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Opium Moon Debut New Single with Benjy Wertheimer "Metta Prayer"

July 21, 2023 • Benjy Wertheimer • Hearts of Space Records • New Music Friday • Opium Moon • Video

Metta Prayer, the lead single from Grammy® winners Opium Moon's forthcoming album, is a Buddhist loving kindness meditation (metta bhavana) set to the band's rapturously seductive, ancient/modern sound (Lili Haydn's soaring violin, the silvery glisten of Hamid Saeidi's santoor, Itai Disraeli's driving bass, and the chill beats of percussionist M.B. Gordy, with lushly resonant vocal harmonies by the acclaimed devotional singer and multi-instrumentalist Benjy Wertheimer. Listen to "Metta Prayer" at your favorite place for music.

Legendary Punk Band The Dictators Debut New Video for "Crazy Horses"

June 30, 2023 • New Music Friday • The Dictators • Video

When the influential punk band The Dictators decided to get back together, the plan was to record immediately to reestablish the band creatively. With that they decided on a fun song to cover - the 1972 hit from The Osmonds' "Crazy Horses".

Joe Krown Brings The Meters' Leo Nocentelli to Celebrate Allen Toussaint's "All of It"

March 31, 2023 • Blues • Joe Krown • New Music Friday • Sledgehammer Blues

“All of It” was one of the rare Allen Toussaint instrumentals that's in the style of the music of the legendary New Orleans group the Meters. It was originally released in 1996 on Toussaint's NYNO Records release "Connected". Krown brought in the original guitar player from the Meters and from the Toussaint version of the song Leo Nocentelli to recreate not only the Toussaint feel but the intended feel of the Meters. The end result is a New Orleans styled funky piano instrumental.

Doug MacLeod Releases New EP "Raw Blues 1"

March 17, 2023 • Blues • Doug MacLeod • New Music Friday • Sledgehammer Blues

Bluesman Doug MacLeod released his new EP Raw Blues 1 today. MacLeod described the record's creation, "Producer Andreas Werner wanted to record me like I play live - just sit down in front of the mics and play. And that’s what I did. So what you got here is the ‘no frills’ raw blues feeling caught in the moment."

Jonn Serrie Releases New Album "Elysian Lightships"

January 27, 2023 • Ambient • Jonn Serrie • New Music • New Music Friday

The ambient space music master Jonn Serrie has returned with his first album since 2019's Azurae. Serrie describes the creation of Elysian Lightships as "conceived using a combination of great sci-fi literary ideas, production capabilities, and a vivid musical imagination. I see these elements as synthesizer rocket fuel powering the creative process."Listen to Elysian Lightships at your favorite place for music!