UMC20: The Best of October 2020
It’s the last Tuesday of the month, and you know what that means: lots of tough decisions, as we attempt to narrow a month’s worth of music down to 20 prime cuts.
Hear the Best of OctoberTag Archives: blues
UMC20: Rock, Pop, and So Much More! (Oct. 20, 2020)
Sometimes, I think back to the day. The early day. Like, when I first launched The Quinn Spinn, and I was scouring Twitter, asking random bands I had never met if we could feature their music. That was 2013.
Read morePhillip-Michael Scales Confronts the Discomfort of Being the Only Black Person in the Room
Phillip-Michael Scales often finds himself to be the only Black person in the room. The discomfort that comes along with that — and the ways it is often minimized — is the subject of his new, blues-tinged single.
UMC20: October Variety Pack! (Oct. 13, 2020)
This week’s edition of UMC20 truly has it all, friends.
Listen to UMC20The Quinn’s Daily Spinn: Thursday, Sept. 24
Just gotta throw this out there: as soon as I heard this new single from Arkansas native Jaymes Brass, I knew we had a worthy Daily Spinn on our hands.
Hear Thursday’s Daily SpinnUMC20: Equinox Jams! (Sept. 22, 2020)
Happy fall! Or, happy autumn. Whatever you want to call it, it’s here.
Listen to UMC20UMC20: Halfway Through September (Sept. 15, 2020)
To give you a little bit of inside baseball, one of the pleasant consequences of curating a weekly playlist is that it gives us 20 automatic slots to feature artists, week in and week out. When your inbox looks like ours does these days — still, and probably forever, catching up from being out of town — that’s nothing short of a blessing to get this music featured.
Read morePREMIERE: Katie McGhie’s Playful Summer Send-off, ‘Where You Roam’
We’re not going to let you get away without one last glimpse of summer, courtesy of Katie McGhie.
Hear it First!The Quinn’s Daily Spinn: Monday, August 24
What’s a gigging musician on-the-go to do, but swipe right for companionship?
Read moreUMC20: Best of July 2020
Right in step with the sweet summer heat, we had plenty of fire to choose from throughout the month of July.
Hear the Best of July