After a three-year stint as a pianist with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, California native Aaron Embry has struck out on his own with something more bare-bones and acoustic.
Download “Moon of the Daylit Sky” now, courtesy of World Cafe.
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Guitarist Jonny Ollsin (formerly of S.T.R.E.E.T.S.) and singer Kim Krans met in the Catskill Mountains in New York, where they continue to write and record in a hand-built log cabin. Together, they lead the Brooklyn ambient rock group Family Band, which sounds like anything but mountain music.
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Download “Throw It Out” by Megan Reilly, a singer-songwriter who takes country and pop music back to its roots.
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Self-described as “hot, raucous, retro swing for two,” Two Man Gentlemen Band lives up to its claim. But, as the name suggests, there’s a subtle ridiculousness to the group’s sound. You can download “Pork Chops” here, a song which claims, “My girl tastes like pork chops when I kiss her / I wonder what she had for dinner.” Yum?
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Download “Loveless” by Said the Whale, which glides between toe-tapping pop and beautiful crooning. Learn more about the Canadian band from our Next series.
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