IAmber Mary Bain, better known as The Japanese House, hails from Buckinghamshire, England, and has steadily built a name for herself in the music world. As a multi-instrumentalist, she brings her talents to vocals, guitar, synthesizer, and keyboard, crafting a unique sound that blends introspective lyrics with lush, layered instrumentation.
Bridgers, with her haunting vocals and intricate lyrical palette, emerged as the perfect companion for a time that felt suspended between grief and uncertainty. Her music is as much a salve for teenage heartache as it is a balm for the more nuanced ache of adulthood, where the weight of memory often intersects with the raw immediacy of the present.
We have Guitartown on Twitter to thank for Chuck Prophet today. Circling above and below Chuck Prophet for years, largely due to the alluring name, we now find ourselves indebted to KEXP for an excellent in-studio live session. KEXP, like NPR’s tiny desk, knows how to mix live music.
We all miss Michael Hutchence. Those young at heart but old enough to remember the charisma of Michael with his Jim Morrison lead singer Adonis good looks, vocal chops, and feral dance moves knows why we miss him so much. He died tragically and far too young
In 1999 she started her own independent label, Bad Dog, and has since released six more albums. Her 2008 release, The Works, combined previously unheard, unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics with her own music and arrangements. Recently, she’s co-written songs with Katy Perry and with The Courtyard Hounds. Jonatha has written for three Disney films and several television shows, and has composed the theme song for Joss Whedon’s, Dollhouse.
Most know that Bruce wrote Atlantic City, yet Levon and the Band made it their own. My favorite version by far is the Band cover with Levon on lead vocal and Rick Danko on back up/harmony vocal. This is a brilliant song by any measure