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Aáyanna has released her second single, “Can You Take It”. The singer debuted towards the end of last year.
Her first song “Risky” was a sterling exhibition of her great voice and confident songwriting. With “Can You Take It”, she serves up a sexy R&B track embellished with beguiling guitar melodies and beautiful vocal harmonies.
Aáyanna says about the song, “My inspiration for ‘Can You Take It’ came from the guitar itself. I loved how sensual and raw it sounded, so it urged me to write a song that felt seductive and like only the listener and I exist when it’s being played. The lyrics are bold and straightforward but metaphorically, I’m also asking if you can take me at my best and worst. Can you take how big and complex my personality is and what obligations come with me. At its core, ‘Can You Take It’ is about wanting to feel desired even after showing someone those parts of yourself.”
The artist’s performance in the music video is equally stellar.
Watch the visual and follow Aáyanna on Instagram.
Emerging R&B talent T R U V O N N E drops powerful yet moody track “Take My Hand,” with fluid blend of wistful lyricism and an alluring soundscape . Led by melodic vocal lines laid over haunting synths and hazy beats, the ambient number is rooted in the rising act’s cinematic signature.
Managing to balance a captivating and resonant instrumentation with a lo-fi atmospheric vibe, the track takes us on a soulful journey built upon gentle yet crisp musical layers.
With a narrative-led touch to her ever-evolving artistry, T R U V O N N E whose music has featured in various hit TV shows continues to pull everyone listening into her effortlessly yet carefully crafted sonic world as she sets herself up for bigger and better things in 2023.
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Tech giant Apple is reportedly working on a standalone classical music application, according to hidden code found in iOS 16.3, which it planned to release last year.
The hidden code change was discovered by Twitter account @iSWUpdate, reports MacRumors.
The iOS 16.3 software update is in the final stage of beta testing and is expected to be released to the public next week.
However, it is still unclear if or when the standalone application will launch.
According to the code, the tech giant has changed a line of text that will appear in the iPhone‘s standard Music application from “A Shortcut to Apple Classical” to “Open in Apple Music Classical“, which indicates that the iPhone maker might have changed the name of the application.
Another line of code mentioned, “Explore this artist in the app designed for classical music.”
In August 2021, the company announced that it had acquired the classical music service Primephonic and planned to release a dedicated classical music app in 2022.
However, the application has not been launched yet and the tech giant has remained silent on the plans.
The company had promised that it would incorporate the best features of Primephonic, including “better browsing and search capabilities by composer and by repertoire” and “detailed displays of classical music metadata.”
Primephonic had shut down in September 2021 and its subscribers received a free six-month Apple Music subscription, the report said.
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First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos & albums that dropped this week.
HARDY, The Mockingbird & The Crow
HARDY, the reigning ACM songwriter of the year, has earned a reputation as one of Nashville’s top songsmiths, writing hits for everyone from Florida Georgia Line to Morgan Wallen, and leading the radio charts on songs like “One Beer.” His latest album, a half country/half rock project, out via Big Loud/Big Loud Rock, is a norm-busting, unbridled 17-track set that finds HARDY in full, centered possession of his musical range. His considerable country songcraft on tracks like “Happy” and “Wait in the Truck” crashes into the unrestrained grunge of “Sold Out” and “I Ain’t in the Country No More.” There’s no mistaking the artistic defiance in “Radio Song,” featuring Jeremy McKinnon, which punches back at industry restrictions (“Do this, do that/ That shirt, this hat/ Don’t forget to smile/Kiss the ring once in a while…Well f**k that and f**k you”). He wraps the album with the anthemic “The Redneck Song,” a country melody espousing trucks covered in mud, dip spit on a collar and Earnhardt shirts from Walmart, intertwined with a surging, arena-ready chorus.
Dolly Parton, “Don’t Make Me Have to Come Down There”
A danceable melody pairs with Parton’s effervescent-yet-motherly vocals on the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s latest. The song details a dream Parton had, of seeing a higher power looking down on the world in despair, and seeking greater reconciliation, love and peace (“Why can’t you learn to listen and learn to love and share?”), even as the world rages with wars, pandemics, politics and hate. The song ends with a quirky chorus that builds Parton’s airy, angelic voice into its own circle of harmonies.
Jordan Davis, “No Time Soon”
Davis’ “Buy Dirt” (featuring Luke Bryan) won song of the year at the 2022 CMA Awards, and Davis sits atop Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart this week with “What My World Spins Around.” He turns up the heat on his latest, a sensuous song shot through with romantic fervor, as Davis’ voice builds with anticipation on lines like “My heart’s like a matchbook and your kiss is a fuse.” Davis’s upcoming album, Bluebird Days, will be released Feb. 17.
Mandi Sagal, “One Less Broken Heart”
“If you would’ve faced your demons in the dark/ This world would have one less broken heart,” Sagal states here, her tenderly bruised vocal soaring over acoustic guitar as she details the pills, smoke and whiskey her ex turned to instead of doing the hard work of healing. Instead, she’s the one spilling to strangers seated across from her and working through the relationship’s emotionally tattered aftermath, as she deadpans, “Guess I’m doing all the work you wouldn’t do.”
Chapel Hart, “Glory Days”
On the familial trio’s latest, “Glory Days” — written by the group’s sisters Danica and Devynn Hart and cousin Trea Swindle (along with songwriter Jim Beavers) — they return to the positivity and sass found on some of their earlier releases, along with their signature earthy, smooth harmonies. The new track chronicles the countless miles, concerts, rejections and breakthroughs they’ve faced on their journey to this point and showcases the spirited determination and gratitude for music that has taken them to stages including America’s Got Talent and the Grand Ole Opry.
Meghan Patrick, “She’s No Good for Me”
This swirling, peppy track bubbles with youthful energy, but draws listeners into Patrick’s space of self-examination and emotional evolution. Here, she looks back on the girl she used to be, grateful that her reality is no longer one of repeated heartbreaks and endless nights fueled by “Smoking Marlboro Lights, running up my tab again,” only to end up “passed out, makeup on, stained my pillow case.” Another strong outing from this Canada native, who has taken home multiple Canadian Country Music Association awards.
Caitlyn Smith, “Lately”
This lush piano ballad showcases Smith’s beguiling, peerless vocals, as she conveys the myriad ways she attempts to distract herself from thoughts of her absent lover. The song’s cozy, unhurried production only elevates the feelings of longing and loneliness the lyrics encapsulate. Smith is well-known as a top-shelf song crafter and engaging performer, and this song is yet another testament to her ineluctable talents. Smith’s High & Low album is due April 14.
Willie Nelson, “Busted”
On his upcoming album, I Don’t Know a Thing About Love, the legendary singer-songwriter honors another gifted writer, Harlan Howard, with performances of 10 Howard compositions — including this tale of a poor farmer fretting over various financial hardships, while still retaining hope. Written by Howard in 1962, the song has previously been recorded by Johnny Cash with the Carter Family, Ray Charles and John Conlee. Nelson himself has history with this song, having previously performed a live rendition of it with Charles, which was included on the 2005 duets project Genius & Friends. Here, on this solo rendition, his voice is spright and weathered at all the right moments, and right at home among this sparse, honky-tonk amalgam of guitars, harmonica and bluesy rhythms.
‘RX 100’ (2018) is a tale remembered for its twist and other unexpected elements. Director Ajay Bhupathi came to be seen as a maverick with a difference after that movie. The filmmaker’s third film is all set to be produced on his new banner, A Creative Works, which was launched recently. Ajay Bhupathi has collaborated with Mudhra Media Works for the project.
The director of this new-age genre film is glad to make an exciting announcement. He has collaborated with one of the most happening and gold-standard music composers in the country: B Ajaneesh Loknath. The composer needs no introduction. ‘Kantara‘ and ‘Vikrant Rona‘ have consolidated his image. The films featured some of the biggest musical hits. If ‘Varaha Roopam’ was transcendental, ‘Ra Ra Rakkamma’ radiated amazing creativity.
Ajaneesh wants to deliver a sumptuous musical output with director Ajay Bhupathi. Surely, the director’s inputs are going to take their next film together to the next level.
A Creative Works and Mudhra Media Works are going to make this film into a high-end, rich and entertaining film.
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Dolly has assembled a dream team of 80s pop icons (Picture: Bridget Bennett/AFP/Getty)
Dolly Parton, Debbie Harry, Cyndi Lauper, Belinda Carlisle, and Gloria Estefan have formed the supergroup to end all supergroups.
Though it might end up only being a one-time thing, only once in a blue moon do this many pop icons assemble in the same place.
The song, which is entitled Gonna Be You and credited primarily to Dolly and American songwriter Dianne Warren, is on the soundtrack to 2023 movie 80 For Brady.
Based on a true story, 80 For Brady follows four elderly best friends who travel across America to see New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in the Super Bowl.
Speaking about the song, Dianne explained how the concept came to mind, and how excited she was to get each popstar involved.
She said: ‘I wanted to write a song that celebrated these women’s deep friendship. Everyone I approached said yes and was just as excited as me!’
Another said: ‘Loved it! All music legends. And the Conga Queen Gloria Estefan doesn’t seem to age! Wow, two of my favourites together, Dolly and Gloria!’
Directed by first-timer Kyle Marvin, 80 For Brady stars Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field, and Lily Tomlin, as well as Tom Brady himself.
The movie will also feature cameos from members of the New England Patriots 2017 squad, celebrity chef Guy Fieri, and actor Bob Balaban.
Earlier this month, Dolly shared her tributes to Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, who died at the age of 54.
‘Lisa Marie, may you rest in peace. We all love all of you,’ the Jolene singer said, while paying tribute to the late Hound Dog singer.
See 80 For Brady in cinemas from March 23.
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David Kitt has also announced a tour around Ireland and UK to celebrate new album, Idiot Check.
Phenomenal Kerry-based musician David Kitt has returned with the announcement of his new album, Idiot Check, via RE:WARM. On the upcoming LP is ‘Wishing Well,’ the third song on the tracklist.
“’Wishing Well’ is about being on the run from memories/your past and memories fading/morphing/appearing in dreams and asking yourself what are you running from exactly,” Kitt explains.
“Running from yourself or something other than yourself? Some ghostly spectre that you can’t really pinpoint. It’s also about the void left by the absence of religion/superstition and who we ‘blame’ or project things onto in that absence. The song explores where these two things overlap I guess.”
The song is a lo-fi, ambient spin on traditional folk music. It sets the expected experimental tone for the rest of the tracks in Idiot Check, which are expected to explore a range of not just genres, but socio-political topics too, like the absence of religion.
“‘Wishing Well’ relates to the void left by the decline of religious institutions and what we turn to in the absence of faith and superstition. These are the themes that recur throughout the record on both micro, personal levels and macro, societal levels. The record also explores the defiant necessity of the creative act against the backdrop of its apparent folly.”
Idiot Check drops March 31st, 2023. The 10-song LP is the artist’s ninth album, self-produced and recorded between 2016 and 2020 across Europe, in thrilling locations like Dublin, Paris, and the remote Ballinskelligs.
Kitt credits the beautiful Kerry haven as the “perfect environment” for writing.
“The lack of environmental noise and distractions, and being 30 seconds from the Atlantic Ocean all created the perfect environment to get the job done. It still continues to be a source of great inspiration, succour and the principal driving force in what’s been a genuine purple patch for me.”
Since the writing process began in 2016, Kitt reflects that “many of the songs were started in a pre-Covid world, but when Covid happened it gave the half-finished songs a new hue as if they were from some former version of reality, and this led to all sorts of creative inspiration that was quite unexpected.”
“The pandemic gave everything the quality of a remote dream that was somehow really healthy for my imagination.”
Some of the themes of the album also focus on personal issues Kitt faced as a result of the pandemic.
“My partner had moved home to Australia and my intention had always been to follow her,” says Kitt, “but Covid completely changed the situation and unfortunately our relationship didn’t survive the pandemic. You can hear this in the lyrics I suppose, perhaps most obviously in ‘Wexford Strawberries’.”
Accompanying Kitt in his new LP is Dublin alt-pop band Soda Blonde’s drummer, Dylan Lynch for the ‘Wave of Peace.’ Katie Kim, a regular collaborator, covers the back-up vocals in several songs.
Finally, for the haunting track of ‘Oh Folly,’ Canadian singer-songwriter Mary Margaret O’Hara lends her voice.
The tracklist for Idiot Check is as follows:
1. Every Little Drop
2. Not So Soon
3. Wishing Well
4. All Folly
5. Its In Some Of Us
6. Leave Me Making
7. Wexford Strawberries
8. Till The End
9. Balances
10. Wave Of Peace
February 27 – LONDON Union Chapel
MARCH
01 – CORK Opera House*
02 – WEXFORD National Opera House*
04 – DUBLIN National Concert Hall*
05 – DUBLIN National Concert Hall*
07 – LONDON Union Chapel*
31 – CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
APRIL
01 – BOURNEMOUTH Bad Hand Warehouse
02 – BIRMINGHAM Hare & Hounds
03 – MANCHESTER Yes
04 – LEEDS Headrow House
05 – NEWCASTLE Cluny 2
06 – EDINBURGH Sneaky Petes
07 – GLASGOW Nice N Sleazy
15 – DUBLIN Whelans
20 – GALWAY Roisin Dubh
21 – CORK Coughlans
22 – WATERFORD Electric Avenue
23 – DUNDALK Spirit Store
29 – BELFAST The Duncairn
30 – DERRY Echo Echo Dance
MAY
05 – LEAP Connollys
06 – KILKENNY Cleeres
11 – BRISTOL The Love Inn
12 – BRIGHTON The Great Escape
13 – BRIGHTON The Great Escape
14 – SHEFFIELD The Yellow Arch
17 – LONDON Jazz Cafe
27 – BALLYCOTTON Sea Church
Melbourne songwriter Mark Nunis eked soul out of the ivories in his jazzy instrumental amalgam of blues, gospel, and New Orleans RnB in the standout single, I Don’t Mind It, taken from his solo album Alrighty Then!
With glitzy glissandos by the smorgasbord, smoky horn stabs, the percussive shake rattles and rolls, all topped off by the shimmering organ timbre, few will be immune to the vibrantly cultured euphoria in I Don’t Mind It.
The accoladed and accomplished multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer has toured the world with his superlatively sophisticated pianist skills and smooth vocals, which sadly you won’t get to hear on his new 9-track album. But when the instrumentals are as riotously enlivening as the ones barely sonically caged on his LP, words can go unspoken at no detriment to the multi-sensory experience that unfolds under the duress of his unparalleled artistic reverence.
I Don’t Mind It is now available to stream and purchase on Bandcamp. If you want to treat your sonic tastebuds to the LP, it will be available to stream in full from January 20th.
Review by Amelia Vandergast
