Originally from Kentucky, Jason Tyler Burton now calls the base of the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming home. The singer-songwriter recently released the follow-up his 2014 album Headwaters, entitled Lost Behind the Ranges. Written mostly while working as a seasonal park ranger in the Zion and Sequoia national parks, and recorded in Pinedale, Wyoming, the eleven-song set reflects Burton’s transition from wandering the West to finding a home in Wyoming and focuses on relationships including those with significant others, country, and the road.

A collection that is melodically quiet, the songs on Lost Behind the Ranges are heartfelt, personal, and touching with one of the tracks, “Bet On Me” striking a deep emotional chord. Opening with acoustic guitar which is soon accompanied by the sorrowful strains of a violin and shuffling percussion, “Bet On Me” finds Burton warning a potential life partner not to take a chance on him because he will only let her down. While the lyrics themselves are impactful, its Burton’s vocals – emitting a warm sadness of a defeated man who now believes the negative things others have told him about himself - that heighten the emotion. “I’ve spent all these years just trying to break free of what others said would be my destiny.”
 
 "I told you once I told you a thousand times, that I am guilty of a thousand crimes
I told you once I told you a thousand times: Don’t you bet on me
Well are you sure you want to take my name?
Your daddy says I am the one to blame, so are you sure you want to take my name?
Don’t you bet on me."

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 Jason Hawk Harris, guitarist for the Show Ponies, goes solo on  "The Smoke and the Stars”  the first song released under his own name which will  be on his forthcoming album due later this year. 

The song, Harris says, has been waiting to come out his whole life. "It clawed its way out of me and left me on the floor in a pool of blood, smiling like a lunatic. Explaining the song would be to offer a mediocre paraphrase.  The lyrics themselves are the best explanation I can give.  In general, I’m a fan of the idea that music is best experienced without pre-conceived notions. And with that, I’m going to shut up so you can listen.” 

The cinematic-like introduction slow builds til Harris' serene vocals  cast a spell  alongside piano, steel, and delicate harmonies delivering  lyrics both absorbing  and complex.  Listen to the song below.

"Goodbye Virginia… 10 hours west to Nashville… I’m looking for a promise I don’t know if I’ll find.” So sing The Hummingbyrds on their second CD, Purgatory Emporium which documents the  duo's  -  life partners Debra Buonaccorsi and Steve McWilliams - move from the Virginia area to Nashville on a  ten track collection that is awash with jangly guitars, bouyant melodies, pristine harmonies, and heartfelt, relatable lyrics. 

One of the album's standout tracks, "Simple Life," is an honest look at the difficult choices we make in life - and the questions that accompany them. 

"Maybe I should have chosen a simplier life
Maybe I should have chosen sunnier skies
Wish that I could see through differnt eyes
Maybe  a simple life is just a lie"

The Little Miss (Hayley Johnson) is a Los Angeles-based musician with roots in jazz, blues, and folk who will be releasing her new album, American Dream,  later this year. Having been inspired by female vocalists such as Fiona Apple and Jewel, Johnson can remember starting girl bands at recess and writing lyrics in notebooks beginning in the first grade. In middle school, Johnson began performing original music around San Diego county with her father at local coffee shops and surf competitions. Johnson developed the idea for The Little Miss while in college at San Francisco State University, where she rediscovered her love of music by way of her studies in Philosophy.

 The sound of The Little Miss ranges from gritty guitar riffs to one-take, twangy samplings straight from the plains. Her latest single, "Doubt," merges a fuzzy, bluesy guitar alongside  a stirring organ and The Little Miss's  soulful  vocals on a track that explores self-doubt via an almost uncertain, noir vibe.

The Little Miss has said that, "Doubt concerns itself with the  intellectual understanding that life's answers cannot be summoned, but  takes note of the relentless desire to still call for said answers. Essentially, it's about asking
questions that you know you will never have an answer for." Indeed, the song questions, "I pray every day and I pray every  night, but I'll never know if I am getting it right. Or will I?"

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Seafoam Green   (featuring Rich Robinson of Black Crowes) are releasing their alt-country debut Topanga Mansion  on  April 22nd. Following initial acclaim for the album, the band has now unveiled "Runaway"  a sumptuous Americana rock-jam from  the project. Give it a listen below. For more information head HERE.

After a week or so hiatus, Ear Grabbers has  returned with some new tunes and new artists  that  really deserve  your ear.  Give a listen! Let me know what you think and  who you're listening to!