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Stefan Beck AKA Golden Brown is proving to be truly prolific with the announcement of his seventh full-length album and – the third since October. “Ghosts” is a gently droning saunter through a pacific landscape, pastoral but modern, a much-needed balm for our current era. Beck’s 1936 aluminum lap steel does the heavy lifting while ambient electric guitar adds subtle decor. Luminous is out April 8th via Inner Islands. Luminous…

Pleased to share the second single from Daytime Moon’s instrumental ambient guitar album Chrysanthemum. “Aardvark” is a spacey, droning experiment in drop A tuning (hence the name) on a Les Paul Jr. Brent says this is his favorite on the album and the most fun to record.  Chrysanthemum is out this Friday! Chrysanthemum is a bouquet of contemplative, intimate guitar soli compositions from Morongo Basin locals Daytime Moon.  Daytime Moon…

Coming 3 years after the release of her debut album Waiting, “Black Moon” is RVBY MY DEAR’s first single since moving to LA and reestablishing herself as an independent solo artist. Progressing from her rock band roots in Brooklyn NY and continuing her collaboration with renowned producer Andrew Lappin (whose recent successes include producing the critically-acclaimed “Fatigue” by L’Rain), “Black Moon” sees vocalist/bassist and songwriter Gabbi Coenen reconnect with the…

Petal Motel is pleased to share the first video from Chrysanthemum, an album we’re assisting with the release of. Is it ethical? IDK but no one is paying me. As you know, I love guitar music and begged the guitarist of the band I play in, Daytime Moon, to record a solo guitar record and here it is! Chrysanthemum is a bouquet of contemplative, intimate guitar soli compositions from Morongo…

Marcel Sletten, who runs the label Primordial Void and released one of our favorite ambient albums last year is back with a new album entitled Irish Words and a Bottle of Myrrh, to be released on his own label on February 25th. Petal Motel is pleased to share the first single, “Your Love” from the album. Listen here: Irish Words and a Bottle of Myrrh by Marcel Sletten “Your Love”…

Shane Parish’s Liverpool, a collection of reimagined sea shanties, is out March 4th on Dear Life Records. Today he shares the video for single “Haul Away Joe.” Shane’s interpretations turn trad into transcendent. I first heard this song on the album “Foc’sle Songs and Shanties”, which I learned about when I was reading Bob Dylan’s memoire “Chronicles Volume I”. This was around the time my career unexpectedly veered into folk…

Today, Ross Jenkins shares the first single from his cosmic Canadian album Free All Day, out March 4th. The first single, “Small House” features Barry Walker’s pedal steel adding an element of the unheimlich to the cozy, delicate melody, intricate guitar picking, and Ross’s sensitive, pensive voice. Listen here: Free All Day by Ross Jenkins Free All Day is the name of the forthcoming album by singer-songwriter Ross Jenkins.It’s first…