Brian Mackey
Brian Mackey is a singer songwriter based in New York in the USA, though originally from the Northern Florida/Georgia borders. He has encapsulated his life experiences, which adds a different dimension to a musician based in New York. Americana, country-blues and indie-pop all waft out of the speakers as the listener is given an insight in to the [...]
Jack Jeffery
Jack Jeffery is a solo artist from Virginia in the USA who has just released his follow up LP The Constant That Remains to the successful release of Passage to Agadir. Sunday seems to be the day I alight upon an ambience of calmness, so here again I arrive, snow has fallen on the ground, it is Sunday as [...]
Lamont James
Lamont James, played some music, got a B.Sc moved back to the home-space of Toronto in Canada and now plays more music. A multi-instrumentalist, classically trained musician, Lamont James is un-ashamed to add other musicians as and where it makes sense, though ever insistent it is his vocal. Heading back to the late ’60s and British rock, I [...]
The Mad Pride
The Mad Pride, from Wollongong in Australia is in essence a solo vehicle for the progressive / indie / psychedelia / folk /rock multi-instrumentalist Rowan Galagher to get his thoughts out to the world, he does use occasional additional players. A vocal which in some ways reminds me of David Bowie adds a lustre to the brooding presence that emanates from the [...]
Pennan Brae
Pennan Brae is a solo singer / songwriter / instrumentalist from Vancouver in Canada with a strong visual element and a sense of exploration. Pennan Brea and I have been in contact for quite some while and although I have managed to post some of his videos on Indie Music Videos, I never seem to [...]
Spectrals
Spectrals is the vehicle Louis Jones from Heckmondwike in England, uses as his means of spreading his music to a wider audience. There is a noticeable proliferation of solo artists from this region of England, each with very intense and personal messages to eviscerate and examine. After a first release in 2009, Spectrals have gained a broad [...]
Laura Gibson
Laura Gibson is a solo artist from Coquille,Oregon in the USA. Currently scheduling the release of a further LP for the beginning of 2012. She has been seen across North America, Europe and Asia with her touring band, playing with considerable success. Immediately the music starts, you can tell Laura isn’t from an urban ghetto, the [...]
Two Suns
Two Suns is the solo project under which Jake Davidson from Norman, Oklahoma in the USA plies his mix of laptop electronica and instrumentation. The combination of laptop electronics and live instrumentation generates an appealing combination of sounds, which Two Suns moulds in to an airy space in which the creativity of the music is [...]
Josephine Oniyama
Josephine Oniyama is a solo artist from Manchester in England, who has been composing and performing since she was 15. Influences from her home town of Manchester and her Mothers West African heritage, integrate to an evocative and remarkable presentation. A powerful voice is showcased by thoughtfully crafted music and composition, enabling Josephine to create [...]
Reboot The Robot
Back in 2008, Jonathan Ware from Cheyenne in Wyoming in the USA emerged as Reboot The Robot, a vehicle to release his compositions in acoustic format. Johnathan Lawrence, has created an interesting antithesis between his visual persona and the musical output, as Reboot The Robot rips open the emotional context, with depth and thoughtfulness, whilst [...]
