Who is Teddy New Year, anyway? A few things, really. Teddy New Year is a renaissance man. An “acclaimed puppeteer turned soft-rock star.” The musical product of deep depression and a relationship gone awry. The latest songwriting project of KC-based ar... [Read More]
Beyond Calvin Arsenia’s mesmerizing vocal presence and palatial harp playing is an artist whose heart permeates every song he touches. On his 2019 “LA Sessions” album, the singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist worked with esteemed session musicians... [Read More]
Last week on The Bridge, Una Walkenhorst debuted a new single on Thursdays with Timothy Finn and was our featured Artist of the Week. “People In the Paper” is her first release of solo music since 2014’s “Scars” — marking a milestone in the young sing... [Read More]
Beginning with their magnificently riotous rendition of the Talking Heads’ 1980 album, “Remain In Light” on New Year’s 2019, Making Movies hit the ground running. Weeks later, they dropped “No Te Calles,” their first single with prolific Panamanian singer... [Read More]
Returning with the lead single from their upcoming EP, “Basement Mondays,” are the indomitable rockers of The UKs. The single, “Motor City Blackout,” builds with a chugging guitar riff — a triumphant callback to the group’s classic rock influences and... [Read More]
As the first hints of autumn begin to emerge, so do the melancholy sounds of the season, magnified here by the sublime lilt of singer-songwriter Kat King. Though “Song From Spain” was released in February, King has been hard at work on the video for ne... [Read More]
Nicole Springer has long approached her songwriting as a path to personal growth and healing. It’s a quality that resonates with local fans just as much as her prominent vocals. Having spent her youth singing in gospel choirs and musicals, Springer un... [Read More]
It’s not terribly often that a cover band begins releasing original content, but if Wonderfuzz’s new album is any indication, perhaps more of them should. If you think of all the musical ground they’ve covered together over the past seven years, it ma... [Read More]
Monta At Odds leads off its 2018 album, “Argentum Dreams,” with “Grasping Infinity” — plunging the listener headfirst into the band’s astral universe. It’s the latest release from the KC-based combo, steered by boundary-pushing brothers Dedric and Delaney... [Read More]
The forthcoming release from Violet and the Undercurrents recounts the story of a sea captain and his conversation with a group of sirens. The quartet’s first full-length since 2014, “The Captain” is a masterful two-part work that guides the listener thro... [Read More]