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Taking risks allows us to live fully. It enables us to experience love and gratitude, and to turn our dreams into reality.
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Artwork: Lee Schneiderman
For years, we’ve had the opportunity to appreciate the work of Greg in Good Company, fronted by Los Angeles-based troubadour Greg Gilman.
They’re back for 2023 with “HOME,” a rollicking new single that explores mental illness from varying perspectives.
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Well folks, as though they hadn’t already done it several times over by now, TopHouse has arrived.
Their new EP, Campfire Stories, is a collection that will make you think, make you feel, and make you want to tap your toes and slap that tambo in the great outdoors with all your chosen family. It’s such an inspiring collection of songs that I needed to know more. So, while they picked their strings, I picked their brains.
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Sometimes, a song comes along that feels like a warm embrace; an assurance as the world closes in that everything is, in fact, going to be OK.
In that sense, Denver’s The Runaway Grooms have struck gold with their new single, “Heartwork.”
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When Stephen Babcock comes to Nashville’s famous Bluebird Cafe this Friday, he will do so in celebration of his new album, When We Were Kids Ourselves. The 10-track offering is a nod to the ways we grow, as we encounter life changes and challenges in our relationships — with others, as well as ourselves.
“This album is about the journey and growth experiences post ‘growing up,'” Babcock states. “It’s so easy to feel isolated when you’re taking on something challenging in life, and we tend to normalize the idea that in adult life, we’re supposed to have it all figured out by now. I hope my music serves as a bastion for people experiencing challenging emotions, and I hope my voice can help those struggling to find the words they’re looking for in their own life.”
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Love is a variable experience. Its initial dopamine hit can leave us feeling full of wonder and possibility. Love can also leave us feeling low, and unsure of who we are after it has run its course. Sometimes, love can turn infatuous — even dangerous — before we even realize it.
Whatever the case, love is a journey, and these three Songs You Should Hear take us on that journey — of love for others, love for our vices, and love for ourselves.
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You’ve made it to the end of another week! Your reward? A fresh batch of Songs You Should Hear!
This week’s edition does a good job of covering a lot of ground in just three songs, bringing us from a cross-section of nostalgia from the 1970s and 80s, to slick and modern R&B production.
Step on in and try something new!
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