Amanda Anne Platt, The Honeycutters, alt-country, folk, Americana, Organic Records, Syntax Creative - image

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters - The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

“This album,” says Amanda Anne Platt, “has been a wild ride—both in the global and personal events that took place during its creation and in the creation itself.” Wild ride though it may have been, that album—Amanda Anne Platt and…
Cephas, Christian music, CHH, hip hop, rap, Menace Movement, Syntax Creative - image

Cephas - "One Step Away"

This new single by emerging CHH emcee Cephas showcases the rapper's versatility, as "One Step Away" places his flow in a soulful, vibey environment. Bringing a smoother, silkier set of rhymes, the message remains the same for Cephas' music…
Fireside Collective, bluegrass, folk, Americana, Mountain Home Music Company, Syntax Creative - image

Fireside Collective - "Blue is My Condition"

For their first single of 2022, Asheville, North Carolina’s Fireside Collective serve up a fiery number that proves once again the truth of award-winning banjo player and broadcaster Ned Luberecki’s observation that “bluegrass is happy,…
Rel McCoy, lo-fi, beats, hip hop, Illect Recordings, Syntax Creative - image

Rel McCoy - "There is No Try"

For an emcee known for his flow, Canadian hip hop artist Rel McCoy is certainly beginning to make a name for himself as a producer and lo-fi beat maker. His latest instrumental, "There is No Try," is an upbeat, happy version compared to a recent…
The Wisecarvers, Christian music, southern gospel, Horizon Records, Syntax Creative - image

The Wisecarvers - "Like This"

For fans of The Wisecarvers, the new year brings exciting news. Though the Tennessee gospel singing family have been a steady presence on radio and—until the pandemic—in live performance, it’s been more than three years since The Wisecarvers…
Rick Lang, bluegrass, alt-country, Dark Shadow Recording, Syntax Creative - image

Rick Lang - A Tale to Tell

About the focus track, "Sawmill Man" | In "Sawmill Man," the opening track to Rick Lang's latest LP, A Tale to Tell (Dark Shadow Recording, 2/25), featured lead vocalist is none other than bluegrass/acoustic/country music legend Tim Stafford.…
Sojourn, Newselph, hip hop, rap, Illect Recordings, Syntax Creative - image

Sojourn & Newselph - Mirror Monologues (Remix)

Originally recorded for Sojourn's The Dark Room (Illect Recordings, Nov. '20), "Mirror Monologues" gets this 2022 re-make featuring Canadian producer's, Newselph, official stamp. A completely introspective vibe—hence, "mirror,"—this…
R.A.I.D., metal, Rottweiler Records, Syntax Creative - image

R.A.I.D. - "Shattered Beliefs"

R.A.I.D. is a thrash metal band based in India, and "Shattered Beliefs" marks the band's second single release in 2022. Despite rocking halfway across the globe, since 2019 many of their songs have charted in respected metal publications. Two…
R.A.I.D., rock, hard rock, metal, Rottweiler Records, Syntax Creative - image

R.A.I.D. - Defiance

R.A.I.D. boasts a lot of recent and interesting activity in their relatively short-lived band life. The natives-to-India band landed India's Top Emerging Band of 2017, Rolling Stone (India) "hottest band to look out for in 2018," co-organized…
Crystal Lewis, Charles Jones, jazz, singer-songwriter, CLR, Syntax Creative - image

Crystal Lewis feat. Charles Jones - "I Can't Help It"

For Crystal Lewis' first new single since her 2019 Rhapsody project, she teams up with fellow SoCal singer, songwriter, producer Charles Jones (Joy Oladokun) on this Stevie Wonder-written original—and made more popular by Michael Jackson…
Breaking Grass, bluegrass, alt-country, Mountain Fever Records, Syntax Creative - image

Breaking Grass - "Money Can't Buy You"

There are some things in life that money truly can't buy you, and Breaking Grass' new single is a more than palatable conduit for this enduring message. As the song states: The feeling of young love, the smell of grandma's fresh baked pies,…
Rachel Jeanette, Americana, folk, Christian music, Godsey Media, Syntax Creative - image

Rachel Jeanette - "Mercy on Me"

This gospel-blues track is performed by singer, songwriter, actress Rachel Jeanette—known for recent roles in such on-screen brands like Allegiant The Divergent Series, 90 Minutes in Heaven, and Nashville. Jeanette brings undeniably strong…