July 2020

South American and United States-based collective LADAMA release an urgent declaration to women across the globe with its electrifying sophomore studio album, OYE MUJER (Six Degrees Records, Release Date: July 10, 2020). The four women of LADAMA along with their longtime musical collaborator New York-based bassist Pat Swoboda and renowned Brazilian producer Kassin (Jorge Ben, Bebel Gilberto, Caetano Veloso) collaborate on a rapturous collection of 10 progressive anthems sung in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

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Today, New York Guitar Festival (NYGF) announces Set Two of the festival’s 2020 online performance series Reverend Gary Davis: In Search of the Harlem Street Singer. Presented live on YouTube beginning July 13, 2020, Set 2 hosts musical performances by Jim James, Chris Thile, David Bromberg, Piedmont Blūz, Jontavious Willis, and more––to explore the music of blind blues musician Rev.

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician Mary Chapin Carpenter’s new single, “Secret Keepers,” is debuting today. Listen/share HERE. The song is the latest unveiled from Carpenter’s anticipated new album, The Dirt And The Stars, which will be released August 7 on Lambent Light Records via Thirty Tigers (pre-order).  

Written while in quarantine in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Falling Water returns with their gripping, hard-hitting single, "When Will We Be Saved." Their first release since their 2014 LP, The Dark Ages, the classic rock band explores feelings of anxiety and isolation that many experience today through the unique, melancholic four-minute, twenty-three-second track.

Listen to "When Will We Be Saved": lnk.to/sPjkRFsy

I was climbing into bed when I heard the sound of my pipes screaming. The rush of water deafening the late night quiet. This time I knew exactly what it was. The woman in the silver BMW, minus plates was using my driveway faucet to shower again. The first time she did this I ran about my house trying to figure out if I had left the water on or if a pipe burst. When I finally realized it was coming from the shared driveway, I thought my neighbor was using the spigot after a mid-day surf. It wasn’t my neighbor.

Brooklyn based soulful pop artist Mima Good has just released “Granddaddy”, the third single off her upcoming album. The singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist has been working on an exploratory, genre-bending collection of songs for the past year in her home studio. From a closet vocal booth covered in red velvet, Mima playfully serenades her microphone with youthful woes from a troubled world.