We had the pleasure of interviewing Nia Kay over Zoom video! Chicago rapper and rising star, Nia Kay recently released her new video titled, “Go Best Friend”. With more than 6.9 million fans on Facebook and almost 1.6 million followers on Instagram, Nia released this new single on the heels of the successful debut of her song “Ignored,” which ranked #2 on the BET Jams Fresh Face Friday. In addition to the release of “Go Best Friend,” Nia has stepped up as an ambassador for JDRF, the leading glob...
Feb 14, 2022•34 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Julianna Joy over Zoom video! Due out in 2022, the prodigious pop singer-songwriter’s EP Garden of Eden sits in the crosshairs of youthful innocence and profundity beyond her years. Its seven songs span escapist dance bops and contemplative ballads, taking musical influence from alternative rock, pop, classic rock, and psychedelia. Co-written with Grammy-nominated producer Teddy Geiger (Shawn Mendes, Maroon 5, Lizzo), Garden of Edenincorporates these styles in...
Feb 13, 2022•35 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing LiLi Roqelin over Zoom video! The song “Childfree” by NYC-based award-winning singer-songwriter-producer LiLi Roquelin is the first-ever original song written about the childfree choice and lifestyle. It features 55 happy childfree women from all over the world on the cover art and it has been labeled by such women as “their Anthem”. Since its release, she has received many positive and supportive reactions (with The New York Times feature and podcast intervie...
Feb 12, 2022•32 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing S-X over Zoom video! 2022 marks the return of new music from critically acclaimed producer turned pop star S-X, teaming up with multi-platinum selling rap sensation Trippie Redd for their silky new single, "All Night." Charged by an electric production, the heart-on-sleeve track is bridged with S-X’s world-class vocals, Trippie Redd’s effortless flow and Digital Farm Animals’ production, the fruits of which make for hook-laden remedy to beat the January blues....
Feb 11, 2022•45 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Jacob Bryant over Zoom video! Edgy, outlaw country rocker Jacob Bryant unleashes his new album, Bar Stool Preacher from Thirty Tigers and American Roots Records, today. Wide Open Country premiered the official music video to the album's focus track, "The Bottom (Raise 'Em Up)", which was also supported by CMT.com, while PopWrapped premiered the lyric video to the song. Produced by Bryant, Jesse Triplett, Brandon Metcalf, Noah Gordon and Jeff Catton, Bar Stool ...
Feb 10, 2022•34 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Marian Hill over Zoom video! Comprised of producer Jeremy Lloyd and vocalist Samantha Gongol, Marian Hill is not new to the music scene. Past hits, including "Down" and "One Time" have seen massive chart and sync success, and their music has garnered over 2.2 billion streams worldwide. Now, the band is set to release their newest album, Why Can't We Just Pretend?, in Spring 2022 and have already released tracks from the album featuring notable artists such as ...
Feb 09, 2022•57 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Trey Lewis over Zoom video! Country singer, Trey Lewis’ new single “Single Again” is out now along with the music video. The video premiered on Taste of Country as they wrote, "No one writes a breakup song quite like Trey Lewis. His new music video for 'Single Again' is a true country original, as well." The song was first teased by Trey on TikTok and started a wildfire of fans reacting to the song and its theme in a very Trey like fashion. The sound had over ...
Feb 08, 2022•50 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing The Knocks Zoom video! Multi-platinum electronic luminaries The Knocks have announced released a powerfully soulful new single. Listen to “Walking On Water (Ft. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs)” “Walking On Water (Ft. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs)” heralds The Knocks’ hugely anticipated third studio album, due later this year. Written in Los Angeles with GRAMMY® Award-nominated British electronic artist Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (a.k.a. Orlan...
Feb 07, 2022•50 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Casey Cavaliere of The Wonder Years and The Record Process Podcast over Zoom video! Season 2 of The Record Process brings Casey Cavaliere, along with his True Level Studio partners Tom Conran (Audio Engineer / Producer) and Adam Ackerman (Songwriter / Multi-Instrumentalist), on a journey to explore every phase of the creative process behind making records in the studio and at home. The Record Process aims to build out in-depth discussions revolving around key ...
Feb 06, 2022•1 hr 21 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Haiden over Zoom video! Emerging artist, Haiden released, “Can't Hurt Me”, with production from frequent collaborator Barry Fowler. The track will be included on his upcoming debut EP releasing early 2022. Following his 90s and 00s-inspired hits “Harmony”, “Welcome Home”, and the boy band era "Okay Ok K", Haiden took his Shawn Mendes vibes, and an unfinished song about his ex’s red flags "Can't Hurt Me" to TikTok and the response is unbelievable. The song we...
Feb 05, 2022•36 min
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Feb 05, 2022•2 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Mason Jennings over Zoom video! Minneapolis songwriter Mason Jennings has shared his new LP "Real Heart". Jennings calls it "the unabashed folk record that I have been wanting to make for years," pointing to the project's warm mix of acoustic guitar, unforced vocals, and autobiographical lyrics. At the same time, Real Heart also reaches beyond the genre's boundaries, making room for nuanced layers of horns, strings, and piano. The result is a record that both ...
Feb 04, 2022•47 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing blondestand over Zoom video! Multi-talented artist, blondestandard (AKA Caroline Grace Vein). What began as a ramble of frustration became “BLUE EYES:'' the debut single that sounds like a love song with a deeper meaning that only sonic creation can uncover. From accessorizing her school uniforms to spending her high school days making magnificent visual art, expressing herself has always been a necessity for Caroline Grace Vein (AKA blondestandard). Although ...
Feb 04, 2022•41 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Noah Guthrie over Zoom video! You know it when you hear it. It’s that first time you hear a new artist and you just know it’s something special. The voice is fresh, yet familiar. It’s rich with emotion and texture that makes each lyric resonate. It’s a voice that sings the song “to” you, not just “at” you. That voice belongs to Noah Guthrie. Noah writes songs about real life. Songs about the joys and sorrows of love, loss and everything in between. The South...
Feb 03, 2022•56 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing SAINT PHNX over Zoom video! Acclaimed alt-pop brother duo SAINT PHNX have unveiled their new EP, HAPPY PLACE, available now HERE. The EP includes the duo’s Atlantic Records label debut, “Happy Place,” as well as the standout track, “Angel.” “Angel” arrives today alongside an Alexander Kenny-directed video, starring the inspiring brothers. Watch “Angel” on SAINT PHNX’s YouTube channel HERE. A touching ode to the Glasgow, Scotland-based duo’s late father, “Happy...
Feb 01, 2022•42 min
Together with BeatStars, we had the pleasure of interviewing Journey Montana over Zoom video! BeatStars is the world’s #1 digital music marketplace to buy and sell beats. BeatStars is free to use for beginners, and Bringin’ it Backwards listeners can also get a free one-month Pro subscription to open their own virtual music store with code “bib”. Head to beatstars.com/bib ( http://beatstars.com/bib) to get started using our promo code bib. Rising Harlem-born R&B artist Journey Montana keeps ...
Jan 31, 2022•35 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Gemma Brooke Allen over Zoom video! Gemma Brooke Allen recently released her first single, “Happier At Christmas” - which is out now! You can see the exclusive from Just Jared Jr. HERE. Gemma is also the lead star of the new Netflix film, MIXTAPE starring opposite two-time Emmy winner Julie Bowen. MIXTAPE scored 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and is out now - see trailer HERE. MIXTAPE is a music-driven comedy set in 1999, about 12-year-old ‘Beverly’ (Gemma) who...
Jan 30, 2022•27 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Gordon Goodwin over Zoom video! Multiple Grammy/Emmy Award winner Gordon Goodwin returns to the forefront of adventurous compositions and modern jazz with “The Reset,” an urgent and topical 5-song EP, a bold foray into the intersection of composition and improvisation, a futuristic excursion brimming with purpose and cursive. From the 7-minute title track, which seems to channel the ethos of Chick Corea’s Return to Forever, while unleashing its inner Dream The...
Jan 29, 2022•57 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Kelianne over Zoom video! A native of California, Kelianne is a 24 year old Actress, Singer, Dancer, and Gymnast that is quickly rising to the top! To date, she has created a fanbase of over 12-Million fans and 400M views across her multiple social media platforms! Known for her incredible gymnastics abilities, Kelianne was previously a member of the U.S. National Acrobatic Gymnastics Team and competed in the World Championships. Previously a member of The Hyp...
Jan 28, 2022•33 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Spell Songs over Zoom video! Spell Songs is a folk supergroup that celebrates nature’s beauty through song, while encouraging listeners to take action for the environment. The ensemble shares a new video for their song "Moth," which is featured on the recently released 'Let The Light In' album (12.10). Filmed by Simon Whitehead during the recording of 'Let The Light In' at Real World Studios in the UK, the "Moth" video showcases the gorgeous artwork of Jackie ...
Jan 27, 2022•29 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Zeal & Ardor over Zoom video! Zeal & Ardor's widely praised second album, Stranger Fruit, was released by MVKA in 2018, following the global attention-getting, multi-million streamed debut Devil Is Fine. Critically acclaimed across the industry, The Guardian newspaper described Stranger Fruit as "extraordinary and brilliant" upon release. Upset wrote it was "a compelling listen," Metal Hammer applauded its "sheer musical brilliance," with Rock Sound co...
Jan 26, 2022•44 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Palace over Zoom video! Palace share their profound and pensive new album Shoals, out today on Avenue A / Fiction. Shoals is the UK band’s love letter to fear and the fullness of life one experiences when facing it down. Unsurprisingly, the sea was a major inspiration, as the record posits the ocean’s violent yet beautiful energy as the ebb and flow between sheer panic and euphoric relief. As frontman Leo Wyndham explains: “‘Shoals’ is a record about confronti...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr
We had the pleasure of interviewing Katelyn Tarver over Zoom video! Los Angeles-via-Georgia singer/songwriter Katelyn Tarver recently released her stunningly beautiful new album Subject To Change. Katelyn Tarver also shares the all-too-relatable video for “Year From Now,” a folk-infused meditation on the healing power of time. The perfect follow-up to previews singles “Hurt Like That” (premiered with Under the Radar and featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday & BBC Radio 1’s Best New Pop), “N...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr
We had the pleasure of interviewing Nathan Gray of Nathan Gray & The Iron Roses, and BoySetsFire over Zoom video! In support of the new record, Rebel Songs, melodic alt-punk band Nathan Gray & The Iron Roses has just announced a 20-date US tour with BlackGuyFawkes. Kicking off on February 25, 2022 in Providence, RI, the tour winds its way west making several stops out to Milwaukee, WI (3/7), Chicago, IL (3/9), back east with a show in Brooklyn, NY (3/16), and ending in Philadelphia, PA o...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 1 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Life on Planets over Zoom video! House music has seen a reinvigoration in recent years via progressive creatives seeking to fuse classic disco, soul, funk and R&B with modern electronic sensibilities meant to relate to dance floors everywhere. At the forefront, artists like Walker & Royce have strove to lead this diverting wave of music via their label Rules Don’t Apply. For its latest release, the imprint joins forces with true-blue creative Life on P...
Jan 22, 2022•45 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Sam Short over Zoom video! After sharing a sentimental video of the single on Tik Tok, everyone fell in love with Sam Short’s ability to truly empathize through music in her debut single “Already Mine” (out now!)When the people you love go through tough times, you sometimes wish to take on that pain for them. For Oregon-born and Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Sam Short, that feeling of empathy sees no boundaries. Lucky for the world, Sam set out to suppor...
Jan 21, 2022•38 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Penny and Sparrow over Zoom video! “Olly olly oxen free!” If you ever played hide-and-go-seek or capture the flag growing up, odds are good that you’ve shouted these words into the hot summer night, beckoning your unseen comrades out of their hiding places in exchange for safe passage home. But what does it actually mean? The origins of the phrase are murky, with variations existing in multiple languages over the centuries. Some trace it back to the German “al...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 10 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Lilyisthatyou over Zoom video! Toronto pop provocateur Lilyisthatyou celebrates her signing to Warner Records with her major-label debut single “Party 22.” A breakup anthem that doubles as a post-pandemic party jam, the propulsive bop finds the singer born Lily Davies looking for salvation in the club. “Party 22” allows Lily to let loose. “Imma party like it's 2022,” she chants defiantly on the explosive chorus. “Imma shake off every last thought of you.” It t...
Jan 19, 2022•33 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Mayson over Zoom video! Entrenched in love of house music, the musical landscape in Paul Mayson's head is one rich in a commix of sounds and influences. From remaking Cher's iconic track 'Believe' together with GRAMMY nominated singer/songwriter Saint Sinner to dropping his soulful house anthem 'Can't Trust The Way I Feel', the Dutch DJ/Producer now takes listeners on a timeless funk-filled voyage with his latest single 'Don't Let Me Down', featuring UK s...
Jan 18, 2022•34 min
We had the pleasure of interviewing Will Putney of Fit For An Autopsy over Zoom video! New Jersey six-piece FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY — Joseph Badolato [vocals], Patrick Sheridan [guitar], Timothy Howley [guitar], Will Putney [guitar], Peter Blue Spinazola [bass], and Josean Orta Martinez [drums] — just released their sixth album, Oh What the Future Holds, via Nuclear Blast. The band has also shared the video for "Two Towers." "Conceptually, 'Two Towers' is an abstract story which follows the journey o...
Jan 17, 2022•56 min
