We Are Busy Bodies is very pleased to announce that “Running – Asibaleki / Sheroes Theme“, the first single from the forthcoming BLK JKS LP Abantu / Before Humans (out 05.21) can now be heard everywhere via: https://idol.lnk.to/RunningAsibaleki Pre-order the album: https://blk-jks.bandcamp.com/album/abantu-before-humans The story of BLK JKS (pronounced Black Jacks) reads like a real life… Continue reading BLK JKS 'Abantu / Before Humans' LP out 05/21/21
Los Angeles’ Grave Flowers Bongo Band’s sophomore LP “Strength of Spring” is an inverted pyramid balanced on the headstock of an acoustic guitar, a rainbow painted in campfire smoke, an endless staircase circling into the clouds. That acoustic guitar, perfectly captured here by Ty Segall’s excellently sere and close mic’d production, plays skeleton to these… Continue reading Grave Flowers Bongo Band Shares "Down Man" Video
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre has composed and recorded a 52-minute musical score for ‘Amazônia,’ a new project by award-winning photographer and filmmaker Sebastião Salgado for the Philharmonic Paris. It follows Jarre’s recent triumphant virtual performance at Notre Dame for New Year’s Eve, which attracted over 75 million viewers worldwide. ‘Amazônia’ is an immersive exhibition… Continue reading JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Soundtrack for ‘Amazônia’
Chart-topping singer-songwriter Lisa Jeanette, whose latest hit holiday song “Mrs. Claus” (featuring iconic Folk Artist Vance Gilbert) skyrocketed to #1 on the December 2020 Folk Alliance International (FAI) Folk DJ chart, has announced that her much-anticipated album Jellyfish on the Moon released March 1 on all DSPs. Garnering early support from some of the top folk DJs in the country, Jeanette’s sophomore… Continue reading Lisa Jeanette Launches New Album 'Jellyfish On The Moon'
Between hearing the phrase “Middle C” as a kid learning piano in Arkansas to growing up and raising two children of his own, Sailor and Pearl respectively, it’s quite fitting that Baton Rouge-based Americana artist Reece Sullivan named his third full-length studio album Middle Sea. Slated for an April 2 release, the eight-track album ebbs… Continue reading Reece Sullivan to release 'Middle Sea' April 2nd
From the haunting, funereal bells and emotional wails of opening track “Mother,” it was immediate – John Lennon’s first solo studio album was unlike anything he had made before. Recorded in 1970, shortly after the demise of The Beatles, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band saw John stripping away the artifice and ornamentation for a visceral artistic… Continue reading "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band," Explored With Immersive, Deep-Listening Ultimate Collection Box Set
Today, Augusta, GA-based musical powerhouse Funk You happily celebrates a much-anticipated return to the road, with the announcement of a series of seven shows throughout the southeast this spring. The tour arrives as the band celebrates its 10th year. Armed with a fresh batch of new tunes, familiar originals, and a multitude of covers, Funk… Continue reading Funk You – 10th Anniversary Spring Tour
Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions)—the latest offering of Tom Petty music, curated with help from his loving family, bandmates and collaborators—will be released on April 16 via Warner Records. The tracks, which were previously released on the limited-edition Super Deluxe 9-LP version of 2020’s Wildflowers & All The Rest, will now be available on limited edition… Continue reading Tom Petty's Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) out on digital streaming platforms
John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band will release Leftover Feelings on May 21st via New West Records. The 11-song set was produced by Jerry Douglas and recorded at Historic RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tenn. A meeting of two American music giants in a legendary setting, Leftover Feelings is neither a bluegrass album nor… Continue reading John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band To Release "Leftover Feelings"
Moving to Nashville to break out in the Americana/Country music scene is a rite of passage for young bands, but rarely does a bands story have them moving out of Nashville. Well, that’s exactly what The Rough & Tumble did, heading out on the road and living out of a 16’ camper touring the country… Continue reading New Album from The Rough & Tumble
