We have a real treat for you with The Imaginaries. First, DittyTV is excited to offer the world premiere video for their song “Blue Sky” below and on the network. To catch the DittyTV Debut of the video, tune in to The Curve Wednesday night, March 24, at 11/10c. And next, this duo of Shane Henry and Maggie McClure provided us with a fantastic exclusive performance video, which you can see below. And finally, we

Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno’s self-titled record is old-soul roots music to its core. While both are just out of college, the duo’s musical talents extend far beyond their years. Produced by GRAMMY-winning Cajun roots heavyweight Joel Savoy at his Louisiana studio, Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno (released March 12 on Free Dirt Records) is a wonderful collection of Americana music from this duo who are often categorized as indie folk. Leva’s from Lexington, Va.,

Produced by 4-time Grammy winner Ben Harper, Hey, King! is an 11-track collection that matches the overwhelming emotional intensity of the band’s live show. In fact, many of the songs were directly informed by the 2018 North American tour where Hey, King! opened for Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals. The songs on the self-titled album (releasing April 2 on ANTI- Records) are bursting with life, color, and charm. Canadian songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Natalie

Nashville-based Cristina Vane’s debut full-length album, Nowhere Sounds Lovely, explores the depths of her new home’s musical history from her unique perspective without ever sounding like a re-hashing of old tricks. Releasing April 2, Nowhere Sounds Lovely flows naturally from the album-opening slow-burn blues of “Dreamboy” to the clawhammer banjo driven lament of “Will I Ever Be Satisfied.” Her new single, “Badlands,” the album’s closing track, is a haunting and visceral nod to the Dakota’s

Room Enough, Time Enough, the second full-length solo record from Minneapolis singer-lyricist and folk activist David Huckfelt (formerly of The Pines) is a record about restoring balance: space and attention, peace and equality, redeeming the marginalized, and remembering the forgotten. DittyTV offers his video for “Bury Me Not (The Dying Cowboy)” Wednesday night on The Curve at 11/10c. But as we await that DittyTV Debut, we get to know a lot more about Huckfelt in

Nashville singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lydia Luce released a virtual benefit show commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Tennessee tornado that ripped through Nashville last year. The Lockeland Strings Tornado Benefit Show at The Basement East features Lydia Luce performing songs from her new album Dark River, alongside performances from Nashville rising stars Becca Mancari and Kyshona Armstrong, all accompanied by a string quartet. The event takes place at The Basement East, the hallowed venue that

You may have caught singer/songwriter and upright bassist Melissa Carper on The Ditty Dozen Spotify playlist recently. We think this Texas artist is one to watch, as she has unveiled her newest single “Back When” (ft. Sierra Ferrell), a track from her forthcoming album Daddy’s Country Gold, set for release on March 19. Carper says that a lot of the songs on the new album are based on real-life experiences and that she started writing

Growing up in Florida, Laura Rabell’s childhood was filled with music. She sang in the Pensacola Children’s Chorus, took piano lessons, and performed in musical-theater productions. But she never gave herself permission to pursue music as a career. Putting her passion for music on the back burner, Rabell ended up working a corporate gig in Charlotte, N.C., after college. But after a few years of careful planning to make it all possible, Rabell and husband

Mando Saenz is a Nashville-based artist, journeyman writer, and musician. He’s become one of the most notable songwriters in country music and is establishing a sound uniquely his own. There’s no question as to why he has more than 50 cuts from some of today’s biggest artists (like Lee Ann Womack and Miranda Lambert). On his dynamic new solo album, All My Shame, Saenz fully embraces his pop and classic rock influences for the first

On May 7, Smoke from the Chimney, a nine-song album of never-before-heard Tony Joe White tunes, will be released on Easy Eye Sound. Produced by Dan Auerbach and rounded out by Nashville’s most seasoned studio musicians, Smoke from the Chimney started out as a number of unadorned voice and guitar demos from White’s home studio before being transformed into full-band arrangements harkening back to the albums he recorded in the late ’60s and early ’70s