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Monday, October 28, 2019
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Saturday, October 26, 2019
“Phenomena” by Aussie Scots, from the album “It’s About Time”
With a best friend by your side, anything is possible. That includes going to #1 on their local radio station 2CC in Canberra with their infectious track Phenomena. And that’s exactly what happened when Aussie Scots gave a copy of their single to their local radio station years ago. Despite that success, the guys never released the single anywhere else until now, as they are including it in their debut album It’s About Time.
Aussie Scots are best friends, bandmates and ex-pats from Scotland who relocated to Australia and with them took their lifelong passion for making music. Listeners of their local radio station 2CC have already gravitated towards their eclectic pop ways thanks to the stellar beat and captivating hook of Phenomena with its melodic barb and a lyrical approach that is unafraid.
Aussie Scots write from a variety of perspectives, Phenomena is the perfect example of how deep they can get with their lyrical content. It’s all based on their belief in a hidden fourth dimension that exists between life and death. Whether or not there’s any reality to that is debatable but what’s not is that Phenomena energy is unbeatable, which is why it went straight to #1 on 2CC.
Having the support of their immediate community, Aussie Scots are allowing the world to hear the music from their eleven track debut album, It’s About Time. An adventurous body of work imbued with a bold spirit and an undeniable sense of wonder. Ballads, spoken word and deep grooves are to be found as the this songwriting duo’s love for making music is on full display.
With passion and candour, Aussie Scots revel in the freedom of song, their self-expression unmatched in its openness to connect, Phenomena proving to be true to it’s name.
For Fans Of: The Proclaimers | Dexys Midnight Runners
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Friday, October 25, 2019
“Contemporary” by Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, from the album “Contemporary”
Award-winning San Francisco Bay-area blues band Rick Estrin & The Nightcats today released a hilarious video for Contemporary, the title track from their decidedly unpredictable new album.
The video, directed by band guitarist Kid Andersen, is a funny, mind-blowing Zappa-esque mashup of Chicago blues, uptown funk, rock ‘n’ roll and tongue-in-cheek rapping. The full album is packed with originals that combine memorable, savvy songwriting and world-class musicianship, creating a potent and powerful modern blues sound.
Contemporary is the band’s fifth album for Alligator Records. With Estrin’s virtuoso harmonica and sly, soulful vocals, Christoffer “Kid” Andersen’s wildly inventive guitar, Lorenzo Farrell’s masterful keyboards and Derrick “D’Mar” Martin’s funky, creative drumming, the band takes Estrin’s ingenious, original songs to new and unexpected places. With these musically fearless players kicking everything up a notch, Contemporary explores some different sounds, instrumentation and grooves from their previous releases, as they continue to reinvent traditional blues styles.
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Thursday, October 24, 2019
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
November’s Album of the Month will be….. SEAN POLUK’S “NEVER GOING TO LOSE”
A decision taken after much difficulty. So many great albums have been sent to us lately the choice was hard almost cruel. Why did “NEVER GOING TO LOSE” get it’s nose in front and win the race? Songs being “Radio Friendly” helped. Sean is a great guy but then… Continue reading
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“Cannonball Girl” by Dustin Welch with Kevin Welch & Kim Richey, from the album “Amateur Theater”
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“Long Gone” by Penny and Sparrow, from the album “Finch”
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October 17, 2019: Penny and Sparrow released their live video for “Long Gone” from their new album Finch out now via Thirty Tigers. The Boot premiered the video for the “harmony-laden, forlorn” new track, directed by Sam Street, that captures a live rendition of the song that is so compelling, viewers will forget they’re playing in a Nashville parking lot. This video comes ahead of the band’s shows in Houston, Dallas, & Austin, where they will be recording performances for a forthcoming live album.
About the song, the band said, “When you know your lover is strong and they doubt it about themselves. When you know the self talk they’re hearing is brutal and all you want for them is relief. When you’re polite but insistent about helping to stop the bleeding. ‘Long Gone’ is a song about all those moments, all the rebar & concrete that make up a relationship. It’s a reminder of a promise you made to show up and be loving. But maybe it can also be this: A reminder to show up and ask for love when it feels far away.”
No Depression described “Long Gone” as “a stunning, sultry, yet synthetic ballad that opens the album and refuses to let the listener move on to the rest of the offerings until multiple spins have been consumed.” Associated Press called the song “sexy and sultry”.
Next up for Penny & Sparrow will be the recording of their first ever live album. Over the next few days the band will be recording their shows in Houston, Dallas, and Austin to capture the experience of the Finch tour.
The band notes, “Thus far on the Finch tour, we have started every show with the song ‘Long Gone.’ It just seems to fit as the ice breaker for an evening with us. We’ve been up the east coast and back again, making our way through the south and across to home. Tour begins again tonight (October 17th) in Houston, TX & we’ve decided to do something we’ve wanted for a while: we’re recording a live album at these Texas shows. If you’re in the Lone Star state (or you happen to be an adventurous road trip human) come and be on a record with us.”
Finch debuted at #2 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and #4 on the Billboard Vinyl Album Sales Chart. NPR Music included the album on their All Songs Considered New Music Friday podcast, naming it one of their Top 6 Albums of the week. Press has raved about the music as well, with accolades from No Depression, Associated Press, NPR’s World Cafe, Paste and more.
Penny and Sparrow are back on tour tonight and will continue touring throughout November. Find a full list of tour dates below and on their website.
Tour Dates:
10/17: Houston, TX – The Heights Theater
10/18: Dallas, TX – Majestic Theater
10/19: Austin, TX – Paramount Theatre
11/5: Phoenix, AZ – Modern Instrument Museum
11/6: San Diego, CA – Belly Up
11/8: Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
11/10: San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
11/12: Portland, OR – Aladdin Theatre
11/13: Seattle, WA – Neptune Theater
11/15: Salt Lake City, UT – State Room
11/16: Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
11/17: Fort Collins, CO – Armory
11/20: Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre
11/21: Lubbock, TX – Cactus Theater
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Jimmy ‘Duck’ Holmes – Cypress Grove. This weeks TME.fm Radio Review from Jon Hutchinson
No self respecting guitarist would ever admit they can’t play the blues, the chords are pretty simple, all you have to do is play a 1, 4, 5 progression, when you get to the end, put a little ‘turnaround’ piece in there and hey, you’re playing the blues. You’re not,… Continue reading
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“Any Fool With A Heart” by Tami Neilson, from the album “CHICKABOOM!”
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Monday, October 21, 2019
Sound Arts Recording Studio Incorporates New Music Delivery Mechanism For Artists
Americana Folk artist Courtney Hale-Revia among the first to adopt technology If CDs are going away what will you sell at your live shows? Today’s Artists Read the Tea Leaves CDs are going away and where does that leave merchandise sales at live performances? Performances are one of the few… Continue reading
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“Where the Dogs Don’t Bite” by Old Salt Union, from the album “Where the Dogs Don’t Bite”
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Sunday, October 20, 2019
“The Damn Truth” by Chris Knight, from the album “Almost Daylight”
Ask Chris Knight why it took him seven years to come back to making music, and he’ll tell you he never left. “I’ve been touring more than ever over the last seven years,” says Knight from somewhere on the road, his Kentucky drawl as lumpy and thick as paving tarmac.
Knight isn’t one to waste words. It’s what makes interviews with him somewhat one-sided and gives his 25-year catalog that rugged aura of plainspoken authenticity. His ninth album, Almost Daylight (Drifter’s Church Productions), is due out October 11. Recorded by longtime collaborator Ray Kennedy (Steve Earle), it’s Knight at his most pointed and personal. Tracks like “I’m William Callahan,” “Trouble Up Ahead” and “Flesh And Blood” examine life’s virtues and vices with an easy elegance that most often recalls John Prine—who actually joins Knight on final track “Mexican Home.”
When things occasionally turn more issue-oriented, Knight adds an exclamation point to the sort of universal gripes we should all have an opinion about. Which brings us to “The Damn Truth” and MAGNET’s premiere of its companion video. “We finished that song the night before we recorded it,” says Knight. “I was just listening to all the bullshit on the TV … Everybody’s got an opinion. The truth is the truth, and you’ve got to know it when you see it. Maybe we’ll find out what it really is at some point.”
As straightforward as the song itself, the video for “The Damn Truth” delivers its message with some measure of power—mostly from the small screen of a tiny old black-and-white TV. “I made three or four full-blown videos back when I was 20 years younger,” says Knight. “It was a little easier then. We didn’t have a lot of time for this one. We just took a bunch of footage, and [Nathaniel Maddux] put it together. A lot of it was shot at my house, out around the woods.”
Knight and his wife have been living on the same 115 acres in rural Kentucky for more than 20 years, raising their three kids there. “It keeps growing trees and kids and weeds and birddogs and horses,” he says. “I always have plenty to do when I get home, just tryin’ to keep the woods beat back from my house. But that’s the way I like it. Everything is right where I want it to be.”
—Hobart Rowland thanks Magnet Magazine
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Saturday, October 19, 2019
“Guaranteed Broken Heart” by Karen & the Sorrows, from the album “Guaranteed Broken Heart”
From the new album Guaranteed Broken Heart, out October 18th. Pre-order now at karenandthesorrows.com.
Produced by misanthropictures
Directed by David Andrew Stoler
Director of Photography Hiroshi Hara
Music and Lyrics by Karen Pittelman
©Ocean Born Mary Music ASCAP
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Friday, October 18, 2019
“An Ounce of Gold” by A Choir Of Ghosts, from the album “An Ounce of Gold”
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“An Ounce of Gold” by A Choir Of Ghosts, from the album “An Ounce of Gold”
Frontman James from A Choir Of Ghosts is to be found in the deep Scandinavian forest, fingerpicking the guitar to folksy melancholic tunes to long for, his biggest musical influences lays in the reminiscence of Kurt Cobain, The Tallest Man on Earth and Hollow Coves.
James wrote the single over 10 years ago, reflecting upon the break-up of his first love. It resembles when your reality picture shatters to pieces and the cravings of finding home, may it be in people or a physical space. The single “An Ounce Of Gold” is an ode to past relationships and to go solo, spoken through elements of nature we’re all rooting back from. In the video we can see how he is searching for a place to call home, trying out different places, until he finds his peace in nature.
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Having released several singles – “Morning Light” reached 1.2 million plays on Spotify so far and counting – and the Woods EP, that caught the attention of international media, it brought ACOG beyond the wilderness of the North of Sweden, to explore Central Europe. With the upcoming debut album, also named “An Ounce of Gold” that is closely produced with Canadian producer Terry Benn (CA) and will be released by Greywood Records in 2019, A Choir Of Ghosts is roaring through, one forest at a time.
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Thursday, October 17, 2019
“I Can Tell By The Way You Dance” by Hammertowne, from the album “Pictures”
HAMMERTOWNE, is a somewhat tradional, somewhat progressive Bluegrass Band from the hills of Eastern Kentucky. They write and perform the vast majority of thier own songs, with a garnishment of traditional favorites mixed in along the way. Individually, they have paid ample dues with
decades of experience playing along side some of the biggest and most respected names in the business such as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Dave Evans & Riverbend, Ernie Thacker & Route 23, Del McCoury, and The James King Band, to name a few. In HAMMERTOWNE, those years of experience are combined with a young, intense, and talented element, that makes for some serious, musical weaponry. Now, expanded to a six piece unit which includes no less than five stellar and versitle vocalist, six very credited song writers, and a boat load of instrumental prowess,
HAMMERTOWNE is making music that is sure to be in high demand for many years to come.
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Alexa Rose – Medicine for Living Reviewed by Jon Hutchinson for TME.fm Radio
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
“The Question” by Anna Tivel, from the album “The Question”
The album’s title track, which challenges notions of religious and gender identity, is the heart of the ten-song collection. “I think a lot of the songs on this record, and that song in particular, are sort of about the struggle of figuring things out, whether it’s how you really feel inside of yourself or questions of identity or of country,” says Tivel. “Maybe the crux of it is that all that time searching and struggling is just as beautiful, even if it’s hard, as any sort of actual answer that you get to.”
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Monday, October 14, 2019
“I Got Plenty” by Big Daddy Wilson, from the album “Deep in My Soul”
Deep In My Soul was the project that lured Wilson back to the USA in May of 2018 to begin pre-production in Memphis with ace guitarist Laura Chavez and bassist extraordinaire Dave Smith. That December, tracking began at Bessie Blue Studios in Stantonville, Tennessee with Grammy-winning producer Jim Gaines (Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan) at the helm. The record was finished at the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where Etta, Aretha, and Duane Allman captured lightning in a bottle all those years ago. Even on such hallowed ground, Wilson’s art more than measured up and expanded from his normal acoustic sound to a full band set powerful enough to turn goat’s milk into gasoline.
The record opens with the smooth and brassy soul of “I Know” that shows Big Daddy Wilson giving a fresh spin to the classic soul music recipe. His genius is in his songwriting and the way he makes quintessential American styles sound new and original again. It’s a bit of magic Wilson performs over and over on Deep In My Soul that would fall flat in the hands of lesser creatives.
Thanks to Mike O’Cull for the words taken from review at Rock & Blues Muse
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Sunday, October 13, 2019
“Big and Wide as the Sky” by Joy Zimmerman, from the album “To the Girl”
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“Big and Wide as the Sky” by Joy Zimmerman, from the album “To the Girl”
Joy Zimmerman is a soulful singer-songwriter known for compelling vocals, award-winning songwriting and engaging performances. A multi-instrumentalist, Joy performs solo, in a duo and with a full band.
Smooth and sweet, “Big and Wide as the Sky” is a perfect showcase for Joy.
Big and Wide as the Sky: words & music by Joy Zimmerman (BMI), copyright 2019. From the album, To the Girl, produced by Joy Zimmerman and Jimmy Dykes. Recorded at Weights and Measures Soundlab. Download here: https://joyzimmermanmusic.com/new-rel… For more information: joyzimmermanmusic.com
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“Better Life” by Damhnait Doyle, from the album “Liquor Store Flowers”
Damhnait Doyle shares her own inspiration behind the song:
“Better life is inspired by my own experience adopting my daughter and in recognition of those who have made the excruciating decision to give up their child in order to give them a chance at a better life. I believe it’s the most selfless kind of love there is. “
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“Better Life” by Damhnait Doyle, from the album “Liquor Store Flowers”
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Friday, October 11, 2019
“Everything But You” by Dallas Moore, from the album “Tryin’ To Be A Blessing”
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Thursday, October 10, 2019
John Prine – “Paradise” featuring Kelsey Waldon
Shortly after being signed to Oh Boy Records, Kelsey Waldon & John Prine went into the studio to celebrate! Although Kelsey and John have sung together many times on stage this was their first time time singing together in the studio. Recorded by Gena Johnson at her Studio G these two tracks play up both artists love of Kentucky.
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019
“Sparrow” by Mean Mary, from the album “Cold”
Sparrow comes hot of the new release from our Mean Mary, October’s Album of the Month.
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019
“Masterpiece” by Albert Castiglia, from the album “Masterpiece”
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Monday, October 7, 2019
“Judgement Day” by Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, from the album “Truth And Lies”
Indeed, if there’s one thing Truth And Lies makes plain, it’s that Tyler Bryant is fast developing into a songwriter of serious repute. He’s now capable of putting his singular stamp on material as eclectic as the witty, ‘Born Under A Bad Sign’-esque ‘Judgement Day’ and the turbulent alt.rocker ‘Couldn’t See The Fire’, while ballads showcasing his vulnerable streak, including the redemptive ‘Shape I’m In’ and the heartfelt ‘Out There’ (“Love will break your heart/Life will break your bones”), are also fast becoming his forte.
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“Judgement Day” by Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, from the album “Truth And Lies”
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Sunday, October 6, 2019
“Leave Me Now” by Lula Wiles, from the album “What Will We Do”
Long before they were in a band together, the members of Lula Wiles were singing folk songs and trading fiddle tunes at camp in Maine. “All of us were lucky to have access to the folk music community at a young age,” Burke says. “The music traditions that we’re drawing on are social, community-building traditions.” On those warm summer nights, playing music was just plain fun. But the members of Lula Wiles carry those early lessons of community and the meaning of shared art with them to this day, as they seek to create music that questions cultural virtues, soothes aching wounds, and envisions a better world.
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Saturday, October 5, 2019
“Cocaine Country Dancing” by Paul Cauthen, from the album “Room 41”
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“Cocaine Country Dancing” by Paul Cauthen, from the album “Room 41”
All the songs on Paul Cauthen‘s just-announced forthcoming record, Room 41, were written during a dark, harrowing time in the artist’s personal life. None of its tracks, however, were written in a more manic and drug-fueled state than “Cocaine Country Dancing,” which readers can hear above.
“I had the hook of that song up in Wichita Falls, [Texas], at this old warehouse, with this weed dealer that I used to go buy weed from. He had an old drum set, like, with a mini keyboard and a loop station, all this stuff that I was messing with one day after I bought some weed from him,” Cauthen recalls to The Boot, adding that the early stages of the song were born during that impromptu riffing.
At the time, the singer was in the middle of what he describes as a “frenzy.” Following a calamitous breakup, Cauthen left the house where he’d been living in Wichita Falls, and moved into the Belmont Hotel in Dallas. He stayed in room 41, which serves as the title of his new album.
“Everything was about to be planned out for my life. I was gonna get married,” Cauthen continues. “Now, I went to being single and in a hotel room writing songs. You know, I was in some self-pity. I was acting like an idiot there for a minute, and I was dating a lot of different girls, just trying to find my heart again. I was in a hollow moment of my life.”
Songwriting became his therapy, Cauthen continues, and resulted in some of his most vulnerable and revealing tracks to date. In some cases — like in “Cocaine Country Dancing” — the degree of honesty in the lyrics makes Cauthen flinch a bit.
“I don’t like to have to tell my mom that the f–kin’ song is “Cocaine Country Dancing,” you know?” he interjects, “and talk to my mom and grandmother about this, about my drug frenzy and acting like an idiot. I went through some hospital visits. [I was] just pushing myself to the end, you know? Pushing myself to the max.”
Cauthen doesn’t harbor any delusions that this extreme lifestyle yielded better art. “Did bathing in all that despair and darkness help me musically? I don’t think so,” he admits. “I was on my route to get it done either way.”
Still, that period of living in extremes allowed him to take big chances in the songs he was writing. “It’s just that you don’t give a f–k,” Cauthen says of his mindset while writing the project. “You get sloppy drunk. You just don’t give a damn. That’s all just f–kin’ thrown out the window.
“I was just trying to get through it, and, honestly, I was reaching for a bigger sound the whole time … Like, ‘How am I gonna stand out? How is this gonna sound different than what everybody’s playing?'” he adds. “So I was reaching for what was left of center, rather than what was comfortable, and that led me down some other pathways sonically.”
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Friday, October 4, 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Miss Bix & The Blues Fix shows her stuff on video!
A few days without a post, real life can be a pain sometimes, so to make up for it here are two videos from Miss Bix.
The concept of this collection of songs is inspired by the home of the blues, the Crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Leslie Bixler (aka Miss Bix) spent several months there soaking in the culture and learning the blues from the founders themselves. This is a rare find, 12 songs that pack a punch, in a conceptual flow, reminiscent of days past, when albums told a story.
Leslie Bixler and co-producer Ralph Carter (previously with Eddie Money and Sugaray Rayford), who brings bass, percussion, guitar and keys to many of the songs, are joined by John ‘JT’ Thomas (keyboardist with Hornsby), Gary Mallaber (drummer previously with Van Morrison, Steve Miller and more), blues guitarist extraordinaire Franck Goldwasser (aka Paris Slim), sax man Bill Bixler, and harp player RJ Mischo.
The songs reflect the culture that permeates the south – ‘Voodoo Man,’ ‘Black Widow,’ ‘Slave To The Grave’, and ‘Crazy ‘Bout You’ all have the smoky sensuous sound of the bluesy south. At the same time, Bixler creates a sound and voice that is all her own, and each song tells a different story. The Hendrix inspired ‘You’re A Child’ harkens back to the excitement of early rock days, and features the amazing RHCP drummer, Chad Smith, with whom Leslie worked on the children’s album “Rhythm Train.” The opening track ‘Follow Me Down’ draws the listener in with a trance-like psychedelic groove and from there the excitement builds.
Artistic influences like Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Peter Gabriel, Sting, John Mayer, and many others weave together in this altogether new package. Hints of Motown are perceptible in the R&B feel of ‘Baby Come Back’ and the ending cut is a sensitive homage to the muse herself, that never ends, in ‘All The Time.’ The title cut ‘We Don’t Own The Blues’ is a playful look at the nature of love and heartbreak, and is destined to become a blues classic, as is the romping ‘If You’re Doing What I’m Thinking.’ The vocal stylings of the heartbreaking ballad ‘It Wasn’t Me’ are beautifully framed with the gorgeous keyboard virtuosity of John ‘JT’ Thomas.
BIOGRAPHY
LESLIE BIXLER aka MISS BIX aka LESLIE LETVEN has been writing, recording and performing since her early twenties. Her first international record “Make It Right” was released on Syndrome Records under her maiden name Leslie Letven and did very well in the smooth jazz category, reaching #12 on the charts, and still receiving radio play today. At that time, she was collaborating with her talented husband Bill Bixler of the Wild Blue Band and nightclub.
Moving back to LA, Leslie and Bill produced and self-released “Porcupine,” which she sold at gigs and on CD Baby. After the birth of her son, Leslie turned her attention to children’s music, spending several days a week doing music circles with preschool age children. It was there that she wrote and test-ran several children’s songs which attracted the attention of Dick Van Dyke and Chad Smith (drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), whose child was in her class. She produced two albums “Moon Food” with Dick Van Dyke and “Rhythm Train” with Van Dyke and Chad Smith. She toured with Dick and Chad promoting those albums and received notable press from many celebrities and publications and won a parent’s choice award.
Once her son grew up, Leslie’s yearning for a new musical start led her to Clarksdale Mississippi where she fell seriously in love with the blues, something she had always gravitated towards. Working with co producer collaborator Ralph Carter (former Musical Director with Eddie Money and co-writer of his hit tune ‘Shakin’’) Leslie began writing “We Don’t Own The Blues,” a group of blues-based songs that reflect a new and exciting musical direction: passionate, intense, and sultry.
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