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Dan Berk – “Ghost Stories”

Dan Berk is a bit obsessive, which might actually be his secret weapon. As a child, his deep love for acoustic cover artists like Leroy Sanchez, Megan Davies, Boyce Avenue and Emma Heesters led him to start over-analyzing every detail of the craft. He soon found himself cracking the code to the perfect acoustic cover and set out to begin recording his own. Starting in 2018, Dan released a steady string of acoustic covers that quickly racked up well over 100 million streams on Spotify. These covers seemed to resonate deeply with the Gen Z crowd who found comfort in his emotional renditions of songs like “Solo”, “Burn”, “Hey Brother” and “Ruin My Life”. Now with a devoted fan base of 1.1 million Spotify monthly listeners, Dan Berk is moving into the next phase of his career by finding his own voice as an artist. This past week he debuted […]

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Featured Placement: “Action” by CRSB

“Action” by CRSB is featured in Episode 2 in the new season of Tyler Perry BET+ series “Bruh”. This is the second placement the band has received in this show, following the use of their song “M.I.A.” in the first season. The 19-episode dramedy returns this Thursday, May 27 with three episodes at launch, then moving to a weekly rollout every Thursday thereafter. About CRSB CRSB is a musical duo based out of the San Francisco Bay Area who create their own unique brand of Island Soul-infused Pop. The group garnered mass attention from the public after they began to release live home videos performing their original compositions. Now, CRSB has a collection of videos that have amassed over three and a half million plays on YouTube. About “Bruh” on BET+ This original comedy follows the lives of four African-American men as they navigate careers, relationships and life in Atlanta. […]

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YONAS – “Fuego”

Back with a brand new single “Fuego”, Bronx native YONAS brings back the 🔥 once again. For the past decade YONAS has been consistently putting out some of the best underground hip hop records you’ll find anywhere. During that time he’s racked up over half a billion combined streams and sales (man, remember when people used to actually buy records?), put out collabs with artists like Logic and Cherub, and shared the stage with Macklemore, Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q. Standing on the shoulders of thought leaders like Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Big L, Immortal Technique, Common, and Lauryn Hill, YONAS aims to challenge the mind while still bringing good vibes. His music is thought provoking, highly polished and straight up hooky as hell. These attributes are sadly in short supply these days. “It’s crazy because the song is almost written in parts like a piece of classical music. The […]

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Yuni Wa – “Context 4”

You might not expect a man whose given name is Princeton Von Coleman to be a big dude with shoulder-length dreads living out in rural Arkansas. But for that same person to go by the stage name Yuni Wa (short for Yunibasaru Wa, or “Universal Harmony” in Japanese) you get the feeling he’s perhaps not someone you can easily put into a box. Or maybe he’s just living in the future and can’t be bothered with your antiquated expectations. Having produced a total of 34 albums (not a typo) since his first release on his 17th birthday in 2014, to say that Yuni Wa is prolific is a gross understatement. It’s almost like a new word is needed to describe his creative output. Among his first releases was an album called “Context”, the first in what has become a four-part series culminating with the final edition “Context 4” which just […]

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Rochelle Bloom – “Partly Cloudy”

Rochelle Bloom doesn’t seem to care much about what other rappers are doing these days. Her debut album “Partly Cloudy” is not trendy, you surely won’t find anything on the radio that sounds quite like it. Her music projects her own individual aesthetic; sexy but not sexual, dark but positive, cerebral yet poetic. Clean mixes not needed. The album release arrives with a beautifully filmed music video for the lead single “Stories I Create In My Head”, directed by Derek Evans. The video is stark and unsettling, as is the video’s emotional narrative about the struggles of family life, what defines success and living up to the expectations of others. Still fairly new to the Atlanta hip hop scene, Rochelle Bloom has already developed her own unique sound on her own terms. Having just had her very first placement earlier this year with her song “Dandylion” on CW’s “Charmed”, things […]

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Rush Midnight – “Wine & Summertime”

Here in Brooklyn this time of year is a big deal, it’s when we finally get to enjoy our first taste of warm and breezy weather. And after the brutal COVID winter, it’s all the more special to finally be able to get outside and bask in the sun! This feeling isn’t lost on native New Yorker turned L.A. music supervisor Russell Manning, aka Rush Midnight, whose new single “Wine & Summertime” is the perfect soundtrack to getting back to enjoying the simple things in life. The second single off his upcoming album “Delilah”, the song is dreamy, sensual and subtly funky. Somewhat reminiscent of Tame Impala, “Wine & Summertime” strikes a balance between retro and futuristic depending on the perspective of the listener. As you might expect from a band led by an Oberlin-trained jazz bassist, Rush Midnight’s music is centered around Manning’s flawless melodic basslines. With less emphasis […]

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DirtySnatcha – “Snatched, Vol 2”

So like, who hasn’t been snatched by aliens at some point in their life? It’s a huge problem. But when you see those little bug-eyed extraterrestrials coming down at you, there’s only one thing to do. Blast them out of the sky with that BASS! UK producer DirtySnatcha has you covered with subsonic blasts from his new EP “Snatched, Vol 2”. The five song EP opens up with the massive track “Alien Shit” featuring Detroit rapper Chase The Dream, which is admittedly far too filthy for network television. Looking at you though, Netflix. Sup? Organically building his following through collaborations with artists such as Riot Ten (Dim Mak), Rico Act, Boogie T, Lucii, and Monxx, DirtySnatcha has made a name for himself as a premier producer and remixer in the bass community. With his own independent label and several million streams across platforms, he’s surely responsible for neck injuries to […]

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Featured Placement: “Momma” by Aquadrop

Italian music producer Aquadrop‘s new single “Momma” is being featured in episode 5 of the new Disney+ series “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers”. The episode is now available on Disney+ and the song is out today through Symphonic! What a coincidence, right? I mean, what are the odds? About “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers“ A reboot of the highly successful 90’s Disney film franchise, The Mighty Ducks are back with a new series that flips the script on the original storyline. Now a powerhouse in its division, the Mighty Ducks junior hockey team is selective about who makes the cut. After being kicked out and being told he is wasting his time, a 12-year-old boy named Evan Morrow, at the urging of his mother, forms a new hockey team of underdogs with the help of the Ducks’ original coach, Gordon Bombay, who has since become the despondent owner of a low-level […]

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Beth Crowley – “Storm Chaser”

We all have regrets, and from time to time our mind wanders to what might have been had we made different choices. No decision impacts us more deeply than those relating to love, which for better or worse can completely reroute the course of our lives. It’s this concept that Beth Crowley contemplates in her poignant new single “Storm Chaser”. For over a decade, Nashville singer-songwriter Beth Crowley has been writing and recording songs inspired by Young Adult Novels such as Dark Artifices, Divergent, The Lunar Chronicles, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, The Fault in Our Stars and Shatter Me. Writing songs from this unique perspective has given her sound an undeniable cinematic quality, channeling their emotional themes and providing a powerful soundtrack to these revered storylines. Since 2011 Beth has been a strong presence on YouTube, amassing more than 30 million views and 142k dedicated followers to her official channel. In addition to her […]

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Featured Placement: “Tipos Listos” by Original Juan

“Tipos Listos” by Dominican rapper Original Juan is featured in the Italian Netflix series “Zero”. The series premieres April 21st on Netflix and will be televised nationally in Italy. The song plays over the opening credits of Episode 3. About “Zero” “Zero” is an Italian sci-fi series based on the book “Non ho mai avuto la mia età” by Antonio Dikele Distefano. It’s notably the first Italian series that centers on the black Italian experience. The protagonist, Omar, is a shy teen with the power to turn invisible must get it under control to help defend his neighborhood, putting aside the pursuit of his artistic dream.