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Bobby Kid Singer and Guitarist Anna Lester Shares the Highs and Lows of Writing her Song “Seeds”

By Hurley Winkler

Welcome to Jacksonville Music Experience’s Songwriting School, where we talk to local songwriters about how they wrote one specific song. Jacksonville-based songwriter Anna Lester has been recording and performing music since 2017 under the name Bobby Kid, an indie rock band she started with her husband, drummer Brian Lester. In March, Bobby Kid released their second album, Babyface. This long-awaited …

In this article: Anna Lester, Babyface, Bobby Kid, Indie rock, jacksonville, New music, Singer and Songwriting School

On “Agradecido,” Emerging Duval Indie-Pop Artist Huan Pens a Sincere Song in Spanish

By Carissa Marques

Huan, the Jacksonville-based purveyor of dreamy indie-pop has released his latest single, “Agradecido,” an open thank-you note to his mother, and his first single in Spanish. “This is my love letter to her while leaving a digital footprint at the same time,” Huan said about the song in an email. “Her name and voice deserve to live forever. I didn’t …

In this article: Agradecido, Huan, indie-pop, jacksonville and New music

Playlist | Best New Music of July

Featuring a few dozen new tunes from local, regional, national and international artists, our Fresh Squeeze playlist includes the best new music emanating from Northeast Florida and beyond. Handpicked by our team of contributors, there are no rules or genre restrictions; just songs we thought were worth a share. Our latest Fresh Squeeze includes new music from wholly original acts Blonde …

In this article: Blonde Redhead, Fresh Squeeze, jacksonville, July, Killer Mike, Little Dragon, local music, New music, PJ Harvey and playlist

Rahill’s ‘Flowers at Your Feet’ is a Sunny, Experimental-Pop Trip

By Matthew Shaw

You may already be familiar with the work of multi-disciplinary artist Rahill Jamalifard, a founding member of Brooklyn garage-rock faves Habibi. That familiarity, however, won’t likely prime you for the enjoyably avant-garde pop on Rahill’s debut solo LP, Flowers at Your Feet. Through the development of Habibi’s music to her solo debut, the 2022 EP Sun Songs, Rahill has displayed …

In this article: Beck, Fables, Flowers at Your Feet, Habibi, New music, Rahill, review and Smile For E

Best Concerts in Jacksonville | Jul. 10-16

TIna & Her Pony, Duane Betts, Dierks Bentley, K. Michelle and more

Our weekly Go concert recommendations are updated every Monday morning and are always available on jaxmusic.org. For the comprehensive list of this week’s concerts, go to our live music calendar page. Pop/Rock Louis Tomlinson – Tuesday, July 11 The Amp | St. Augustine Former One Direction member, the UK pop-star Louis Tomlinson performs on Tuesday at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. More Indie Rock Harbour …

In this article: calendar, concerts, Duane Betts, K. Michelle, Live music, Louis Tomlinson and Tina & Her Pony

New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 7

Electro-pop singer Aluna Francis first made her name as one-half of the hit-making duo Aluna George. Now, her second album as just Aluna, MYCELiUM, finds her working with the worldwide artistic community she’s built in the last few years. With an emphasis on queer and/or Black artists from many different countries, she’s built a powerful statement about claiming your power …

In this article: All Songs Considered, July 7, New Music Friday and NPR Music

For the Jacksonville Music Scene, Little Alley Shows Offer Intimacy and Discovery

By Shelton Hull

Proprietor Emily Moody is already a key figure in local music history, in her own right–not as a performer, but as a facilitator. “Jacksonville has a long history of great music,“ she says. ”It has always been a mission of mine to highlight and celebrate music created right in our city.” She’s done just that, for almost every notable local …

In this article: downtown, Emily Moody, jacksonville, jax, Kady Yellow, Little Alley Shows, Placemaking and Wolf & Cub

Duane Betts Finds Serenity and Soul in His ‘Wild & Precious Life’

By Daniel A. Brown

When Duane Betts and his band Palmetto Motel hit the stage at Downtown Jacksonville’s Intuition Ale Works on Sunday, July 16, they’ll be performing mere miles from where the Allman Brothers Band formed more than fifty years ago. As the son of founding ABB member Dickey Betts, the now-45-year-old Duane was born within a direct lineage of that elder band’s …

In this article: Allman Brothers Band, Duane Betts, Interview, jacksonville, New music, Palmetto Motel and Wild & Precious Life

Meridian Brothers | Tiny Desk Concert

You gotta love a band that names itself after siblings that don’t exist, and under a name that doesn’t match anyone in the band. At least I do. I’ve been a fan of the edgy sonic traditions of the Meridian Brothers for a while now, and jumped at the chance to bring the duo’s space age cumbia direct from Bogotá, …

In this article: Colombia, cumbia, Eblis Alvarez, folk, live, Meridian Brothers, Salsa and Tiny Desk

Juvenile | Tiny Desk Concert

NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated shows is a celebration of Black artists expressing themselves in ways we’ve never seen before, and of the Tiny Desk’s unique way of showcasing that talent. “WTF …

In this article: Back that azz up, Juvenile, live and Tiny Desk

Killer Mike at the Top of the Mountain

“I’ve never really had a religious experience, in a religious place,” the Atlanta rapper Killer Mike says to begin the title track of his 2012 album, R.A.P. Music. “Closest I’ve ever come to seeing or feeling God is listening to rap music. Rap music is my religion.” The intent in his voice doesn’t read as blasphemy. It’s more a confession: …

In this article: Killer Mike, Michael, New music, review, Run the Jewles and solo album

Flying Lotus, Ty Segall, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Beach Fossils and More to Play Austin’s Levitation Festival

By Scott Russell

Levitation music festival organizers unveiled the first wave of a mind-melting lineup earlier this week, ahead of the event formerly known as Austin Psych Fest returning to the Lone Star State capitol on Halloween weekend, Oct. 26-29. “Eclectic” is one of few words rangy enough to wrap its arms around Levitation: The four-day festival’s 2023 iteration will feature headliners Unwound, …

In this article: Austin, Beach Fossils, Levitation, music festival, psych, rock, Texas, Ty Segall and Unkown Mortal Orchestra

The Best Concerts in Jacksonville | July 3-9

Little Alley Shows, Matchbox 20, Bear Grillz and more

Our weekly Go concert recommendations are updated every Monday morning and are always available on jaxmusic.org. For the comprehensive list of this week’s concerts, go to our live music calendar page. Hip Hop/R&B Che Forreign – Wednesday, July 5 Little Alley Shows | Downtown Jacksonville The latest installment in a series of pop-up concerts curated by Downtown vintage boutique Wolf & Cub, Jax singer …

In this article: calendar, concerts, jacksonville and Live music

Reissue of 1968 Debut from German Guitarist Volker Kriegel is a Worthy Mix of Early Jazz Fusion and Relic-Kitsch

By Daniel A. Brown

While hardly a household name on these shores, German jazz guitarist Volker Kriegel (1943-2003) appeared on more than 200 releases and was a founding member of the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble, a large ensemble which included fellow European-based, forward-thinking jazz heavyweights including bassist Eberhard Weber, flugelhornist Kenny Wheeler and trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff. While still in his twenties, Kriegel was …

In this article: fusion, Guitar, jazz, Nina's Dance, reissue, Volker Kriegel and With A Little Help From My Friends

Brandee Younger | Tiny Desk Concert

NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated shows is a celebration of Black artists expressing themselves in ways we’ve never seen before, and of the Tiny Desk’s unique way of showcasing that talent. On …

In this article: Brand New Life, Brandee Younger, harp, jazz, Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing, NPR and Tiny Desk

WJCT Public Media Appoints Al Letson as Interim Host of “First Coast Connect”

Al Letson, acclaimed host of “Reveal,” joins WJCT Public Media as interim host for “First Coast Connect,” starting July 5, 2023. Returning to his Northeast Florida roots, Letson’s award-winning storytelling promises to drive meaningful community discussions. Listen across multiple platforms, including WJCT’s app, major streaming services, and podcast directories.

Favorite New Artists Of 2023 (So Far)

On this edition of All Songs Considered, we asked NPR member stations to pick their favorite new artists of 2023. We begin with Matt Shaw from WJCT in Jacksonville, Fla. He chose the grunge-inspired music of Blondshell. Justin Barney from WNXP in Nashville is obsessed with the music of Hannah Jagadu, who recorded her debut as a student at New …

In this article: 2023, Abraham Alexander, All Songs Considered, best new music, Blondshell, favorite artists, Hannah Jagadu, Masison McFerrin, Nat Myers, NPR Music and Peter One

Duval Country-Rockers Dean Winter and the Heat Get Ready to Fire It Up at Their Upcoming Vinyl Release Party at Intuition Ale Works

By Daniel A. Brown

If you are lucky in country music, you will eventually run into hard luck. Anyone can have gratitude on a sunny Friday pay day. It’s the broke-a** rainy Tuesdays that keep you on your feet or flat on your back. And while country music isn’t all ragged blues and boozy ruminations, arguably the best and most memorable music of that …

In this article: Alt-country, country, Dean Winter, Dean Winter and the Heat, Heat Fest, Interview, Intuition, Jack Mock, Jeremy Blanton, Ty Sullivan and Wheel of Bliss

North Florida Bands: Sing Out Loud is Accepting Applications for 2023 Festival

Local musicians looking for a chance to perform in front of a live audience (compared to a dead or undead audience) are in luck. The seventh-annual Sing Out Loud Festival is accepting applications from Northeast Florida musicians to perform during the festival, held each year at various venues in and around St. Augustine. The festival is accepting applications from solo …

In this article: 2023, artist application, jacksonville, Local Showcase, North Florida, Sing Out Loud and st. augustine

On new single “Respectfully,” Jacksonville Singer-Songwriter Ebonique Moves with Purpose

By Mr. Al Pete

Ebonique has returned, in dominance mode no less, with a new single called “Respectfully.” Over nimble guitar work and a hissing drum machine, the Jacksonville-based R&B and soul singer-songwriter states what she notices about how others intentionally gravitate to her for clout. In doing so, she clearly lays down the guidelines of what her purpose is. The confidence and competence …

In this article: Ebonique, jacksonville, new single, R&B, Respectfully, review, singer-songwriter and soul

Here’s the deal with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Among the surest ways to feel out of the loop right now is to look at concert listings and notice that artists you’ve never heard — or even heard of — are somehow big enough to play very large venues. These days, it’s a revelation that can strike without warning, no matter who you are or how closely you keep …

In this article: Australia, Infest the Rats Nest, King Gizz, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, PetroDragonic Apocalypse, Red Rocks and rock

Here’s How the Recently Reunited Jacksonville Indie-Rock band The Julius Airwave Makes Their Crunchy, Confident Sound

By Hurley Winkler

When Rick Colado, Chris Gibson, and Mark Hubbard started making music together in the late ’90s as The Julius Airwave, their teenage sound was confident and wild. “Our music eventually became restrained and unsure,” says singer and guitarist Colado, “and now, it’s just fun. But we are an indie rock band.” This year, the band has released two new singles—Slow …

In this article: gear, Indie rock, musical equipment, New music, Richard Colado and The Julius Airwave

The Best Concerts in Jacksonville | June 26-July 2

The Smile, Peter Frampton, Rain Dogs Celebrates 10 years, Heat Fest and more

Our weekly Go concert recommendations are updated every Monday morning and are always available on jaxmusic.org. For the comprehensive list of this week’s concerts, go to our live music calendar page. Jazz Blue Jay Jazz Jam – Tuesday, June 27 Blue Jay Listening Room | Jacksonville Beach Every Tuesday, fun-sized Jax Beach venue Blue Jay Listening Room hosts a rotating cast of standout players …

In this article: Blue Jay Listening Room, calendar, concerts, jacksonville, Live music, St. Augustine Amphitheatre and The Smile

New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 23

The rapper and singer Coi Leray drops her sophomore full-length COI this week, a genre-hopping, sample-heavy adrenaline rush packed with hooks and swagger. We hear from a number of cuts from the record to open this week’s show, from the bluesy riff rock of “Black Rose” to sweet R&B, ’80s-flavored synth pop, Afro-fusion and more. The album leads us to …

MUNA | Tiny Desk Concert

“It’s very cool to see that everyone who works for NPR is gay,” MUNA singer-guitarist Katie Gavin deadpanned by way of introduction at the band’s Tiny Desk concert. For a band whose latest album is currently soundtracking its second straight Pride Month, MUNA has found a deep kinship with queer audiences — a fact Gavin noted during the lead-in to …

In this article: MUNA, New music, NPR, Silk Chiffon and Tiny Desk Concert

The Rebuilt Heart of Jason Isbell

Luck favors the prepared, as they say, and young Jason Isbell was ready. He had honed his skills as a songwriter and guitar player since he started playing the mandolin back when his hands were too small to wrap around a guitar neck. He would sit alone in his bedroom for days on end, isolated and insulated from his parents’ …

In this article: Alt-country, country, Jason Isbell, New music, NPR Music and Weathervanes

Best Live Music in Jax | Jun. 19-25

Tedeschi Trucks Band, Jagged Edge, Mold!, Little Alley Shows and more.

Our weekly Go concert recommendations are updated every Monday morning and are always available on jaxmusic.org. For the comprehensive list of this week’s concerts, go to our live music calendar page. Metal Weeping – Tuesday, June 19 Rain Dogs | Five Points New Jersey death-metal group Weeping visits Jacksonville, playing Rain Dogs on Tuesday. More Neo-Soul/R&B SouLo Lyon – Thursday, June 21 Little Alley …

In this article: concert calendar, concert picks, Jack Rabbits, jacksonville, Little Alley Shows, Live music and Tedeschi Trucks

American-Roots Maestro Dom Flemons Follows the Roots of the Blues Through Northeast Florida

By Shelton Hull

The rising tide of Black representation in (Mainstream) American roots music has resulted, to no inconsiderable extent, from the efforts of Dominique “Dom” Flemons and his colleagues in the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an exceptional band founded in Durham, North Carolina back in 2005. Flemons’ departure from the group in 2013 initiated what appears to have been the group’s final dissolution …

In this article: Americana, banjo, carolina chocolate drops, Dom Flemons, folk, Guitar, jacksonville, roots, st. augustine and the Waterworks

New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 16

We’ve got two big releases this week from artists who’ve returned after long breaks from their own work: Killer Mike has his first new solo album in more than a decade and Iceland’s Sigur Rós is back with the band’s first new studio album since 2013. Killer Mike’s Michael is steeped in gospel and deeply personal stories that reflect on …

In this article: All Songs Considered, Best new releases, June 16, Killer Mike, New Music Friday, NPR Music and Sigur Rós

Rachel Angel, Daddy, Folk Is People to Headline this Year’s Queer Country Disco in Jacksonville

Queer Country Disco — the annual event celebrating the music of queer Americana and country artists — is back for another rodeo. Featuring performances by Asheville-by-way-of-Miami alt-country star Rachel Angel, Duval electro-pop artist Daddy and Jax Americana band Folk is People (with more acts to be announced soon), QCD 2023 will be held Saturday, August 12 at WJCT Studios. Founded …

In this article: Americana, country, Daddy, event, Folk is People, jacksonville, JME, Queer Country Disco, Rachel Angel and Stacey Bennett

Retro L.A. Rockers Allah-Las Return with Vintage Glam-Rock Bop, “The Stuff”

By Matthew Shaw

Notable Crate-diggers, Los Angeles retro-rockers Allah-Las are back with “The Stuff,” an enjoyably simple mid-tempo taste of Zuma 85 (out October 13 via Calico Discos / Innovative Leisure), the group’s first full-length album since 2019’s LAHS. A sarcastic – although by-and-large unoffending – lamentation of the state of modern music in the form of a glam rock bop, sonically “The …

In this article: Allah-Las, glam, Indie, Innovative Leisure, Lou Reed, New music, review, rock, surf and The Stuff

Australian Singer-Songwriter Angie MacMahon’s “Saturn Returning” is a Savvy Revival of Symphonic Rock for Global Romantics

By Daniel A. Brown

The latest from Australian singer-songwriter Angie McMahon is a plaintive ballad that isn’t afraid to dip into the majestic. “Saturn Returning” slowly paces itself with a simple plucked motif that is gradually overtaken by a borderline-bombastic symphonic wall of sound, as McMahon’s voice mirrors itself into a monolithic, over-dubbed chorale. McMahon’s undeniable and versatile skills as a vocalist help elevate …

In this article: Angie McMahon, Australia, Fresh Squeeze, New music, playlist, Saturn Returning and singer-songwriter

Sound & Vision | Visual Artist Edison William Leads Us from the Unreal to the Real and Back Again

By Daniel A. Brown

Sound & Vision is a semi-regular feature that examines how music influences Northeast Florida artists. Accompanying playlists for each Sound & Vision feature can be found on JME’s spotify channel. The future is ultimately resolute, carved into an unknowable stone. Regardless of our actions, desires, fears, or even the advent of providence and fate, if we are lucky to see it the …

In this article: Art, Edison William, jacksonville, photography, Sound & Vision and visual art

Paul McCartney’s Photos of Early Beatlemania are in a Book and on Display in London

Updated June 13, 2023 at 10:38 AM ET This famous moment in music history is now visible from a different angle. Any capsule history of rock music, or pop music, or the 1960’s will include the Beatles’ arrival in the United States in early 1964. The images are all familiar — young men with bowl haircuts (that they’d later grow …

In this article: archive, Beatlemania, Beatles, exhibit, NPR, Paul McCartney, photo book and photos

Jacksonville Hip-Hop Artist Aalana Stands Tall on New Track, “Beretta”

By Mr. Al Pete

Duval emcee Aalana is back with a new single, “Beretta,” the uber-talented young rapper’s first release since 2022’s “Okay Cool.” There’s little debate as to whether Aalana possesses star power. And on “Beretta,” she flosses her position with hitting phrases, touching on the importance of friendship and connection, wavering on whether either has inherent value in navigating life’s highs – …

In this article: aalana, Beretta, duval, emcee, hip-hop, jacksonville, New music and rap

Aja Monet’s Debut Album Fuses Art and Advocacy, Poet and Performer

In Black American folklore, music and poetry share the same soul. The poets of the Black Arts movement, particularly Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Audre Lorde and Amiri Baraka, were in touch with jazz as if it were of the same coterie, and they opened the door for the more music-driven spoken-word artists of the 1970s — Gil Scott-Heron, The Last …

In this article: Aja Monet, blues, hip-hop, performer, poet, poetry, smoke signals collective and Why My Love

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