UMC20: The Best of August 2020
As August ends, we can’t help but wonder where our summer has gone.
Nonetheless, this month’s Best of UMC20 gives us plenty of good reasons to look back on it fondly.
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REVIEW: Ellen Starski’s ‘Sara’s Half Finished Love Affair’ a Full-Bodied Masterpiece
To review Ellen Starski’s latest release, Sara’s Half Finished Love Affair, as a typical album would be to understate its depth and complexity. This dreamy, ethereal 11-track collection is a full-bodied musical experience; one which is transcendental of genre boundaries, and which reaches into the spiritual realm, to illustrate love and interpersonal connection at the energy level.
Meet ‘Sara’LISTEN: Goodnite Robicheaux Releases Raw, Mellow ‘Every Time’
The members of Goodnite Robicheaux have spent their lives immersing themselves in a vast array of musical ideas. The indie soul duo — consisting of longtime friends Justin MacDonald and Jamison Mode — grew up in musical households, and are not bound to a particular genre.
That’s what makes their forthcoming album, The Green Line, so exciting, beginning with its lead single, “Every Time.”
Read moreLISTEN: Best Hit TV’s ‘This moment, only’ a ‘Human and Honest’ Collection
Some of the most magical moments in all of music are those that occur naturally; the in-the-moment, imperfect nuances that present the medium at its most honest.
Listen to the RecordPHOTOS: Rising Appalachia at The Basement East (w/ Raye Zaragoza)
When you’ve traveled the world and toured as much as Rising Appalachia, that influence is bound to reflect in the art you create. We mean that in a musical sense, as well as in the certain enlightened sense of togetherness — the feeling that we are all one — that they inspire in their live performances.
Read moreUMC20: Best of September 2019
Well… that month came and went fast, didn’t it?
Listen to the best of UMC20Road to ‘Renegade’: A.T. Branch is ‘Ready 4 War’
As an Army veteran, A.T. Branch has experienced life from a perspective different from most of us. As a child of a musical family, the Detroit native paints from a sonic palette that encompasses formative influences like gospel, R&B, and jazz; intense shades of rock; the polish of modern pop; and a hushed, yet powerful vocal tone that has drawn comparisons to Britney Spears.
Everything we just mentioned shows up on A.T.’s debut single, “Ready 4 War,” which releases to the world on Friday, September 20.
Learn About A.T.The Balcony Show Play of the Day: Wed., May 8
Wednesday takes us into the pop realm, courtesy of a new Play of the Day from our friends in radio at The Balcony Show.
Hear Tuesday’s Play of the Day
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The Balcony Show Play of the Day: Mar. 26, 2019
It’s another day, which means it’s time for another Play of the Day from our friends in radio, The Balcony Show.
Are you ready? We’re ready!
Hear Monday’s Play of the Day
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Godfrey Daniels Presenting Twin Bill of Local Talent Saturday Night
Saturday night, Godfrey Daniels is presenting a twin bill of two of its homegrown acts.