The month of May is flowering time, the time when nature and human life blossoms. Our social life isn’t exactly booming, but if you listen very carefully you can hear the voices and instruments of artists all over the world blooming.
Lovers of indie folk will be thrilled to learn that Damien Jurado is in an overproductive mood. Shortly after releasing his fourteenth album, which he recorded in a single take, he already finished his new album entitled “What’s New, Tomboy?”. Damien’s career blossomed mid-nineties in his hometown Seattle. At that time the place to be as a musician and/or lover of flannel shirts and beanies. Which new and surprisingly good songs he pulls out of his beanie this time, you can discover from this Friday on in your Tunify Player.
Nowadays Toronto seems to be the place to be for experimental electronic sound wizards. Meet homegrown Katie Stelmanis, who not only sings and writes her own songs but produces them as well. To top things off she is her own sound engineer. Find her in your Tunify Player as Austra, named after the Baltic goddess of dawn. It’s a new day, it’s a new dawn. What could possibly sound more hopeful?
Well, ArtistsCAN sounds hopeful ànd Canadian as well. Artists such as Avril Lavigne, Bryan Adams, Michael Bublé, Tyler Shawn, Justin Bieber, Shawn Hook, Sarah McLachlan, Walk Off The Earth and Johnny Orlando join forces to record a new version of “Lean On Me”, made immortal by the recently deceased Bill Withers. The proceeds will benefit the Red Cross in its battle against Covid-19.
Car Seat Headrest sounds like a very laid-back band name, but don’t judge a book by its cover, nor rock artists by their laziness. This American band recorded their first four albums in one single year and releases their twelfth effort today. Normally they bring you solid indie rock, but on “Making a Door Less Open” they change the plot by adding elements of EDM, hip hop, doo-wop, folk, rock-’n-roll, and soul. Like the band name, the album title may sound confusing, but here at Tunify, we welcome all kinds of everything (especially the weekend) with open arms ánd an open mind.
Following artists have spawned new ecological songs lately: Kodaline, Marshmello, Matuma, Lukas Graham, Bronson, Benjamin Biolay, Haim, Crystal Murray, Declan McKenna, Tim Burgess, Woodkid, Lido Pimienta, Shabazz Palaces, The Pretenders, Clueso, Badly Drawn Boy, Gerry Cinnamon, Lennon Stella, MEYY, Fakear, Bilal Hassani, and Joan As A Police Woman.
History buffs know that next Friday is V-day, a.ka. Liberation Day. Artists like Mark Lanegan, I Break Horses, T’Pau, Kehlani, Butch Walker, Offaiah and Hayley Williams among others will be releasing new material that day. Something to look forward to and to lean on indeed!
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