Blitz The Ambasador should be a top contender for the Artist of the Year award for his fantastic rap and lyrical abilities, seriously grooving music and outstanding ability to create captivating music video presentations. Even if one is not a big hip hop fan, most will appreciate his music as it weaves through numerous genres of jazz, funk, soul, reggae and other hybrid feels. The entire album was turned into a video that is a journey of messages that goes beyond the lyrics. A must see! Enjoy :) GC
One of the most cookin' local blues bands I've heard lately is a group of college chums who simply got together for some jams back in 2006 and are cookin' around town to this day. At present, MusicLoad.Com is featuring one of their tracks entitled Runnin' Around as a free mp3 download. Get on over to MusicLoad.Com while the track is still available. You will not be disappointed.
This post was created on April 10, 2009 by Gregory J. Chamberlain, with subsequent edits and updates by Mariana L. Villanueva for Indies Network
Here is a unique Russian act known as Cheese People. Defying exact genre description, they are a blend of pop, trip hop, house, funk, dance and more. Enjoy! GC
Aaron McLain has long been on the professional side of the music business as a session player and touring side man/guitarist/vocalist for some of the most successful recording artists in Pop/Rock Jazz and Soul/R&B music such as Marc Anthony, Tears for Fears, Oleta Adams, Patti LaBelle and Ronni Laws, just to name a few. A guitarist's guitarist, his own personal sound is a mix of multiple genres and influences to vast to put into words, but definitely a sound ALL his own.
MusicLoad.Com has been fortunate enough to secure the privilege of featuring a free mp3 of one of Aaron McLain's tracks entitled Okay. Bounce on over to MusicLoad.Com and get that free track, and while you are at it, pay Aaron a visit at his own websites at AaronMcLain.Com as well as his MySpace.Com/AaronMcLain page as well and make a friend request.
Nneka, one of the most inspired independent minded artists, is a new top MusicLoad favorite.
Research uncovered she is well known to many around the world and her sound is gradually creeping everywhere like a great flood. She has received critical acclaim from major artists in America such as Lauren Hill. Her sound has that originality that surely has staying power, for it lacks that time perishibility factor.
Nneka's sound is a blend of super funky soul hip-hop reggae influences with her own raging African roots at the core. She transitioned to Europe and Germany from her native Niger Delta region of Nigeria. She has her very own branded sound from song to song that lit up our world the second we heard it.
The songs me and my friends can't stop playing are the ones (seems to be almost all of her songs) that seem to reflect deep experience and heaviness about Africa. They are also uplifting for the rebel crowd and exceptionally grooving. Her lyrics evoke thought, activism and love.
In the video below, her song entitled "Africans" from her album "The Uncomfortable Truth" was shot on location in Lagos, Nigeria over two years ago. Words really do not suffice in describing Nneka. What a sound and a REAL voice! Enjoy! Peace Love Groove, GC
As a family affair of talent with his very beautiful daughter Savannah as vocalist, and his son Karma cookin' on the drums, Brian Auger and the Oblivion Express is always at work. For those who don't know of Brian Auger, he is a Hammond B3 Organ legend who has played with too many major artists to even mention going back to the early days of Jimi Hendrix, Creme and his own self made career that has lasted decades. These days, the family travels around the world each year. In September they will performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival (website at MontereyJazzFestival.Org ) in Monterey, California and will perform many dates in Germany throughout the month of October. Enjoy this video below that was shot at the legendary jazz venue known as The Baked Potato. GC
Brian's son Karma has a great outside project with his friends known as CAST! - The Coryell Auger Sample Trio. With the son of Larry Coryell and Son of Joe Sample and Karma, it's a trio that is cookin' and will surely be covered by MusicLoad.Com in the near future. Connect direct with Karma at his MySpace page at MySpace.Com/KarmaAuger
Dan Dyer is a very soulful cat who we were fortunate enough to receive a friend request from on our myspace.com/musicload page.
Influenced by many soul greats one could think of such as Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Dr. John, Lenny Kravitz, Jamiroquai, John Legend, Citizen Cope, The Roots, Sam Cooke, Bill Withers and Usher, this dude really has it without copying any of his influences. Check him out at DanDyer.Com
We don't put much energy into plugging major label artists, but Kenna who is on Interscope seemed to rock our world this morning and his video below is excellent!
The beautiful and funky new wave girl known as Santigold has a sound that is all over the map. One of her tracks, L.E.S. Artistes, has hints of early Thompson Twins. Enjoy! GC
