New Music Summer 2021

The Time We Share  Hank Wedel  midtempo, friendly song, male tenor It's great to see you, we thought you were dead, hook: It's all about the time we share, reconnecting, friends reunion.  http://hankwedel.bandcamp.com

Alone Too Long  John Hall   midtempo rock with moody electric guitar, Ed Sheeran-like, “Don't stay alone too long. you might start to like it,” mentions NETFLIX, It's about coming out of isolation. friends reuniting, 

Stronger Than I Know  Teresa James   Demi Lovato Sia Bonnie Tyler pop/country-Americana, sticking to it through hard time and mentally abusive situations. Stronger than I know, stand up and fight. Make these wrongs right  http://soundcloud.com/karen-besbeck/stronger-than-i-know

One Man’s Meat  Gary Lucas & David Johansen  uptempo fierce & frenetic rock David Johansen vocals Gary Lucas guitar, wild horns.  Hamlet, the Garden of Eden, Neighborhood bully. "fish meat"  

Cognitive Dissonance Joe Deninzon, Randy McStine & Stratospheerius  male tenor vocals hard rock electric-violin & guitars People believing lies religion politics fear friendships being lost due to religious differences, hatred is taught.

I Know You’re Real  Gunhill Road   Version 1:   spoken word voice like Alex Trebeck,  Walt Whitman-esque lyrics: beams of light, be kind, respects animals without mentioning the word "animals."  treasure. “thou shalt not kill”  

Meth and the Single Girl/Angry Lady  Bronx Buffalo hip-hop, methamphetamine, meth, angry lady, drunken sailor sea shanty melody, traditional. antidrug, selfcare, friends, dumb,  Nicki Minaj-esque,  JustSayNo, darkside mindful “gimme a kiss, mwah” http://soundcloud.com/leightonmedia/meth-the-single-girl

My Name Is Africa Roeshdien Jaz  rapper with piano and soulful female singer in background, haunted by the treatment of white society to the native blacks of South Africa.  

   

SXSW Songwriters

Rebecca Loebe, John Brodeur, Rachael Sage are meeting folks at SXSW.

Rebecca's latest album GIVE UP YOUR GHOSTS (on Austin's Blue Corn Records) features GROWING UP, a collection of poignant observations on how things change.  Sounding like one of Ed Sheeran's waltzes, GROWING UP''s hook "growing old, getting over it."  


Rebecca has two shows: Thursday, May 14: Driskill, 604 Brazos Street, at 9 PM CT 
Friday March 15: Saxon Pub, 1320 W. Lamar at 8 PM

Then it’s off to Europe, including her March 31 show in London at The Green Note.
P.S. Rebecca's looking forward to opening for Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche Cookout Concerts in Novato CA 6/2! http://tinyurl.com/yytveyra 

This just in: ROLLING STONE Country writes:

Bird Streets is John Brodeur's new project, with production from Jason Falkner (Jellyfish, TV Eyes). John is also in Austin.  Newly signed to Omnivore records, the label is ripping him for syncs, and I'm plugging his songs. Listen to "Betting on the Sun," which is sounds like Elvis Costello meets Brian Wilson.   




Rachael Sage has been an inspiration to friends for years.  She's performing Saturday afternoon, March 16  at 4:45 PM CT, at Art.Work, 201 E 5th St., in Austin.

Rachael performs in London on May 16 at the Bedford.
Next week she's releasing an acoustic album  (PSEUDOMYOPIA) of songs from her current full band collection: MYOPIA.

"Alive" is such an upbeat song, listing topical possibilities "including microfilm being pulled out of the archive," " the olympics where nobody ever cheats!"  She mentions Frida Kahlo,  and the hook "IT’S GOOD TO BE ALIVE." 

Listen to Some of our Spiritual and Holiday songs at: https://soundcloud.com/leightonmedia/sets/seasonal-christmas-hannakah.