Greg Tripi’s musical career is somewhat unusual in that he is a classically trained orchestra bassoonist who arrived at film composition after a detour in heavy metal, bass guitar and drums. I’ve got a lot of different styles, and they all contribute. It’s fun to cross pollinate. I’ll find myself using classical orchestration on my […]
The streets of Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles have much to say, and 21-year-old Isaac Treece, professionally known as Swisha, is listening. The electronic musician, who received arts training at the charter school CHAMPS in Van Nuys, combines his Philadelphia roots with the synth beat of hometown Los Angeles, choreographing it all around juke and footwork for an […]
Iconoclast Pope Francis bolsters his status as the hippest religious leader ever (competition was slim, but the fact that he made it into the category qualifies as a divine miracle). “Wake Up! Music Album with His Words and Prayers” is not the first pop release from a sitting pontiff, but it’s the first to go newschool, […]
Eric Hutchinson is about to reach a new level of global exposure, thanks to Microsoft’s decision to use his tune in the campaign for Windows 10. While the Los Angeles-based artist has enjoyed considerable success, releasing five LPs, two of them distributed by Warner Records, and the current release, Pure Fiction, sold through the U.K. based Kobalt Music […]
Benji Hughes, who has licensed volumes of songs for commercials, has been described as “the best songwriter you’ve never heard of.” Hughes just announced that he has signed with Durham-base Merge Records after years of shepherding his own material to market a one-man Brill Building, in December alone he released three albums). He’s worked with T Bone Burnett and […]
