Los Angeles-based Indie outfit Blondfire started off as a brother and sister duo consisting of Erica and Bruce Driscoll. Their Indie Pop gems featuring ear-catching hooks and Erica’s expressive, yet soothing vocal delivery garnered them much industry attention, including record deals with EMI Records UK and Warner Brothers Records.
music discovery
- 06 Jun 2023
Reggae music’s trademark sound of one-drop rhythms, upstroke guitar chords, and lyrics of love and unity have stood the test of time.
- 22 May 2023
Upon listening to Dinah Thorpe’s 2019 album The Body Wants (from Hard Music’s artist label Graffiti Alley), one is immediately struck by a sonic palette that is both warmly familiar yet totally new.
- 17 May 2023
The simplest definition of music is organized sound. The creativity of a composer is augmented by the instruments chosen to create their art and can make a song sound truly unique. Modern technology allows for full symphony orchestras to live inside of your computer, but what about the instruments that are less common? These sounds might be familiar to your ear, but their histories are less well-known.
- 11 Apr 2023
A Jazz Fusion group out of Paris called The Harlem Pop Trotters came together for a late-night recording session at La Comédie des Champs-Elysées in 1975. The resulting album of twelve tracks is a masterpiece and a great representation of the genre and era.
- 24 Mar 2023