How's your winter going so far?
Who isn't struggling with a bit of cabin fever right now? We've got just the thing to take your mind off your winter blues - great new indie music! 2021 has brought us tons of great new artists so far - from hip-hop to singer-songwriter to alt-rock, we think there's something in here that you'll love. Happy listening!
-The Ark of Music Team
(P.S., You can check out our past issues, HERE.)
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Songwriter and producer Rian Mac is back at the helm of his musical group Rian Music for another powerful single. This time inspired by the boundary-pushing style of Peter Gabriel, The Negative Brings Me Down is a rock anthem featuring Rian Mac on [Click here to open...]
GENRE: POP, ROCK, SINGER / SONGWRITER
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Burlington, Canada based artist Marvel Mike is a fully self-taught MC and producer. Honing his craft since his teenage years, his teaching career opened the door to a great deal of travel that has benefitted his artistic work, performing in places as [Click here to open...]
GENRE: HIP-HOP / RAP
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Adult pop songwriter Rob Alexander is back this year with brand new music, just after his single This Hollywood Road graced our 2020 Top 10 Singles list. True to his style, his most recent release A Song to Get Us Through has all the feel and flair [Click here to open...]
GENRE: ADULT CONTEMPORARY, POP,
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A transplant from the northeast currently residing in Nashville, TN, Brian Cooney is a seasoned performer with an impressive history. Describing his background as "somewhat diverse", Cooney received his formal musical education from Berklee College [Click here to open...]
GENRE: ADULT CONTEMPORARY, FAITH,
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Here at The Ark, we're no strangers to the calming and enthralling instrumental music created by the pair of Steve Markoff and Patricia Lazzara. We've had the pleasure of previously exploring their album Timeless (2019) as well as singles Liama [Click here to open...]
GENRE: EASY LISTENING, INSTRUMENTAL, POP,
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When we last left alt-rocker Jared Mancuso, he was coming off the release of his album Hype! (2018), which we found to be an "album to make rock-expats come’on home and love rock again". Since then he's moved to Phoenix, AZ, and is working out of the [Click here to open...]
GENRE: ALTERNATIVE, ROCK
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Rock group Sometimes Julie is well on their way to carving out a space for themselves in the burgeoning San Diego music scene. The band started as a duo consisting of Monica Sorenson and Rick Walker in 2012 and has grown to include Bruce Paul Allen [Click here to open...]
GENRE: ALTERNATIVE, ROCK
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You ought to be getting pretty familiar with the good-time, foot-stomping, country music goodness that comes from The Charlie Kulis Band. They've been on a roll lately, with a collective 250,000 views on YouTube, as well as over 200,00 Spotify [Click here to open...]
GENRE: COUNTRY
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Twenty-three-year-old singer-songwriter Anna Wells has been refining her craft for over half of her life. The Essex-based artist released her debut album Circles in 2019, and has written almost one hundred additional songs since. Her prolific nature [Click here to open...]
CATEGORY: POP, ROCK
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We'd like to introduce you to something a little different from our usual vein of album and single reviews today! The Bongo Boy Rock n Roll TV Series is an indie-music-focused production that's distributed on over 72 TV channels in the US. Now in its [Click here to open...]
CATEGORY: VIDEO REVIEWS
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