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Interview with Shayla McDaniel Shayla McDaniel is a singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist based in Knoxville, Tennessee who crafts guitar-driven alt pop. Growing up, McDaniel began learning bass at church where she would accompany the gospel choir. She took part in elementary school orchestral programs and also experimented with multiple instruments in her parent’s basement. In 2017, she played…
Announcing The Indie Collective Up&Coming is pleased to announce that we have joined Right Chord Music’s The Indie Collective. Our blog is dedicated to celebrating up and coming and independent artists from around the world so we are very excited to be part of The Indie Collective. What is The Indie Collective? Top 10 ranked…
Last week, the Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) announced the winners of this year’s prestigious UK Americana Awards. Now in its sixth year, the ceremony took place virtually online and celebrated the best in the genre both in the UK and internationally. The awards ceremony, which was hosted by Bob Harris OBE, rounded off three…
“When we released ‘Reverie’ we were dumbfounded by how many people listened to it and shared it” Jetski Babylon, the alternative rock quintet hailing from Southampton, are fiery, passionate and oozing with attitude. Earlier this year, they released two new singles ‘Hollow’ and ‘Nine’ which are their most proficient works to-date. Both tracks are brooding,…
The Nottingham-based rock-pop five-piece, The Mocking Jays, recently released their new single ‘Kiss My Neck’. After speaking to the band they revealed that the song is based on “real events” and is about “having a friend who has only ever been that, and then one night that changing”. The track focuses on the thoughts that…
Kuba Kluza is a talented pianist and singer from Krakow, Poland. He grew up in a house filled with music and he has certainly inherited the musical genes from his parents. This summer he released his debut single, ‘This Time’. It is powerful and stirring and highlights Kluza’s soaring and passionate vocals. It is about…
Sun Arcana, the quartet from Essex, have been busy making a name for themselves since forming in 2016. Their music is fun and inventive – imagine a mixture of Muse and Paramore. Earlier this year they released their debut EP and it is ear-catching, feisty and atmospheric. Put their EP on and you will fall…
Georgia Fearn, the 17 year old singer-songwriter from Camarthen, grew up singing with her grandmother and with her encouragement learnt to play the guitar and began writing songs from the age of nine. Years on she has developed an alternative pop style – tinged with a darker edge yet touched with a folky charm –…
Rusty Clanton, the Nashville based singer-songwriter, first gained attention through his covers on YouTube back in 2011. Since then his powerful original tracks have captured the hearts of fans worldwide (mine included!). His voice is like a sunset – it has the magical ability of slowing everything down and completely transfixing you. He has a…
The Manchester-based five-piece, Mercury Machine, has developed an ‘80s tinged electronica sound which is both nostalgic and modern. The band’s combination of the gentle and the depressive has allowed them to create something brilliant and worth listening to. Their latest single ‘Aurora’ is emotive, expansive and chilling. Undoubtedly their strongest single to date. Lee Michael…