This record has definitely been the album of my summer. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment features Chance the Rapper on the majority of the album. Listen to the full album on Sound Cloud HERE.

The song ‘Sunday Candy’ is an beautiful ode to his grandmother and among the many great rhymes my favorite is as follows…

Have a listen. Enjoy.

“Sunday Candy” – Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment

As per this instagram post, “Wildflowers” by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers has been stuck in my head all week.

Not to mention, all of the rain we have been experiencing in Southern California is making this place bloom like crazy. What used to be brown hills are now lush green landscapes covered with wildflowers.

“Wildflowers” – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

God bless the online radio streaming services that exist today (can we pause and be thankful for these beautiful people who came up with these algorithms?!). As an artist, I realize it’s a double edged sword to participate in online music services, but on the positive side, I love discovering new music I would have never otherwise known about.

Bhi Bhiman is one such artist who I’ve recently come across and the song below — “Guttersnipe” — was the original song that sparked my interest. I hope you enjoy it!

“Guttersnipe” – Bhi Bhiman

This isn’t a new album, but I have been absolutely loving it recently. It was hard to choose a favorite song from the David Bowie covers performed in Portuguese by the Brazilian artists Seu Jorge (many of which were featured in Wes Anderson’s movie The Life Aquatic). “Life On Mars?” was the winner in the end, and yes those are the only lyrics I understand in the whole song, but the rendition is beautiful nonetheless.

Have a listen and then track down the whole album at your local record store or on one of those online music streaming services. 🙂

“Life On Mars?” – Seu Jorge

The San Francisco based rock duo Two Gallants haven’t released much new music in recent years, but if you never taken a journey through their discography it’s definitely worth a pass. Let this single be an introduction to their melodic and emotion-filled style.

Enjoy!

“Despite What You’ve Been Told” – Two Gallants