If It's Too Loud...

Photo by Lola Lankford Oakland native Satya has a new single out, and it's simply a must listen for all fans of either Americana or soul. She's released a cover of Lucinda Williams' excellent "Fruits of My Labor." While this version is quite faithful to the original, Satya's cover is a little more stripped back and soulful. It's warmer than the original, and is infused with a sense of nostalgia that can't possibly be missed. This version of "Fruits of My Labor" is a perfect summer song, and just feels Southern (even though Satya is from California). This is the type of cover that's going to make you want to go back and listen to Lucinda Williams' catalog and dive straight into Satya's, as well. Satya says of her cover of "Fruits of My Labor": “The first time I heard ‘Fruits of My Labor,’ I was in a dive bar in New Orleans. It was so loud in the bar, and my friend was talking to me, but the second the song came on, it fel...

Photo by Chelsea Moosekian Cinder Well, aka multi-instrumentalist Amelia Baker, returns with a powerful new single. "While the Womb Screams Silently" is a stripped down and bare single. Baker's vocals are the main focus, while string instruments hold the song down musically. Haunting is a term that gets thrown around in the world of music quite a bit, but "While the Womb Screams Silently" is the definition of that description. Folk is most likely the genre that best fits this song, but that's mostly because of the acoustic instruments being used. The song certainly isn't traditional folk, but Cinder Well has never exactly fit into any specific genre. Amelia Baker says of her latest single: "This song is inspired by the movie "Portrait of A Lady On Fire" from director Céline Sciamma. In the film, a woman is arranged to be wed, and because of her intense resistance to the situation, a painter is commissioned to secretly paint her wedding por...