and will get your toes a tapping and compel you to the dance floor.  Check out “Be Careful Don’t Break my Heart.”

We start off our second set of five with Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Liam Grae.  This one is full of sex appeal, and the sultry blue-eyed soul vocals will have you swooning over “Typical.”

Next up is another LA-based singer with powerful pipes.  Check out “Winter Doesn’t Wait,” the latest smash from Zachariah.  We really think he has the chops to go all the way to the top of the charts.

https://soundcloud.com/zachariahh/winter-doesnt-wait/

Our eighth single is full of Scandi-pop and 90s R&B and would be a perfect fit for American Top 40 radio.  We love the sound of Girl Crush and think this just might be the song to break them out.  Check out “Baby Steps.”

Alt-pop duo Karina bring us our ninth single with the tantalizing “My Skin.”  It has an upbeat and danceable feel that will get you moving while the sweet vocals will thrill your ears.  Check them out.

Our final single this month comes from The Lighthouse.  This band has an enticing vibe that would do well on radio, especially college radio, and we think they deserve industry attention.  Here’s their single, “Tel Aviv.”