Shane Paul Smith - "Lonely on the Bright Side"
I'm proud to say that I "discovered" this guy at a heavily-biased, Idolesque mall talent show when I was working in New Orleans radio back in 2003. Shane was recently in the studio with Producer Tom Drummond (of Better Than Ezra), and the resulting music is nothing short of amazing. Shane has a knack for clever wordplay in his songwriting. Check out the music using the links below, and I'll be sure to keep you posted as his career moves forward.
Links: Facebook | ReverbNation
Ryan Spendlove - "The Years Go By"
As I gear up for the relaunch of Festival of Songs, I'll be presenting you with various songs that I have discovered on the web. Some of these songs may be fairly new, others might be older. Some covers, some originals. Sit back, enjoy, and get in touch if you have a song in mind for Festival of Songs!
Here's a video I found on YouTube of Ryan Spendlove performing "The Years Go By". I don't know anything about Ryan, just that the song caught my ear. Check out the links below for more info. ENJOY!
Links:
YouTube | Facebook | MySpace | Twitter | iTunes
Here's a video I found on YouTube of Ryan Spendlove performing "The Years Go By". I don't know anything about Ryan, just that the song caught my ear. Check out the links below for more info. ENJOY!
Links:
YouTube | Facebook | MySpace | Twitter | iTunes
Julia Price - "You Got a Girlfriend"
Hey people! It's been a while since I've given you new music, and for that, I'm sorry. More new music is on the way, I promise! Anyway, I wanted to give you an update on one of my favorite new artists. I featured Julia Ilowiecki back in April, but things have changed for Julia since then. The biggest change is her name. Julia explains it best, "I will now be going by Julia Price as my music name (Price is my middle name). I love my Polish last name but it's just too hard to spell and pronounce and ... you get the point!"
In addition to her name change, Julia recently completed recording her upcoming album, which is scheduled to be released in March. While I don't have any of the new music to share with you just yet, I hope you'll enjoy this video of Julia having some fun live. If you want to hear and see more, be sure to check out www.juliapricemusic.com.
Links: Official | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube
Zeke Martin Project - "Summertime"
Continuing this week's Summer theme...
Zeke Martin is the son of the late Stu Martin, who played with the likes of Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Charles Mingus, Dave Holland and Quincy Jones. At the age of 12, he got his musical debut with Steve Lacy in France. I've been following Zeke Martin since the release of his 2006 CD "Funky Stuff." Prior to that, Zeke had already made a name for himself, performing with Boston's Ed Jones Quartet and Ray Brown Quartet before starting his own group, The ZMP (Zeke Martin Project).
In addition to his own projects, both live and recorded, Zeke has appeared on various other projects including Lori Dow, Persian Blue, and the Mike Delledera Band. His live schedule over the next few months has him performing with The ZMP, as well as sets with The Ray Brown Group and Mystic Chorale before a month-long tour in Malaysia with The Pike.
Links:
iTunes | Official | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | MySpace
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