 Daughter of Soft Machine co-founder Kevin Ayers finds her voice on 10 new songs set for release on July 27
PopMatters premiered a track: http://bit.ly/2LsBiEM LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Galen Ayers didn’t set out to pursue a music career. In fact, she attempted to run in the opposite direction, despite studying ethnomusicology along with religion as a double-major undergrad. (She also has a double master’s in religious psychology and Buddhism.) But eventually, she discovered her DNA could not be denied. Ayers, whose late father, Kevin, co-founded the influential British psych-rock band Soft Machine, finally gave in to that most demanding of muses: fate. The happy result is Monument, a beguiling album of folk-inflected dream-pop set for release July 27, 2018 on Bombinate Records. “I’ve tried so many things not to be a musician,“ Ayers admits, “but it just keeps coming back. The reason is because it’s such a complete way of breaching that meaningless gap that occurs when shit happens in life. I love painting, writing and sculpting, but I haven’t found anything as complete as the process of writing a song.”
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 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tony Joe White’s music is as primal as a lizard’s backbone. It echoes from the magnolia groves and bayous of his Louisiana childhood, and looms into the present every time he unleashes the molasses and tanned-leather combination of his guitar and voice. The legendary songwriter’s new blues-based album, Bad Mouthin’, which arrives September 28, 2018, comes straight from the swamps with its blend of classics and five White originals, including two of the first songs he wrote — just before penning his breakthrough hits “Polk Salad Annie” and “A Rainy Night in Georgia” in 1967.
“When and where I grew up, blues was just about the only music I heard and truly loved,” says White, who’s 75 and, if anything, an even more visceral performer than in his youth. “I’ve always thought of myself as a blues musician, bottom line, because the blues is real, and I like to keep everything I do as real as it gets. So, I thought it was time to make a blues record that sounds the way I always loved the music.”  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 7, 2018 Press Release) -- Nashville’s weekly sold out singer-songwriter round, Song Suffragettes, will host its 4th Anniversary Party on Monday, June 11 at 6:30 P.M. at Analog at Hutton Hotel in Nashville. The party will consist of two performance rounds by some of Nashville’s best female singer-songwriters, and a special panel on the “State of Women in Country Music,” which will feature CMT’s Leslie Fram, Red Light’s Tracy Gershon and MTSU’s Beverly Keel. The panel will be moderated by Rolling Stone/Billboard’s Marissa Moss. Tickets for the event can be purchased here.
”We started Song Suffragettes in 2014 simply to give underserved female singer-songwriters a place to play their music and hone their craft,” says music industry veteran Todd Cassetty. “To watch Song Suffragettes evolve from simply a talent showcase to a proud community of talented women has been highly rewarding. And on June 11, we’re excited to once again celebrate the diversity of female voices that we will continue to support until there’s more gender parity within the Nashville music community.”  Courtesy of the Artist On August 10, the Mississippi-bred singer & guitarist Jason Eady returns with a new album I Travel On. The album is his first to be recorded with his ace touring band who have been relentlessly touring behind Eady's critically acclaimed self-titled album that was released in 2017. GRAMMY-nominated musicians Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley accompanied Eady, his bandmates and wife Courtney Patton to round out the lineup that would execute the live, single-take sessions.
Today, Eady released "Calaveras County," the first single to be released from the forthcoming album. Today, Noisey premiered the song and described the album as having "...a cohesive sound that feels weighted with meaning." Stream "Calaveras County" via YouTube: https://youtu.be/CI7Nk2i_lSs  Photo credit: Amy Martell
The new single from Rebekah Rolland, “Standing Still”, from her upcoming album, Seed & Silo, is a vivid sunset gently swaying against the background of an evening prairie. With a delicate and graceful melody, it dances around abandoned plows in fields filled with quiet storied homes as Rolland’s voice paints a picturesque story and an acoustic guitar brings the setting to life.
“Standing Still” was inspired by the character Ántonia from feminist literary figure Willa Cather’s novel, My Ántonia. With an honest, homespun warmth, the song talks about the way in which certain people, places and experiences are pressed deep into memory - which can shape the entire course of a life. Rolland explains, “I wanted to convey the vivid and intimate situations that we all experience. They’re the memories of people, places, and events that - for whatever reason - carry us through the years. It struck me that most of these things seem insignificant, and yet, they’ve affected us in really powerful ways.” With lucid imagery, Rolland’s own experience has become pieces of the whole. From attending music festivals with her sister, or the way her father’s honeysuckle would bloom every spring while the hummingbirds came in droves, the essence of “Standing Still” is that we cling to these moments for the rest of our lives. Enjoy the track below then read on as Rolland answers her Essential 8 and talks songwriting, I'm With Her, Patti Griffin, and more!  Mary-Elaine Jenkins is excited to share her first two singles as a solo artist. "Fools Don't Stay" b/w "The Rooster" debuted via The Deli, who said "Jenkins' voice is a mix of cloves, sage, ash, thorns, and honey... her lyrics and vocal style seem timeless and raw." The tracks are now available to stream HERE. Mary-Elaine performed at Rockwood Music Hall in New York City last night, and she'll play NYC again at The Bitter End on June 22. More information on her debut album (due later this year via Good Child Music) and performances will be revealed in the coming weeks.
Mary-Elaine Jenkins is a 13th-generation South Carolinian; a member of a large, old, Southern family that could probably be considered a matriarchy. A product of her upbringing by a strong single mother amidst the canopy of her Lowcountry family tree, Mary-Elaine carries herself as if she had never left the humidity of the coast. But she did. First Washington DC, then Spain, and now Brooklyn. Venturing far from home, time and space removed from her roots have further distilled Mary-Elaine Jenkins' distinctly Southern charm.  With the proclamation that here “is what music was, before it came homogenized, trivialized and sanitized,” Kinky Friedman is dropping his first all-new CD of original tunes in four decades. Called Circus of Life, the project presents a side of Kinky that few would have suspected in the halcyon days of his Texas Jewboys, laying perhaps legit claim to the title “The Leonard Cohen of Texas.” On July 3, 2018, he will release it on his own terms and on his own Echo Hill Records. A monster summer tour follows including a stop in NYC on July 8th that is sure to be a night to remember. Grab your tix at the link below.
July 8th, Sunday City Winery NYC 155 Varrick St. Showtime: 8 p.m. Tickets: $25-$35  New York indoe pop group The Davenports have released the single “Where Shall We Hang Elena?” from the forthcoming album Don’t Be Mad at Me due out July 13th.
The Davenports is the long time project of songwriter and musician Scott Klass, who according to the Deli Magazine are “steeped in pop/rock--Ben Folds meets Weezer …leading you to sing along to songs you’re hearing for the first time while stories unfold of relationships gone awry….” “Where Shall We Hang Elena? ” was inspired by an incredible 60’s/70’s era photo Klass had of his mother, who died when he was only twelve. He wanted to hang the image, but wasn’t sure he wanted the constant reminder of the painful memory. Klass found this dilemma of wanting to honor the life of a loved one, but also being fearful of the pain the constant reminder of their absence would bring to be a relatively universal feeling. Everyone has experienced this mixture of loss, fear and love and it was this idea that sparked the writing of “ Where Shall We Hang Elena?” The song is not about his mother, but a fictional girl, who both mesmerized the family and caused them heartache.  From left-to-right: Jerry Douglas and Tommy Emmanuel. Courtesy: MSO PR Esteemed Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer and performer TOMMY EMMANUEL has announced the initial dates for his new tour, "Tommy Emmanuel with Very Special Guest Jerry Douglas." The trek will kick offNovember 29 at the Steifel Theatre for the Performing Arts in Salina, Kansas and run through December 16, stopping in Salt Lake City, Spokane, Las Vegas, Tucson and more (with additional dates to be announced soon). Masters of their craft, Tommy Emmanuel and Jerry Douglas are sure to bring their acclaimed fretboard fire and charm as only these two talented musicians can. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 22. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
 Randy Houser returns to NYC's Irving Plaza on June 7th and we have one pair of tickets for a lucky winner! Simply comment on this post or RT our original tweet on Twitter and you're entered to win. Winner announced June 5th.
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