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Posted By Jeremy Schonfeld,
Monday, March 2, 2026
Updated: Monday, March 2, 2026
Check out “The Boy Who Had Nothing to Offer” from my new solo album “Shades of Grey”. This is my version of the same song performed by Mike Merenda and Ruth Ungar of The Mammals in my music-based feature film, “The Father Who Stayed” - film and soundtrack (featuring 27 of my songs) releasing this Spring. If you have a piano and are looking for a self-contained singer-songwriter to come over and do a special concert event, or if you would like to inquire about setting up a screening for my feature film and hosting a talkback/Q&A, I would be happy to discuss. Please email me personally at jeremy@jeremyschonfeld.com for more info!
"Echoes of You" lives in that specific space between heartbreak and healing—the kind of track designed to move your body even while your heart is breaking. Produced with Porter Hall, this is an upbeat EDM anthem anchored by the weight of real grief.
While the sound was inspired by the euphoric energy of John Summit and Dom Dolla, and the vocal emotive power of Ellie Goulding, the soul of the track is intensely personal. During the writing process, the phrase "Echoes of You" kept haunting me. It perfectly described the presence of absence—how the people we lose seem to linger in the quiet moments.
I channeled the loss of my grandfather, my sister-in-law, and my lifelong dog, Aubree. I took that raw, personal grief and reframed it into a story about a "forever" love lost too soon. It’s about the walls we build to keep the pain out, only to realize we’ve trapped ourselves in with the memories.
But ultimately, this isn't a sad song. It’s a survival song.
The line “I built these dreams out of pain / you keep dancing through the rain” is the turning point. It is the realization that loving hard and losing deep isn't a weakness—it’s a gift.
This song is about finding the courage to dance forward, even when the echoes are calling you back.
Posted By Nick Wilkinson,
Friday, January 2, 2026
Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Hey Sports Fans,
This is my new song "Coming Home To You". It's the first single off my upcoming album. I'm hoping to have it released in July of this year. It's a single performance acoustic track with my friend Quinn we recorded in the studio while working on the album.
I'm sure you guys know what it's like to leave a gig late in the night and still not feel like you're heading anywhere. That's what this song is about. Let the sleepy lil tune take you home.
"Patch of Blue" is Wattle & Daub's fourth album and includes the help of several Chicago area musicians. The tracks are a mixture of a subtle commentary on these times and a sense of hope that might be offered. The album is available for streaming and downloading at all the usual places. Several of the twelve tracks are starting to get some much appreciated airplay. All songs are originals.
1. If I Were a Tree
2. Jimmy Carter Hammer Song
3. Back Too Soon
4. Washington, Illinois
5. Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda
6. Winds of 1933
7. What Do They See?
8. Don’t Pursue a Kangaroo (A Cautionary Tale)
9. To the Field
10. Patch of Blue
11. What Good Is a Prayer?
12. St. Adalbert
Posted By Larry Lesser,
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Updated: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
This past weekend, I released my 3rd album (https://larrylesser1.bandcamp.com/album/night-will-end), NIGHT WILL END, which has timely songs such as a particular October 7 experience of the family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin in "Held". This coming weekend, a music video made of my Crypto-Jewish song "Lights Lead Home" from my 2020 album SPARKS (which was a Finalist for Best Album at the 2021 New Mexico Music Awards) is being screened as an Official Selection of the Silver City Community Music Festival (see story at https://www.nmjewishjournal.com/carrasco-crypto-judaic-themed-music-video-an-official-selection-for-the-silver-city-film-festival-in-october/
Posted By Elexa Dawson,
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Updated: Friday, July 25, 2025
A heartfelt ballad that honors the quiet dignity of rural life and the memory of a loved one gone too soon, “Baling Hay” provides the lead single from Elexa Dawson's third studio album, Stay Put. “Baling Hay” is a tribute to Elexa’s Grandpa, a humble, hardworking soul whose tractor-greasy grace lives on in memory and song. With vivid pastoral imagery and an intimate vocal delivery, rooted in folk tradition and country soul, it’s a song that will be memorable for any music lover from rural North America.
Posted By Erica Glenn,
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Updated: Wednesday, July 23, 2025
We are excited to share a bold, empowering new single from Essence and Gold Country—an independent Americana artist whose fresh voice approaches folk music with honesty and soul.
“Free” is an anthem of liberation and self-respect—a song for anyone who’s ever had to claw their way out of a relationship that dimmed their light. It’s raw and triumphant, feminine and fierce, blending the storytelling heart of classic Americana with the emotion and musicianship of original folk music.
Co-written by Essence Goldman with Merkley, Rachel Hoiem, and Roman Weingartner, “Free” pulses with a full band, is rich with personality of leading lady Essence Goldman and has some depth with the universal message: You don’t have to shrink to survive. You don’t have to sacrifice your joy to stay in someone else’s version of your life. Essence sings this truth loud, proud, and barefoot—to dance is to heal.
This is the first single from her upcoming album Father’s Daughter, produced by David Simon-Baker (Jackie Greene, ALO). Essence’s past work was featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert, and she’s currently a producer on the upcoming feature film about her journey with Bernie and the Believers—in partnership with John Legend and Paramount.
Thanks for supporting women in Americana and independent music. Essence is available for interviews in person (Bay Area) and virtually. Upcoming tour dates include select venues in the SF Bay Area, Pacific Northwest (WA, OR), Nashville and more TBA.
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