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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Kerry W Clancy





Hello! I’m Kerry Clancy. Most people simply call me Clancy which is on my two current LPS “SEEING WHAT I’VE SEEN ” and CLANCY “NO BARS HELD” my latest release.

I am the CEO/OWNER/ ARTIST for A.N.C. YO BABY CYBER RECORDS and its 1st Artist.YO BABY CYBER RECORDS is named after my daughter AMANDA NICOLE CLANCY.

I am an ALPHA CHAPTER NUPE – KAPPA ALPHA PSI Fraternity, hence the logo YO BABY CYBER RECORDS. Amanda is the figure inside the logo when she was a little girl, with the shape of Indiana at the bottom. The Yo represents the Kappa ALPHA Psi.

I wrote the lp “SEEING WHAT I’VE SEEN ” back in the late 90s featuring ” MESSAGE TO TH DEALER” but never released it until recently.

I’ve spent most of my career as a TEACHER or CNA sometimes both. I’m currently doing Subsitute Teaching for IPS here in Indianapolis IN.

You can find me on all major cyber stores under Clancy, or Kerry Clancy. My web page is www.yobabycyberrecords.I have a dedicated RADIO STATION on jango.com a free INTERNET RADIO DOWNLOAD.

My mother DOROTHY CLANCY died on Thanksgiving eve so my next project HEART and Soul collection will be dedicated to her.

Get ready the best is yet to come.

Friday, May 22, 2020

Love and War

Love and War



Love N War was initially formed in early 2000 when guitarist/songwriter John Adams and vocalist Jeff Vandenberghe met to do a reunion of their former band.

The duo has been writing music, performing, and touring together since 1982, and after rehearsals and fueled by an interest to write new songs together again, they decided to join up in a brand new musical outfit.

Guitarist John Adams says " Jeff and I have always clicked when writing together, so immediately we knew that the time was right to form a band and play once again.

The duo was later joined by drummer Donnie Bragg, who's hard-hitting "Bonham" style playing provided the required groove that helped define the band's massive chest pounding drum sound.

With the final addition of bassist Ray Soliz in 2010, the band's signature locked and loaded bottom end was established and the backbone of the band complete.

Houston, Texas hi-energy melodic hard rock band LOVE AND WAR are making available their new upcoming 2nd album "Edge of the World".for review and airplay.

Love and War - "Edge of the World" album (2020) download link Love and War - "Edge of the World" track listing:

1. We All Fall Down
2. Start Believin
3. Mercenary Man
4. Edge of the World
5. Psycho Ride
6. Final Destination
7. Strange Kind of Medicine
8. Sidewards Flight
9. Southside Johnny

Album recorded at Endeavor Studio, Arcana, Missouri Gregg Gill - Engineer / Co-producer Love and War band members Jeff Vandenberghe - Vocals John Adams - Guitar Ray Soliz - Bass Donnie Bragg - Drums Rock/metal music fans of legendary bands: U.F.O., Michael Schenker, Van Halen, and Scorpions will find something to enjoy throughout the new album's songs. Official Love and War website Official Love and war Facebook page.

love-and-war.com

We can best be described as a product of our Influences, like most hey? Late 70's and Early 80's melodic Hard Rock and Roll but with a modern twist. You will hear classic rock style vocal harmonies and Melodic guitar work based on guitar hero players.

Thursday, May 7, 2020

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

CHINCHILLA

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Wednesday 22 April 2020

One Time

CHINCHILLA

XVII Music Group

Released: Out now
One Time - CHINCHILLA

We say

22 year old London-born artist CHINCHILLA is an artist who is supremely confident in her abilities and for good reason too. When we first heard her debut EP, Awakening, we were blown away by the sheer audacity and addictiveness of her blend and range of genres. From the fiery vocals and Missy Elliott-like bars of lead track Know No to our personal favourite One Time, which starts out with an ASMR-like Eilish pop whisper and gradually builds in pop grandeur until the chorus kicks in with full-on rock vocals. It’s a remarkable listen, and even more so when considering she has written and self-produced the EP too. Since releasing her debut single, Elements, last year, she has already played the Great Escape and Isle of Wight festivals, as well as supporting Sting on his European arena tour. Last night she took part in Notion’s Lockdown Livestream, and from this Saturday will start a virtual world tour with Live Nation. CHINCHILLA is a compelling alt-pop newcomer with rock tendencies, hip-hop leanings and masses of attitude. Just glorious.

Contact

Label: Ben Winter, XVII Music Group
Publishing: Available
Press & Online: Shane Hawkins, WMA
Live: Charly Beedell-Tuck, Solo Music Agency
Management: Lucy Tallant, XVII Music Group
HEADLINES
  • US rapper Travis Scott to perform five shows on Fortnite; premiere new track (see Digital)
  • European Commission suggests festivals and concerts to be last to exit lockdown (see News)
  • Apple Music launches in 52 additional countries (see Digital)
NEWS AND FEATURES
  • The European Commission has published a set of guidelines on how member states should start to emerge from lockdown, indicating that mass gatherings such as festivals and concerts may be the last kind of social activity to restart. (IQ
  • Rock bands start selling face mask merchandise. (BBC)
  • The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation has made a £50,000 donation to Help Musicians. (RotD)
  • @chartdata tweets:
    @billieeilish's "Idontwannabeyouanymore" has now surpassed 500 million streams on Spotify.
    @thegreatkhalid has now surpassed 15 billion streams on Spotify across all credits. He’s the youngest artist with at least 15B streams.
    @JBALVIN has now surpassed 20 billion streams on Spotify across all credits. He’s the first latin artist to achieve this milestone.
    @Eminem has now surpassed 20 billion streams on Spotify across all credits.
DIGITAL
  • Apple Music will now be available in 52 additional countries, bringing it to 167 total. 25 of those are in Africa. (Billboard) It is offering free six-month trials, locally-curated playlists that focus on local music scenes and genres. The expansion includes the launch of Apple's App Store and Podcasts service, plus the Beats 1 radio station will now be available in seven new countries in the Middle East.
  • Billed as a 'one-of-a-kind musical journey', US rapper Travis Scott is to perform five shows in a new area 'built from the ground up' in Fortnite. (IQIndependent) It will feature the world premiere of a new track.
  • Bandcamp's fees will once again be waived for a 24-hour period, on 1 May, so that all proceeds from sales go direct to artists (or labels). (RA)
  • Mixcloud has announced a new live streaming platform called Mixcloud Live to enable audio creators to live stream, immediately archive the audio, and generate income - all via a legal and licensed platform. (RotDDJ)
  • This weekend, Warner Music Group is hosting a virtual music festival, PlayOn Fest, to raise money for the World Health Organisation's Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund. (BillboardRotD)
  • Epic Teddy Riley ‘Verzuz’ Babyface Instagram battle draws over half a million viewers. (Variety)
  • Sonos has launched Sonos Radio, a free, ad-supported streaming service available exclusively for customers. (BillboardTechCrunch
  • Beatport has launched Producer Challenge with the aim to find "50 producers on the cusp of greatness". (RotD) Loopcloud, Plugin Boutique, LANDR, iZotope, and Roland Cloud are partners are partners for the initiative.
COMMENT, OPINION AND ANALYSIS
  • John Phelan, Director General of ICMP (International Confederation Of Music Publishers) has written to governments around the world calling for support. Analysis suggested “deeply alarming” long-term effects of Covid-19 on the publishing sector. (ICMP)
  • Can Spotify’s playlists do for podcasts what they’ve done for music? (Nieman)
MEDIA
RADIO
  • 09.30 Radio 2 Ken Bruce - with Jacqui Abbott of the Beautiful South
    14.00 Radio 2 Steve Wright - with Michael Ball
    21.00 Radio 1 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie - JB Scofield21.00 Radio 2 Mark Radcliffe - with Sam Carter
LIVE STREAM
  • 17.00 Lockdown with Ayite - Instagram
    19.30 Royal Albert Home: Toby Thompson - Website
PODCAST
ARTIST AND MUSIC FEATURES
  • Five major music-tech pivots happening right now. (Cherie Hu)
  • Why hanging on to a ticket could save your favourite festival. (BBC - Steve Holden)
  • When Fiona Apple released her debut album in 1996 her songs were considered too angry and difficult. No longer. (Economist - Michael Hann)
  • Ela Minus: one-woman electronic orchestra making techno-pop to soundtrack a rebellion. (NME - Ben Jolley)
  • Rina Sawayama is a British-Japanese nu-metal pop star in the making. (Stereogum)
  • Gorillaz interview: Iconic chart toppers on isolation routines and sharing stollen cake with Slaves and Slowthai. (Star - Rory McKeown) 
  • Rising Stars: Hazel English's glorious retro pop provides solace and hope in chaotic times. (Star - Rory McKeown)  
  • Listen Up: COVID-19 charity singles, Hazel EnglishBC CamplightKoki Nakano and Elison 404. (Metro p20 - David Bennun)
  • The 35 best debut albums of all time (Independent - Roisin O'Connor) 
  • Ronan O'Rahilly: pirate radio's godfather made a sea change in British pop. (Guardian p25 - Alexis Petridis, Guardian p24 - Ben Beaumont-Thomas)
  • Obituary: Terry Doran, member of the Beatles’ entourage who, as the ‘man from the motor trade’, tried to satisfy their craving for luxury cars. (Times p52)
SHOWBIZ AND NEWS
  • Julia Craik, Managing Director of the Premises Studios, Hackney, has died of Covid-19. (LJN)
  • Ebow “Metropolis” Graham, a founding member of the hip hop and dubstep group Foreign Beggars, has died at the age of 41 after an “accident at home”. (Independent)
  • Kelly Jones has revealed on Ferne Cotton's Happy Place podcast that after Stereophonics seventh album failed to make the top 10 "everybody at Universal" suggested, "maybe you should start writing songs for other people". (Standard p14)
  • The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has admitted he finds it “difficult” to separate Morrissey’s far right politics from his music with The Smiths. (Independent
  • Kim Wilde says she walked away from her pop career after seeing how stardom left Michael Jackson in 'isolation and loneliness'. (Star p11) 
  • Sinitta has claimed in New! magazine Simon Cowell only ended their on-off relationship when his son Eric was born. (Express p27, Star p3, Mirror p13) 
  • Engelbert Humperdinck believes he has mysterious healing powers and reckons he can cure people by touching their heads. (Star p15)
  • Dua Lipa pictured looking stylish as she ventured out to "buy dishwasher tablets". (Standard p14) 
  • Previously reported, Boyzone's Shane Lynch has revealed that being in lockdown with his wife has been so destructive he has moved out of the family home. (Mail p11, Metro p3, Standard)
  • Sun Bizarre The Black Eyed Peas Special: The band say they have made their best music yet on their untitled eighth album. Frontman Will.i.am says his foundation, i.am.angel, will help 750 kids this year. Apl.de.ap has taken up farming on the side in the Philippines. Taboo says his diagnosis with cancer spurred him on to live life to the full and reckons the secret to the band's 25 year success is versatility. Taboo revealed there was a lot of heartbreak and naysayers back when they trying to get signed in 1995. 
  • Star WiredLiam Payne believes Zayn will not rejoin 1D as he was never comfortable in the band. James Blunt told Ken Bruce the pandemic brings back memories of war. Miley Cyrus passed on smokin' a spliff on the unofficial national day on 20 April. FKA twigs was thankful when all of her gigs were cancelled as touring can be difficult but then she realised she would miss what she loves doing. Joy Crookes is back with her new song Anyone But Me. Robbie Williams is suffering from blotchy skin. Jessica Sutta from the Pussycat Dolls says 'it is important to stay creative during this time of isolation'. Eminem celebrated 12 years of sobriety this week. 
  • Metro Guilty PleasuresBillie Eilish shows off her new adopted grey puppy. Sam Smith believes there was no malice in the posts mocking him for sharing their feelings. Lewis Capaldi says the inspiration for new music is flowing as he stays with his mum and dad. Rita Ora plans to meet up with Prince Harry the next time she is in La La Land.  
REVIEWS
ALBUMS
  • Fiona Apple (FT - 5* Ludovic Hunter-Tilney) 
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
  • Australian wholesale figures published by ARIA show the 2019 results are the best since 2004. (BillboardIO) Revenue grew to A$555m (£285m), up 5.5% from the previous year. Streaming generated more than 80% of the overall music market.
  • In the US, leading artist rights and music companies applauded Senate passage of a bill to add $310bn to the Small Business Administration's Covid-19 loan program. (RotD)
  • CEO/founder Tony Brummel and the team behind Victory Records have launched Mission Two Entertainment and Amuxe Publishing, and "are aggressively looking for great artists of all genres". (RotD)
THE BIGGER PICTURE
  • Patreon has laid off 30 employees, which is 13% of its workforce. (TechCrunch)
 
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