New York singer-songwriter Rachael Sage is an all round musician whose music playfully avoids simple categorization. Bringing together flavours of folk.pop, rock, blues and jazz, Sage has built an electric catalogue of material that is both graceful and powerful. Now Rachael Sage is unleashing her bravest, most earnest release to date coming in the form…
@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – Erin Lunsford Releases New Single “Virginia Brother” “‘Virginia Brother’ is about my little brother, Ryan, who’s a Firefighter and EMS worker in Roanoke, Virginia,” explains Lunsford. “He’s selfless and works hard for his community and I’m constantly inspired to write songs about…
@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – CHRISTIAN PAUL RELEASES “HERE TONIGHT” Growing up in the south, young Christian was musical from the start. At four years old, he learned to play the drums, followed by the piano, bass, and guitar. His father, a former hip-hop dancer, taught Christian…
@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – AUSTRALIAN PRODUCER, KITO TEAMS UP WITH ALUNAGEORGE ON EXPLOSIVE NEW SINGLE “ALONE WITH YOU” This is Kito’s second single since the release of her widely acclaimed debut track on Astralwerks, “Wild Girl” (currently #10 & climbing on US Dance Radio). “Alone With…
@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – Dark post-punk breakouts Secret Shame + Skope Magazine Secret Shame is composed of their fierce, captivating vocalist Lena (she/her, synths), Billie (they/she, guitar/synth), Matthew (he/him, bass/synth) and drummer Nathan (he/him). Dark Synthetics also resurrects the moody deathrock style that swept through the…
Julia King is a musical trendsetter of sorts as she gives the big middle finger to categorized genres. This label-free singer/songwriter from New York has just released her debut album titled ‘Radio Therapy’. I am actually shocked to discover that this is the first recorded album for Julia King because she comes across as a…
@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – Toronto sextet JAUNT share new BADBADNOTGOOD produced single ‘Delighted To Be Spoken To’ Toronto-based six-piece Jaunt are set to release their debut album All In One on April 16th. The band formed in 2016 as a casual recording project that, upon the…
@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – LIL BABY + LIL WAYNE: “FOREVER” video out today! Today Lil Baby releases the video for his song “Forever” featuring Lil Wayne. Directed by Jon J, the record is off Lil Baby’s newly-released album, My Turn (Quality Control Music / Wolfpack Global…
@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – “Mind and Soul” – Chynna Lewis’ New Single Born in Taiwan, Chynna Lewis moved to Canada at the age of ten. Growing up in a musical family, her mother sang, her father taught her guitar, and she and her brothers played music…
@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – NEWS: Austin trio Nobody’s Girl (BettySoo, Rebecca Loebe, Grace Pettis) release full-length album debut on July 10th “We always joke that it started out by accident,” offers singer-songwriter (and former Voice contestant) Rebecca Loebe when asked about the fortuitous aligning of stars…
@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – New artist to check – Elah Hale (INTERSCOPE) 20 year old Elah Hale is an incredibly talented new artist we’re working with, set to release her debut EP on Interscope Records this spring, after she makes her SXSW live debut. She dropped…
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One Dime Band embraces a modern take on the blues with the giddy “Hoodoo & Holy Water”. Sung with true fire the whole of the album has a massive, all-consuming tact to them. By embracing such an incredible swinging rhythm, the collection positively teems with life. Instrumentally rich they incorporate a wide variety of sounds…
@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – MÖRK GRYNING Announce First Ever U.S. Tour Legendary Swedish black metal formation MÖRK GRYNING will be touring the U.S. for the first time ever! In the last years, the Swedes have returned to the stage triumphantly with live performances in Stockholm (Sweden),…
It’s not uncommon for rock performers to sing about how they were born to rock. In Erin Coburn’s case, though, this is literally true. She was performing at open mic nights at only seven. She wasn’t just there to look cute, either, but was playing guitar and singing at the same time. She created her…
@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – KOKOKO! Share Video For “Zala Mayele” The band comment: “Zala Mayele’s lyrics are about the dangers in Kinshasa’s street (thieves, sorcerers, gangs and more) and the importance of distinguishing what is what, what is hidden under what shape, in disguise around the…
@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – NCT 127 ANNOUNCE ARENA TOUR, LAUNCHING JUNE 5 AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN Rolling Stone hailed NCT 127 as “a phenomenon-upon-arrival” in a review of the opening night of their 2019 tour and noted, “NCT 127 were given the Beatles’ welcome.” The New…
Cinderella produced some of the most memorable and popular blues infused, hard rock songs of the ’80s/ ’90s glam era – and the man behind the platinum pen was front-man and multi-instrumentalist Tom Keifer. “Nobody’s Fool,” “Don’t Know What You Got (Until It’s Gone),” “Coming Home,” “Shelter Me,” and “Heartbreak Station,” to name a few:…
Ed Roman delivers a classic rock spirit on the powerful “Stronger”. With a glowing organ swell, the track careens with a gleeful abandon. The lyrics have a tremendous sense of optimism, one that informs the entirety of the piece. His voice has an earnestness to it. Percussion helps to propel the whole thing forward with…
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Bill Abernathy sings from a life of experience on the country-folk of “Crossing Willow Creek”. Utilizing a painterly approach to songwriting the impressionistic quality of the album works wonders. Rather dreamy the hyper detailed narratives add to the fully lived-in quality of the works. Stylistically grounded in a rustic Americana, Bill Abernathy draws heavily from…
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I have a long history with Gibrish covering many articles for the Swedish band over the years, so I was very happy to cross paths with them again! Gibrish has been going strong since 2008 and currently promoting their latest album from 2019 titled ‘Secondhand Songs’. Gibrish is Swedish Folk with a major twist including…
Born in Gilmer, Texas on October 27th, 1939, Benny, the younger, bass-playing brother of Freddie King, has made the blues his business for over six decades. Touring the world as a sideman throughout his sixty-plus year career, Turner recently appeared in Europe for the first time as a bandleader. Whether as a highlight at the…
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Luke Rhodes makes music that delves deeply into universal emotions. With the help of a talented team of collaborators and recording under the aegis of Fallen Roads, he offers an insightful new single titled “Where She Goes,” a song that examines the insecurities and the tangled communication that often accompanies human relationships with all their…
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Dirt Track Racer is coming quick out of the gates with their latest release ‘Something’s Gotta Give’. Referred to as “music to feed your mind and move your feet”, I couldn’t agree more with that sentiment. Dirt Track Racer has created music that will make you stop and contemplate while also wanting to get down…
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