Steve Rivera – Dividing The Darkness

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"Steve Rivera – Dividing The Darkness"

At this point in his ever evolving career, pianist and composer, Steve has taken it to the next level with the release of his stunning new album, “Dividing The Darkness,” To fulfill his creative vision for this project, Steve chose to work with one of the premier new age and contemporary instrumental producers in the world; the Grammy winning founder of the legendary Windham Hill Records, Mr. Will Ackerman. Along with Will’s roster of world-class studio musicians at Imaginary Road Studios, Steve has created an album that has garnered critical acclaim from highly regarded reviewers in the genre, who have described it as having “an astonishing level of sophistication, intensity, and heartfelt emotional expressivity,” In fact, the maestro Ackerman himself refers to the emotional range heard in Steve’s recording as: “a testament to the resilience of the human soul and the power of hope,” And in Steve’s own words: “When one’s talent is realized and pursued in a positive way, its limits may be nonexistent,”

Get the new album available NOW: itunes.apple.com/dividingthedarkness

Tracklist

  1. My Way Home (6:14)
  2. This Ancient Road (5:42)
  3. Help Me to Listen (4:27)
  4. Skyward (5:22)
  5. Beautiful Years (5:03)
  6. So Quickly Gone (feat. Will Ackerman) (4:30)
  7. Delicate Force (5:45)
  8. Valley of Light (3:58)
  9. Skyward Coda (3:47)

Links

Website: steverivera.com
FB: facebook.com/Steve-Rivera-Music

Tailor Birds – Wide Awake I See The Storm

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"Tailor Birds – Wide Awake I See The Storm"

Currently touring Europe, Tailor Birds release their second album with an Aussie tour to follow soon! This new album is both a stripped down, minimal acoustic feel, through to a bigger more intense electronic sound, reflecting both light and dark, the full range of the Tailor Birds experience. Recorded in both Holland and Australia, in various studios, Sophie Kinston finds each song have a specific place and purpose on the new record. The album features some incredible musicians from Europe and Australia, and of course Sophie’s electric violin – the glue that ties it all together.

Available NOW on iTunes! itunes.apple.com/WideAwake

Tracklist

  1. Winters’ Fall (5:47)
  2. Lady Caroline (5:47)
  3. Salten (3:42)
  4. Dancing in the Midday Sun (5:37)
  5. Candied Love (7:07)
  6. Ashen (4:59)
  7. Puppet Maker (8:01)
  8. Marmalade Home (6:06)
  9. Sailboat Dreaming (5:55)
  10. Mabel (6:32)
  11. Candied Lady Love (6:54)
  12. Save You Bible Bookends (5:13)

Links

Website
tailorbirdsmusic.com
Facebook
facebook.com/tailorbirdsmusic

Slow Club (UK) – One Day All of This Won’t Matter Anymore

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"Slow Club (UK) – One Day All of This Won’t Matter Anymore"

Slow Club’s Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor now release their fourth studio album “One Day All Of This Won’t Matter Anymore,” With help from producer Matthew E. White, the master of Southern-gothic folk, and his in-house band at Richmond’s Spacebomb Studios, they’ve created the consistency and tone the album required. Almost every track was played live in the studio, allowing the long-established session band’s natural chemistry to augment Charles’ and Rebecca’s. “One Day…” contains some of the best melodies they’ve yet created. The duo’s knack for writing hooks and melody has, if anything, become stronger over the last ten years of their career.

Get the album OUT NOW: itunes.apple.com/OneDay

Tracklist
1. Where The Light Gets Lost
2. Ancient Rolling Sea
3. In Waves
4. Silver Morning
5. Come On Poet
6. Sweetest Grape On The Vine
7. Give Me Some Peace
8. Rebecca Casanova
9. Tattoo
10. The Jinx
11. Champion
12. Let The Blade Do The Work

Links

Website: slowclubband.com
FB: facebook.com/slowclub
Youtube: youtube.com/user/SlowClubVEVO

August Playlist Receives Warm Welcome

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"August Playlist Receives Warm Welcome"

The Soundslikecafe August playlist has received a warm welcome in cafes featuring these terrific artists

Cafes have mentioned they love the variety of genres on this one but still creating a consistent new music experience for their customers…

Slow Club UK – Female Vocal Chill meets Indie

Josh Johnstone – Perth – Indie Folk Rock

Tailor Birds  – Melbourne – Avant Garde feat Electric Violin

Knox – Fiji – Blues with his signature silky smooth voice

Steve Rivera USA- Ambient Piano

The Mezcaltones Sydney- think the Pulp Fiction Soundtrack – a La Dick Dale…

 

 

 

Josh Johnstone – Call In Whispers

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"Josh Johnstone – Call In Whispers"

After being based in Melbourne and touring throughout the east coast of Australia, he USA, Europe, and Asia in his various bands for several years, Josh moved back to his home town of Fremantle in 2012. For the past 12 months, Josh has been busy in the studio writing and recording his debut album ‘Call in Whispers’ with Eskimo Joe’s Joel Quartermain. The now completed album was released in April 2016 and is by far Josh’s best work to date. Two singles from the album have just been released; ‘Rain Dancer’ and ‘Front Light’ both of which you will find online with a little help from Google… and if you don’t, then you will just have to go and see it performed live.

Get the new album here:

iTunes – itunes.apple.com/call-in-whispers

CD Baby – cdbaby.com/callinwhispers

Spotify – open.spotify.com/callinwhispers

 

Track List:

  1. Walls (3:53)
  2. Change Like The Weather (3:41)
  3. Brave Tin Soldiers (3:58)
  4. Rain Dancer (3:51)
  5. Call in Whispers (3:29) (Explicit)
  6. Front Light (3:16)
  7. Radiate (3:40)
  8. Only Way I Know (3:12) (Explicit)
  9. She’s a Hurricane (3:31)
  10. Castaways (4:07)

 

joshjohnstone.com

facebook.com/joshjohnstonemusic

soundcloud.com/joshjohnstonemusic

Instagram: joshjohnstonemusic

Alexi Musnitsky – Zia

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"Alexi Musnitsky – Zia"
Alexi Musnitsky (20) is French and American, born in New Mexico and living most of his life in Paris, France. He has been playing piano since the age of 4, trained as a classical pianist in the Russian style by Marina Ravor and won a first prize at the Flame international piano competition. Playing for others started as a young child in Paris, Catalonia and Amsterdam.
His music has been called expressive, bringing out emotion and sensitivity. 4-time Grammy winner Eugene Friesen recorded with Alexi in his album “Zia” produced by Will Ackerman at Imaginary Roads.
The music of Zia will touch your soul and warm your heart. Let your ears listen and your spirit unfold, the music will lead the way. It most certainly worked that way for me while taking this in. 
Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck – New Age Music Reviews 

Eloquently restrained and never bombastic in its approach, Zia offers an impressive level of musical maturity and depth for this young talent. Demonstrating a piano playing style that is fluid and supple, Zia is not to be missed by those who particularly enjoy elegant piano music wrapped in wholesome beauty. 

Candice Michelle, Host/Producer of Journeyscapes 
Get his new EP here: itunes.apple.com/Zia
Track List
  1. Zia
  2. War Of Love (feat. Eugene Friesen)
  3. Sparkling Heart
  4. The Quest (feat. Eugene Friesen)
  5. Light Will Lead the Way (feat. Eugene Friesen)
  6. Mile of Life (feat. Eugene Friesen)
  7. Dream Catcher (feat. Eugene Friesen)

 

www.aleximusnitsky.com
www.facebook.com/AlexiMmusic

Chris Boscole – Skipping On Daisies

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"Chris Boscole – Skipping On Daisies"

‘Skipping On Daisies’ is composed of piano solos that are happy, lyrical, magical, and dreaming, reminiscent of new age and neoclassical mysticism. Thirty years after his first release of ‘Shimmer Solo Piano’ in 1986, ‘Skipping On Daisies’ was performed on a 9′ Steinway Concert Grand and has a warm, spacious sound that soothes the soul and relaxes the mind.
Boscole is a versatile pianist and composer in the neoclassical, new age, jazz, folk, and contemporary instrumental genres. He explores creative relationships between nature, photography, and music through videos and multi-media concerts. Classically trained, Boscole has a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Washington and a Master of Music in Studio Music and Jazz from the Univers ity of Miami, Florida. A Pacific Northwest native, he’s been sailing Hawaii over the past several years and now makes those islands his home.

Popular in radio, his last five solo piano releases have all charted in the top 10 at Zone Music Reporter: A New Age of Classical Piano, Floating on a Melody, Inner Voy ages, Presents of Angels, and O Christmas Tree.

Get the new EP on iTunes now!

itunes.apple.com/ChristopherBoscole

Track List

  1. Skipping On Daisies
  2. Suite Wonder
  3. Three Fairies
  4. Toy Bells
  5. Variation On Chopin Nocturne
  6. Voyage of The Keys
  7. Prayer of Hope
  8. Universe
  9. Princess of Peace
  10. Wonder Suite
  11. Raindrops in A Minor
  12. Procession Of The Angels
  13. Celestial Sailing
  14. Be Happy

 

www.christopherboscole.com
www.facebook.com/Christopher-Boscole
www.youtube.com/ChristopherBoscole

Julie-Anne Marshall-Bluebird

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"Julie-Anne Marshall-Bluebird"

Hailing from Adelaide, Julie-Anne Marshall is a late comer to the music world and has self-funded and independently released her debut album, ‘Bluebird’. Growing up Julie-Anne used poetry to express herself and deal with situations in her life, but it wasn’t until her 30’s that she decided to follow her passion for music. She performed with bands around Adelaide working on her performing and song writing skills making the piano her instrument. Her vocal style is earthy yet ethereal – to connect, uplift, heal, that’s the power and purpose of her songs.

Track list:

  1. BLUEBIRD (3:45)
  2. SOMETHING ABOUT YOU (4:19)
  3. RUNNING MAN (3:52)
  4. SUPERHERO (5:33)
  5. SERENDIPITY (3:17)
  6. WONDERFUL WAY (3:47)
  7. WILD WOMAN (3:43)
  8. NOW FRIEND OF MINE (3:25) English/French
  9. ADELAIDE AUTUMN (4:39)
  10. GONE (3:50)

 

Buy links:

iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/bluebird/id1094402669?app=itunes

https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/bluebird/id1094402669

CD: Clarity Records – http://clarityrecords.net

CDBaby: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/julieannemarshall2

Checkout the Video for Something About You