Posted By: CRED
Thu, Dec 02, 2021

By: Eric Martinez

Musical Style: Rock and roll, Psychedelic rock

Musical Influences: Ray Wyllie Hubbard, The Rolling Stones, Michael Houser

Musical Inspiration: Michael Houser's slow simple chord progressions inspired this track., The slow simple guitar progressions of Michael Houser.

Artist Statement: I was playing the music for Todd Nance at Daniel Hutchen's house one night and Todd started singing this beautiful melody to the song. I grabbed my phone and started recording it. Later I sent the music and some lyrics to Danny and he added some music and wrote these great lyrics. Since the recording of this song both Danny (May 2021) and Todd (August 2020) have passed away and Danny and I figured this was the last song (May 2017) Todd ever wrote. Danny wrote until the day he died. The last of which we wrote together is the last song on this record., I was showing this music to Todd Nance one night at Daniel Hutchens’s house and he started singing this beautiful melody to it. I grabbed my phone and started recording. I later sent the music and some lyrics to Danny and he added some music and had written these wonderful lyrics about a weekend in Tennessee. Mike “Spanky” McClure is on bass, John Neff  is on pedal steel, and Micah Munro is on background vocals. Since writing this song Danny (May 2021) and Todd (August 2020) have both passed away. Danny and I figured out that this was Todd’s last song that he wrote. Danny wrote till the day he died. 

Track Description: Rooming house was written with Todd Nance and Daniel Hutchens in 2017. Todd and I were at Danny's and I started playing this music which Todd sang a melody over and Danny gave us these great lyrics. Eric Martinez plays drums, guitars, keys, and sings. Mike "Spanky" McCluer plays bass. John Neff plays pedal steel. Micah Munro sings. Both Todd (August 20) and Danny (May 21) have since died and we figured this was Todd's last song. Danny wrote till the day he died. 

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Dec 02, 2021

By: Royal Horses

Musical Style: 70's Rock

Musical Influences: Neil Young, Marshall Tucker Band, Led Zeppelin

Musical Inspiration:  The chords first came together as a folk song on Shelby’s laptop, and became a full on rock anthem when the band took it into the studio. 

Artist Statement: ‘Great Divide is a rock anthem straight out of 1973. Raunchy guitars, driving drums, soaring vocals, and an epic battle riff at the peak will have you ready to get out there and either make the world a better place, or start breaking stuff. 

Track Description: “Great Divide” by Royal Horses could easily be mistaken for a rock anthem straight out of 1973. Stylistically reminiscent of Neil Young and Marshall Tucker Band, vocalist Shelby Kemp broods over the strangeness of American life over the course of the past few years. The apex of the track launches into an epic battle riff and emotive guitar solo that possesses the duality to either inspire listeners to make the world a better place or start breaking stuff. “Great Divide” is the first single off of the group’s LP ‘Where the Purple Flowers Grow,’ that the band recorded at Downman Studios in New Orleans with executive producer John Michael Early.

Posted By: Funk | Soul | Jazz
Thu, Dec 02, 2021

By: Tim Carman Trio

Musical Style: Organ Trio, 60's Soul Jazz, Jazz Trio, Soul jazz

Musical Influences: Jimmy Smith, Freddie Roach, Grant Green

Musical Inspiration:  Inspired by and dedicated to Bob Gullotti, Tim's first drum teacher and mentor. Bob passed away suddenly in 2020. The song was written in the studio and recorded in one take by Tim Carman, Steve Fell, and Ken Clark. Along with Bob's spirit, Jimmy Smith inspired the feel and soul of this track. 

Artist Statement: Inspired by and dedicated to Bob Gullotti, Tim's first drum teacher and mentor. Bob passed away suddenly in 2020. The song was written in the studio and recorded in one take by Tim Carman, Steve Fell, and Ken Clark. Along with Bob's spirit, Jimmy Smith inspired the feel and soul of this track. 

Track Description: Tim Carman pays tribute to his first drum teacher and mentor, Bob Gullotti, in “Blues for Bob.” Carman devised the idea for his latest project, Tim Carman Trio, in 2020 while quarantining in a New Hampshire cabin and revisiting records Gullotti presented him during his formative years as an aspiring jazz drummer. As he went down the rabbit hole and took advantage of time off the road with his primary project GA-20, Carman formulated the idea for the project. Tim Carman Trio is no-frills, timeless, B3 organ jazz Inspired by 60s icons such as Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff and more. “Blues for Bob” is an original composition and the opening track off of the group’s forthcoming debut LP ‘Key Lime’ coming out worldwide via Color Red in 2022. Eddie Roberts, founder of Color Red and guitarist/bandleader of The New Mastersounds, touts Carman’s songwriting and proclivity to the organ trio format as “soul jazz how it’s supposed to sound.”

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Nov 18, 2021

By: Danny Mayer

Musical Styles: Funk, Psychedelic Funk, Instrumental Funk, Ambient, Blues, Lo-fi, Instrumental, Meditation, Reggae, Dub reggae, Dub, Instrumental hip hop, Lofi, Rock and roll, Afro Soul, Southern rock, Psychedelic Soul, Psychedelic Groove, Jazz-Reggae, 70's Jazz Funk, Psychedelic, world music, Worldbeat, Indian pop, Raga rock

Musical Influences: Parliament Funkadelic, Lee Perry, James Brown, King Tubby, Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band, Marcus King, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Derek Trucks, Eric Krasno, The Grateful Dead, J Dilla, The Allman Brothers Band

Posted By: Afro-beat | Global Music
Thu, Nov 11, 2021

By: The Super 20

Musical Style: Instrumental, Groove, Afrobeat

Musical Influences: Rico Rodriguez, Tommy McCook, Afrobeat, Quantic

Track Description: The Super 20’s debut single “The Good Life” is an optimistic horn-driven track that evokes inspiration from reggae and afrobeat legends past and present. The project is the creation of longtime New York saxophonist, Lee Hamilton that features a cast of musical vagabonds who have performed with Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars, Chicago Jazz Underground, Debo Band, Slightly Stoopid and more. “The Good Life” summons emotions that are hopeful as well as tense and push forward towards the greater unknown reveling in the journey as a whole. Hamilton cites the Paulo Coelho book ‘The Alchemist’ as inspiration as well. The song channels influence by reggae greats like Rico Rodriguez and Tommy McCook as well curational expertise drawn from modern staples in the circuit like Quantic. It is the perfect introduction of a new project that savors every moment along the way from the beginning to the very end.

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Nov 04, 2021

By: Eric Martinez

Musical Style: Rock and roll

Musical Influences: Ray Wyllie Hubbard, The Rolling Stones, R.E.M., Guy Clark

Artist Statement: I had just heard New Adventures in High-Fi by R.E.M. for the first time and definitely used their 90's rock band vibe for the feel of this song. Mike "Spanky" McCluer is on this track with Micah's voice soaring over the top.

Track Description: I wrote this song on May 17, 2016 which was the day Guy Clark died and also mine and Sarah’s 13th wedding anniversary. I gave it kind of a cowboy feel and the lyrics tangle through truth, love, and death. Around the time of this recording a friend sent me a track to listen to off an R.E.M. record from 1996 called New Adventures In High-Fi. I had never heard this record and was blown away. Huge distorted guitars, tight rhythm section, and Stipe’s vocal soaring over the top. Now I had a direction for the recording and brought on longtime Dyrty Byrds bass player Mike “Spanky” McCluer (also plays on Rooming House) and couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out. Micah Munro as usual sends it in to the stratosphere with her backing vocals. 

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Nov 11, 2021

By: The Filthy Six

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Oct 28, 2021

By: The Filthy Six

This was an old tune i wrote many moons ago but just didn’t see sitting in a Filthy set. Revisiting it last summer i tweaked a few things around, borrowing the Latin to Swing idea from Cannonball Adderley’s “Azule Serape”, from his Quintet’s 'Live at The Lighthouse' album. While reworking this i found myself thinking a lot about James Bush, my old college roommate and Latin fan. He was a rich and cosmic character that lived life to it’s fullest but unfortunately found it hard to come down from the stars and keep his beautiful spirit down here on the ground. He had a certain way with words and "shmingle bangle" was one of his favourite phrases in nonsense speak. This one’s for you mucker. 

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Oct 28, 2021

By: Apollo Suns

Musical Style: Jazz blues, Chill-out, Jazz, 70's fusion rock

Musical Influences: Snarky Puppy, Miles Davis, Steely  Dan, Bill Cobham, Stevie Wonder

Artist Statement:  A brittle but hopeful love song. A walk down a freshly snow covered street in the heart of the city. This song just came together very quickly and felt perfect from the first time we ran it. It just has that delicate touch that we hadn't dove into heavily yet. 

Track Description: Apollo Suns explore the softer side of 70s-inspired fusion in “Rosie.” The band instilled a challenge amongst themselves to play less aggressively and looked to classic fusion repertoire like Billy Cobham’s “Heather” to set the stage and channel the musical spirits. At 86 beats per minute, the tune takes on a teetering sense of fragility escalated by saxophonist Aaron Bartel’s horn arrangements and guitarist Ed Durocher’s celestial chord progression and harmonic structure. The end result is a composition that is melancholy with a hint of hopefulness that primes listeners for what’s to come on the band’s debut Color Red LP ‘A Relationship of Force.’

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Oct 28, 2021

By: Elephant Wrecking Ball

Musical Style: Halloween, Spooky, Cinematic

Musical Influences: Jack Skellington, Danny Elfman, Snarky Puppy, Morphine, Lespecial

Musical Inspiration: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Track Description: Elephant Wrecking Ball puts a personal touch on the Danny Elfman classic, “This is Halloween” from The Nightmare Before Christmas. At the suggestion of their longtime friend, collage artist, and avid Nightmare Before Christmas fan, Curtis Bergesen, the group decided to take the live fan-favorite to the studio to record and release prior to Halloween 2021. The trio of Scott Flynn (trombone), Dan Africano (bass), and Neal Evans (drums) furthers their explorations in jazz, hip-hop, and electronica with a hard-driving rhythm section and haunting horn leads & effects to pay tribute to Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King and the Patron Spirit of Halloween.

Posted By: Session Resurrection
Thu, Jun 24, 2021

By: Samson Olawale

Thu, Sep 17, 2020

By: The Echo System

Posted By: Afro-beat | Global Music
Thu, Nov 11, 2021

By: The Super 20

Musical Style: Instrumental, Groove, Afrobeat

Musical Influences: Rico Rodriguez, Tommy McCook, Afrobeat, Quantic

Track Description: The Super 20’s debut single “The Good Life” is an optimistic horn-driven track that evokes inspiration from reggae and afrobeat legends past and present. The project is the creation of longtime New York saxophonist, Lee Hamilton that features a cast of musical vagabonds who have performed with Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars, Chicago Jazz Underground, Debo Band, Slightly Stoopid and more. “The Good Life” summons emotions that are hopeful as well as tense and push forward towards the greater unknown reveling in the journey as a whole. Hamilton cites the Paulo Coelho book ‘The Alchemist’ as inspiration as well. The song channels influence by reggae greats like Rico Rodriguez and Tommy McCook as well curational expertise drawn from modern staples in the circuit like Quantic. It is the perfect introduction of a new project that savors every moment along the way from the beginning to the very end.

Posted By: Apollo Suns
Thu, Nov 25, 2021

By: Apollo Suns

Posted By: Session Resurrection
Thu, Apr 08, 2021

By: The Voice of Lajorun

Posted By: Sounds of Leah Concialdi
Mon, Nov 02, 2020

By: Atomga

Posted By: Session Resurrection
Mon, Oct 19, 2020

By: The Voice of Lajorun

Thu, Sep 24, 2020

By: West Seattle Soul

Fri, Sep 18, 2020

By: Atomga

Thu, Sep 17, 2020

By: The Echo System

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Dec 02, 2021

By: Royal Horses

Musical Style: 70's Rock

Musical Influences: Neil Young, Marshall Tucker Band, Led Zeppelin

Musical Inspiration:  The chords first came together as a folk song on Shelby’s laptop, and became a full on rock anthem when the band took it into the studio. 

Artist Statement: ‘Great Divide is a rock anthem straight out of 1973. Raunchy guitars, driving drums, soaring vocals, and an epic battle riff at the peak will have you ready to get out there and either make the world a better place, or start breaking stuff. 

Track Description: “Great Divide” by Royal Horses could easily be mistaken for a rock anthem straight out of 1973. Stylistically reminiscent of Neil Young and Marshall Tucker Band, vocalist Shelby Kemp broods over the strangeness of American life over the course of the past few years. The apex of the track launches into an epic battle riff and emotive guitar solo that possesses the duality to either inspire listeners to make the world a better place or start breaking stuff. “Great Divide” is the first single off of the group’s LP ‘Where the Purple Flowers Grow,’ that the band recorded at Downman Studios in New Orleans with executive producer John Michael Early.

Posted By: Alex Dunn
Thu, Dec 02, 2021

By: Alex Dunn

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Oct 14, 2021

By: A.J. Fullerton

Musical Style: Country, Blues, Roots Rock

Musical Influences: Ry Cooder, Blake Mills

Track Description: AJ Fullerton narrates working through the struggle to find identity and purpose in “Almost There.” Fullerton’s easy-going slide guitar roots rock proves him to a leading voice to carry the torch of greats such as Ry Cooder and Blake Mills and demonstrates his well-earned accolades of winning several Colorado Blues Society Members’ Choice Awards. On the recommendation of his Denver music colleagues Eric Halborg and Cole Rudy of Dragondeer, Fullerton worked with Eddie Roberts at Color Red Studios to produce a 4-track EP with “Almost There” coming out of the gate as the lead single.

Posted By: Sounds of Eddie Roberts
Thu, Oct 07, 2021

By: Omar Coleman , Eddie Roberts

Omar Coleman may come from Chicago, touted as ‘Home of the Blues’ but when you put his third Color Red single “You’ve Been Cheatin’” in a musical centrifuge, you extract a multitude of depth within classic blues themes. With Eddie Roberts producing the track, there are extracted elements of Daptone-esque horn lines, guitar riffs and organ stabs tastefully placed throughout, and a viscous layer of strings pads to contrast the rhythmic particles present throughout the composition. Coleman’s harmonica wails and tell-it-like-it-is vocals call out a lover’s infidelity and demand the truth be told in a precursor to his full-length album ’Strange Times,’ coming out via Color Red in early 2022.

Posted By: Alex Dunn
Wed, Aug 25, 2021

By: Alex Dunn

Posted By: Alex Dunn
Thu, Sep 16, 2021

By: Alex Dunn

Musical Style: Folk, Folk song, Indie folk, Singer-Songwriter, Americana, Singer-songwriter

Musical Influences: Townes Van Zandt, M. Ward, My Morning Jacket, Michael Nau, Andrew Bird

Musical Inspiration:  The music for this track was inspired by the sea.  There is a sense that the song is rolling along through the ocean, a dark night time ocean, the drums like water slapping against the hull of a boat, and the thematic melodies playing through like gentle white-capped waves in the moon light.  

Lyrical Inspiration: The lyrics for Southern Star were inspired by the thought of lying in my bunk aboard an old wooden fishing vessel, from my first few years working up in Southeast Alaska.  I would stare up at the Universe, listening to the sounds of the boat going up and down, creaking so loud yet comforting, it was as though the boat were breathing in and out with each heave over every wave.  My dreams would be filled with visions of the ocean, and I would look to the south and imagine a not too distant future, where I would return home after a long summer's work to so much promise and potential.  To a new sense of freedom.  My Southern Star was my guiding light.  

Artist Statement: Southern Star was inspired by the thought of lying in my bunk aboard an old wooden fishing vessel, from my first few years working up in Southeast Alaska.  I would stare up at the Universe, listening to the sounds of the boat going up and down, creaking so loud yet comforting, it was as though the boat were breathing in and out with each heave over every wave.  My dreams would be filled with visions of the ocean, and I would look to the south and imagine a not too distant future, where I would return home after a long summer's work to so much promise and potential.  To a new sense of freedom.  My Southern Star was my guiding light.  

Posted By: Max Kaplan & The Magics
Thu, Sep 16, 2021

By: Max Kaplan & The Magics

Musical Style: Pop soul, Rock and roll, Americana

Musical Influences: Being based in Memphis, everything we do has something to do with the long lineage of fantastic music that came from this town. Soul, country, rock n roll, jazz- it's all here. When we picked the instrumentation, the beat, the guitar tone, we were always wondering, "What would Hi Rhythm do?" or "What would they have done at Stax?" Obviously, our sound is different than theirs, but that's where a huge portion of our influence comes from. 

Lyrical Inspiration: Mind on My Heart is about finding the time and energy to support your relationships while building yourself up. It's easy to forget about people you love when you're caught up in working every day, or focusing on a big project (like an album haha). 

Artist Statement: This is the new Memphis Music. 

Posted By: Mo' Gigs
Thu, Sep 09, 2021

By: Mo' Gigs

Musical Style: Electro Blues

Musical Influences: mixEndorp, Blakroc, Mississippi Big Beat

Musical Inspiration:  Field hollers, prison songs from 1930s-1940s penitentiaries

Lyrical Inspiration: "Sister Morphine by The Rolling Stones Dying man’s plea"

Posted By: Dragondeer
Thu, Aug 19, 2021

By: Dragondeer

Musical Style: Blues rock, Rock and roll, Alt-Soul, Funk blues, Blues funk

Musical Influences: The Rolling Stones, Bill Withers, Khruangbin, Black Keys, Black Pumas, Freddie King

Musical Inspiration:  The music for this track started with a simple  a chord progression I had been messing with for a few weeks..I wanted to take a pretty traditional blues progression and add some funky licks between chords to link them and have the progression have more of a looped feel.   After a late night out on the town in Denver I sat down with an acoustic at 3AM and strummed the progression and all the words just spilled out. I quickly made an iphone message recording to remember the words and fell asleep. I woke with the acoustic on my chest and a vague recollect of coming up with words to a new song...and there it was on the iphone with all the lyrics in full that you hear on the final mix. We took that skeletal framework and played with feels in the rhythm section of Carl on drums , casey on bass, and Will trask on percussion...that sped it up and added proper shake to the whole thing and then Casey Russel came down to the studio and added some sweet organ passes and the whole track came alive with Maestro Eddie on the mix

Artist Statement: Patient Boy is a classic power of collaboration creation. Dragondeer's core four combined forces with Will Trask (High Hawks) on percussion and Casey Russel (Magic Beans) on Organ all run through an analog tape machine and mixed and tonally crafted by Eddie Roberts (The New Mastersounds). The combined alchemy has a sound that shimmy and shakes with some classic Alt soul thunder. 

Lyrical Inspiration: The gist of the song lyrically is about having patience in the midst of life's trials and challenges. In layman's terms: how many shit sandwiches I gotta eat to just live a semi free life? how many times I gotta be told no or that what I'm doing ain't right or be abandoned by a family member or business connection in life? How much bullshit do I gotta listen to from experts, authority figures, or just day to day interactions before I am free from it? I'm guessing the answer is a ton and it's never ending ahaha but that's ok cause I got patience for it and as they say "c'est la vie...such is life" 

Posted By: Kings & Associates
Thu, Jul 22, 2021

By: Kings & Associates

Completing this tune has been a very long process. First written in 2019, tracked while on tour in LA in 2019, and due for release through CR as part of our 2020 tour thanks to the impact of Covid it's now over a year delayed.....
We really love the message of the tune, and get a great response when playing it live.
Recording it with our old friend Jim Scott in LA was another great experience given we had the entire band set up tracking simultaneously....everything was effectively live and Jim directed the whole thing ultimately picking the take.

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

By: The Backstage Collective

Posted By: Covers | Standards
Thu, Nov 25, 2021

By: Sundae + Mr. Goessl

Musical Style: Jazz Standards, Dreamy Exotica, Holiday, Jazz Pop

Musical Influences: Blossom Dearie, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Ella Fitzgerald, Lake Street Dive, Rachael & Vilray, Nellie McKay, Lily Allen

Track Inspiration: We wanted to put out a tune that perfectly encapsulated the vibe of christmas-time without talking about the holiday whatsoever. Instead, we wanted to imbue sugar-pops and gleeful cheer while singing about the best part of all the seasons: love. While this song is originally a goodbye song to a partner that you love, but just can't be with anymore (aka the most amicable breakup song ever), we decided to swap it for an ooey-gooey sugary sweet proclamation of love! 

Lyrical Inspiration: While we did not write the original lyrics to this song, we did re-write some of the lyrics in the bridge to transform this song from a tale of love's end to a promise of love's tenure.

Artist Statement: No one needs to be hit over the head with holiday music (unless you're into that sort of thing) so when we heard Sundae + Mr. Goessl's interpretation of "I Wish You Love" our ears perked up. A song for all seasons (but particularly the season of love), this tune is a sweetness blast straight to the heart with some ear worms to boot. It makes sense that this duo is a couple (firstly because they've altered this song of heartbreak into an anthem of adoration and secondly because of they are locked in musically), but the "duo" part comes as a surprise considering the myriad of talents these 2 bring to the party...vocalist Kate Voss also takes on the role of playing Bass, Piano, & Wurlitzer while guitar wizard Jason Goessl displays both a straight ahead acoustic rhythm part as well as an electric sound that makes one question whether we are still on planet earth. With true vintage flare and rare charm, this track will make you involuntarily dance around your kitchen while baking a sugar cake. Sorry/not sorry.

Track Description: No one needs to be hit over the head with holiday music (unless you're into that sort of thing) so when we heard Sundae + Mr. Goessl's interpretation of "I Wish You Love" our ears perked up. A song for all seasons (but particularly the season of love), this tune is a sweetness blast straight to the heart with some ear worms to boot. It makes sense that this duo is a couple (firstly because they've altered this song of heartbreak into an anthem of adoration and secondly because of they are locked in musically), but the "duo" part comes as a surprise considering the myriad of talents these 2 bring to the party...vocalist Kate Voss also takes on the role of playing Bass, Piano, & Wurlitzer while guitar wizard Jason Goessl displays both a straight ahead acoustic rhythm part as well as an electric sound that makes one question whether we are still on planet earth. With true vintage flare and rare charm, this track will make you involuntarily dance around your kitchen while baking a sugar cake. Sorry/not sorry.

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Oct 28, 2021

By: Elephant Wrecking Ball

Musical Style: Halloween, Spooky, Cinematic

Musical Influences: Jack Skellington, Danny Elfman, Snarky Puppy, Morphine, Lespecial

Musical Inspiration: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Track Description: Elephant Wrecking Ball puts a personal touch on the Danny Elfman classic, “This is Halloween” from The Nightmare Before Christmas. At the suggestion of their longtime friend, collage artist, and avid Nightmare Before Christmas fan, Curtis Bergesen, the group decided to take the live fan-favorite to the studio to record and release prior to Halloween 2021. The trio of Scott Flynn (trombone), Dan Africano (bass), and Neal Evans (drums) furthers their explorations in jazz, hip-hop, and electronica with a hard-driving rhythm section and haunting horn leads & effects to pay tribute to Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King and the Patron Spirit of Halloween.

Posted By: Jackson Yard Records
Mon, Oct 18, 2021

By: SunDub

Musical Style: Reggae, 90's Soul, Reggae pop

Musical Influences:  Chronixx, Dennis Brown, Amy Winehouse, En Vogue, Amy Winehouse, Tessanne Chin, Janet Jackson, Anita Baker

Inspiration: This track was inspired by our love of 90's era R&B, and was spearheaded by our keyboard player Eric Toussaint. We hope it connects to the fans of the original En Vogue song, and crosses some genre lines to reach a new listeners.

Posted By: Sundae + Mr. Goessl
Thu, Oct 28, 2021

By: Sundae + Mr. Goessl

Musical Style: Dreamy Exotica, Easy listening, Lounge music

Musical Influences: Harry Belafonte, Rosemary Clooney, Martin Denny

Track Description: Whether you're swiping right or chatting it up with a stranger at the bar, we romantics have a tendency to embellish that initial spark we feel when we hit it off with someone to the point of "This is true love at last!" In the song "Don't Ever Love Me" our potential partner immediately dispels any such notion or love while still being down for a night of fun. And Sundae + Mr. Goessl's version of this Harry Belafonte tune is just that: FUN. While staying true to the exotica genre, this cover has an updated perspective and loads of surprises including lush four-part harmony, interesting instrumentation and some collabs from Seattle musicians Jasper McCann and Evan Schiller. You're going to fall in love with this song too quickly, I'm afraid...try not to get your heart broken.

Posted By: Sundae + Mr. Goessl
Thu, Sep 23, 2021

By: Sundae + Mr. Goessl

Musical Style: Classic country, Country, Dreamy Exotica, Western swing

Musical Influences: Madeleine Peyroux, Willie Nelson

Artist Statement: Wayland Holyfield, a prominent country music songwriter and record artist, was in his office playing songs with Bob House, who Holyfield said he has taken under his wing after learning they had both come from Arkansas. 
House was playing a song when a verse that he sang caught Holyfield’s attention. House sang along the lines “Could I have this dance forever?” or something similar. Holyfield immediately thought House was on to something. 
Then, like a light bulb switched on, a line went through Holyfield’s mind—” Could I have this dance for the rest of my life?” That exact line hooked listeners and became the foundation of the song. 
Holyfield and House went on and wrote some more lines until the song, in its entirety, was finished. Anne Murray, a Canadian country music artist, recorded the song and released it in August 1980 as a single.

Posted By: Tim Carman Trio
Thu, Sep 02, 2021

By: Tim Carman Trio

Posted By: Sundae + Mr. Goessl
Thu, Aug 26, 2021

By: Sundae + Mr. Goessl

Musical Influences: Stevie Wonder, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elis Regina, Joao Gilberto, Melody Gardot

We originally arranged this as a gift from a husband to his wife and we took the samba route and ran with it! The percussionist, Mike Underwood, really elevated the sound with the "Carnivale" style beats. 

We are inspired by our community and when we get requests like this one, we take them to heart. When we started recording this, we had the idea for it to be a straight samba, but after hearing percussionist Mike Underwood's take on the drums we were SO inspired and we feel delighted that the overall sound came out to be a blend of NOLA's Mardi Gras and Brazil's Carnival.

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

Posted By: Yeah Yeah Yeah Studios
Mon, Sep 28, 2020

By: The Drawbars

Posted By: Photon
Tue, May 18, 2021

By: Photon

This song is a tale of a mouse who is comfortable in his house, but is then pursued by a predator. The different sections of the song reflect the state of mind of the rodent depending on what its going through. Going into the studio with this band is something we are always excited about because we are typically a long form improvisation experience. This studio session gave us a chance to define for ourselves what the true essence of the composition was, and be able to shape it for a recording that is concise and accurate. 

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Sep 17, 2020

By: Jedi Johnston

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Sep 17, 2020

By: Jedi Johnston

Posted By: Red Night Recordings
Thu, Nov 25, 2021

By: Emmaculate , Casbah 73

Posted By: Photon
Thu, Aug 05, 2021

By: Photon

Musical Style: Jazz, Jazz fusion, 70's fusion jazz, Swing, Synth Jazz

Musical Influences: Snarky Puppy, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow

Musical Inspiration: This track is based in the same environment as mouse hunt, but while mouse hunt is on the ground, glow worm is in the air and in the trees. This track goes through the circadian cycle of day and night where the worm and it's friends are care free and essentially swinging through life during the day and become literally illuminated at night thus creating their own celebrations and means for inspiration merely by existing

Artist Statement: I wanted to write a waltz to pay homage to all of my ECM heroes like Steve Swallow and Pat Metheny along with sections similar to the vein of Snarky Puppy as well. The day time sections are happy, bouncy, waltzy and controlled, where as the night sections more randomness and more colorful effects highlighted through percusion bursts and echo keyboards. I want the listener, just as in Mouse Hunt, to be inside the perspective of the animal and to experience what it sees and feels as it goes through life. 

Posted By: Red Night Recordings
Thu, Jul 15, 2021

By: The Voice of Lajorun , Sauco

Posted By: Photon
Thu, Jun 24, 2021

By: Photon

Posted By: Red Night Recordings
Thu, Jun 10, 2021

By: Emmaculate

We here at Red Night Recordings are very excited for our first original track release by none other than Chicago's own Emmaculate. 
 
Growing up on the outskirts of Chicago, Emmaculate aka Eric Welton was exposed to the sounds of House Music in the late 80's as a young teenager. Eric was nicknamed Emmaculate as a play on words because of his immaculate attention to detail and quality. 2017 marked the year that Emmaculate began releasing music as an artist himself. His break out single, ""Do It"" ft. vocalist Kaye Fox, was released on Terry Hunter's T's Box Records and reached the top 10 Soulful House chart on Traxsource. He has gone on to become one of the most important House Music producers in the scene today. 
 
As its title suggests, “Cosmic Funk” is a groovy, spacey, uptempo disco-funk journey to the center of the dancefloor, with ethereal synths and organs anchored by a driving bassline that will take you to the outer reaches of the groove.

Posted By: Red Night Music
Thu, Apr 29, 2021

By: Adryon de León , Narf Zayd

Posted By: Adryon de León
Thu, Apr 15, 2021

By: Adryon de León , Headnodic

Posted By: Funk | Soul | Jazz
Thu, Dec 02, 2021

By: Tim Carman Trio

Musical Style: Organ Trio, 60's Soul Jazz, Jazz Trio, Soul jazz

Musical Influences: Jimmy Smith, Freddie Roach, Grant Green

Musical Inspiration:  Inspired by and dedicated to Bob Gullotti, Tim's first drum teacher and mentor. Bob passed away suddenly in 2020. The song was written in the studio and recorded in one take by Tim Carman, Steve Fell, and Ken Clark. Along with Bob's spirit, Jimmy Smith inspired the feel and soul of this track. 

Artist Statement: Inspired by and dedicated to Bob Gullotti, Tim's first drum teacher and mentor. Bob passed away suddenly in 2020. The song was written in the studio and recorded in one take by Tim Carman, Steve Fell, and Ken Clark. Along with Bob's spirit, Jimmy Smith inspired the feel and soul of this track. 

Track Description: Tim Carman pays tribute to his first drum teacher and mentor, Bob Gullotti, in “Blues for Bob.” Carman devised the idea for his latest project, Tim Carman Trio, in 2020 while quarantining in a New Hampshire cabin and revisiting records Gullotti presented him during his formative years as an aspiring jazz drummer. As he went down the rabbit hole and took advantage of time off the road with his primary project GA-20, Carman formulated the idea for the project. Tim Carman Trio is no-frills, timeless, B3 organ jazz Inspired by 60s icons such as Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff and more. “Blues for Bob” is an original composition and the opening track off of the group’s forthcoming debut LP ‘Key Lime’ coming out worldwide via Color Red in 2022. Eddie Roberts, founder of Color Red and guitarist/bandleader of The New Mastersounds, touts Carman’s songwriting and proclivity to the organ trio format as “soul jazz how it’s supposed to sound.”

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Nov 18, 2021

By: Danny Mayer

Musical Styles: Funk, Psychedelic Funk, Instrumental Funk, Ambient, Blues, Lo-fi, Instrumental, Meditation, Reggae, Dub reggae, Dub, Instrumental hip hop, Lofi, Rock and roll, Afro Soul, Southern rock, Psychedelic Soul, Psychedelic Groove, Jazz-Reggae, 70's Jazz Funk, Psychedelic, world music, Worldbeat, Indian pop, Raga rock

Musical Influences: Parliament Funkadelic, Lee Perry, James Brown, King Tubby, Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band, Marcus King, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Derek Trucks, Eric Krasno, The Grateful Dead, J Dilla, The Allman Brothers Band

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Nov 11, 2021

By: The Filthy Six

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Oct 28, 2021

By: The Filthy Six

This was an old tune i wrote many moons ago but just didn’t see sitting in a Filthy set. Revisiting it last summer i tweaked a few things around, borrowing the Latin to Swing idea from Cannonball Adderley’s “Azule Serape”, from his Quintet’s 'Live at The Lighthouse' album. While reworking this i found myself thinking a lot about James Bush, my old college roommate and Latin fan. He was a rich and cosmic character that lived life to it’s fullest but unfortunately found it hard to come down from the stars and keep his beautiful spirit down here on the ground. He had a certain way with words and "shmingle bangle" was one of his favourite phrases in nonsense speak. This one’s for you mucker. 

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Oct 28, 2021

By: Apollo Suns

Musical Style: Jazz blues, Chill-out, Jazz, 70's fusion rock

Musical Influences: Snarky Puppy, Miles Davis, Steely  Dan, Bill Cobham, Stevie Wonder

Artist Statement:  A brittle but hopeful love song. A walk down a freshly snow covered street in the heart of the city. This song just came together very quickly and felt perfect from the first time we ran it. It just has that delicate touch that we hadn't dove into heavily yet. 

Track Description: Apollo Suns explore the softer side of 70s-inspired fusion in “Rosie.” The band instilled a challenge amongst themselves to play less aggressively and looked to classic fusion repertoire like Billy Cobham’s “Heather” to set the stage and channel the musical spirits. At 86 beats per minute, the tune takes on a teetering sense of fragility escalated by saxophonist Aaron Bartel’s horn arrangements and guitarist Ed Durocher’s celestial chord progression and harmonic structure. The end result is a composition that is melancholy with a hint of hopefulness that primes listeners for what’s to come on the band’s debut Color Red LP ‘A Relationship of Force.’

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Nov 04, 2021

By: Andrew Bailie

Musical Style: Funk, Soul, Blues, Rock, 70's Funk, 70's Funky Soul

Musical Influences: Bill Withers, Al Green, Prince, Jim James, Cory Henry

Musical Inspiration: "A Slow Demise" took shape after touring with Cory Henry and the Funk Apostles for the better part of three years. Lots of funk and gospel lines were rattling around in my head waiting to bust out. The changes presented themself on one of my frequent trips to NYC at the time of recording Wasteland. I remember I was staying at a friends place in Brooklyn, looking out the window onto the street below and playing some interesting inversions on my guitar. I knew at that point the lyrics were some of the most melancholy I had ever written. The upbeat and funky changes seemed to bring some balance to the composition. 

Lyrical Inspiration: "How many times must we live the same story lines?"

This is the question that sets up the song. It's the question that sparked the lyrical process in writing ""A Slow Demise"" and the question that represented my own awakening to the severe inequities and hypocrisies present in our society. No longer could I ""Shut the lights to [my] eyes"". 

The slow demise is the arc that our society and communities have taken post World War Two. It represents the lies used by a powerful few to profit from the masses. "The only place left to hide [are] in the hills of your mind". 

But at least we tried to feel something right?

Artist Statement: This was a really fun one to record. I wasn't sure how the song should start so I asked Josh Dion to play something funky on the top and lead us into the tune. He sure did set it up and create a vibe. The rest played itself. 

Track Description: Andrew Bailie’s upbeat and funky “A Slow Demise” takes a hard look at society’s ills in the twilight of American Democracy. Bailie, a founding member of Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles, reflects the plethora of funk and gospel lines rattling around his head at the time of this tune’s inception. During one of many trips to New York City recording his album ‘Wasteland,’ Bailie recalls gazing out of a friend’s Brooklyn window while feeling out funk inspired chord changes and inversions in juxtaposition to song’s melancholy lyrics. The result is a groove oriented and danceable musical arrangement. Bailie was brought into the Color Red family by way of his good friend, longtime Color Red artist and fellow Nebraskan, Josh Hoyer. “A Slow Demise” is an exemplary introduction into Bailie’s superb body of work.

Posted By: FUTURENOT
Thu, Oct 21, 2021

By: FUTURENOT

Musical Style: Hip-hop, Jazz, Funk | Soul | Jazz

Musical Influences: The Roots, Quincy Jones, David Axelrod, Dr. Dre

Track Description: 'Supernova' is the most dense track on the record. Originally written by Jason, the song started with a simple bass line that evolved into all of the smaller pieces that make up this vibe machine you hear today. Like it's title imples, this track is exploding with power and illumination. Massive pocket, deep bass, driving lyrics delivered by a veretan emcee, crispy guitar, other worldly synth sounds, soaring horn melodies, peaks and valleys - 'Supernova' takes you on a journey that has something for everyone. One of the newer songs written on "Greatest Hits", it was the first song written in collaboration with Moe Betta.

Posted By: F-Spot Records
Thu, Oct 14, 2021

By: The White Blinds

Musical Style: Soul jazz

Musical Influences: Idris Mohamed, Jimmy Smith, Ivan 'Boogaloo' Joe Jones

Track Description: Side B from the vinyl 45. The White Blinds bring their "homage" to this Rusty Bryant classic. Rolling the tempo back a notch, Duffy and Frank set the stage holding it down for Hornbeck’s swampy guitar melody. The tone is further set for Frank’s organ solo which he blazes in classic White Blinds fashion and just when you think it’s coming back to the melody, we are dropped into a solid open drum solo with Michael Duffy fanning the flames to bring us all the way home.

Posted By: The Rare Sounds
Mon, Sep 27, 2021

By: The Rare Sounds

Musical Style: Jazz-funk, 70's Jazz Funk

Musical Influences: Ronnie Foster, Larry Young, Chester Thompson

Musical Inspiration: I wrote this song a few years ago and have tried it with various groups before it finally clicked with this group. It’s about forward motion. It’s inspired by 1970’s jazz funk and early fusion. I’m interested in 70’s fusion before things got slick and the edges and dissonance were smoothed over to make it more commercial. It’s like modal jazz with a funky beat. I was trying to capture a certain urgency and feeling of psychedelic possibility. 

Artist Statement: This came together quickly and easily. We recorded this towards the end of the session and put it down in one or two takes. Although it’s a new group we have all played together in different configurations over the years and have an automatic chemistry and musical short-hand. Everyone gets all the references and shares a common language and love for the traditions of the music. 

Posted By: FUTURENOT
Thu, Nov 18, 2021

By: FUTURENOT

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Nov 18, 2021

By: Danny Mayer

Musical Styles: Funk, Psychedelic Funk, Instrumental Funk, Ambient, Blues, Lo-fi, Instrumental, Meditation, Reggae, Dub reggae, Dub, Instrumental hip hop, Lofi, Rock and roll, Afro Soul, Southern rock, Psychedelic Soul, Psychedelic Groove, Jazz-Reggae, 70's Jazz Funk, Psychedelic, world music, Worldbeat, Indian pop, Raga rock

Musical Influences: Parliament Funkadelic, Lee Perry, James Brown, King Tubby, Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band, Marcus King, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Derek Trucks, Eric Krasno, The Grateful Dead, J Dilla, The Allman Brothers Band

Posted By: Low Stimuli
Thu, Nov 18, 2021

By: Bo.bus , Low Stimuli Affect

Posted By: Low Stimuli
Sat, Oct 16, 2021

By: Bo.bus , Low Stimuli Affect

Posted By: Low Stimuli
Thu, Jul 29, 2021

By: Chris O'Connor

Posted By: Low Stimuli
Thu, Jul 01, 2021

By: Chris O'Connor

Posted By: Low Stimuli Affect
Fri, Apr 30, 2021

By: Relaxatone

“Amber” produces 528 Hz. This Solfeggio frequency, known as the “Love Frequency” and the “Miracle Tone,” awakens spirituality and brings you to harmony and balance in your life. It promotes self-love and transformation. It is useful for sleep disorders, by promoting good, sound sleep.

Posted By: Low Stimuli Affect
Fri, May 21, 2021

By: Relaxatone

Posted By: Low Stimuli Affect
Fri, Apr 09, 2021

By: Relaxatone

“Chrysanthemum” produces 285 Hz. This Solfeggio frequency helps return tissue to its original blueprint or form. It helps the immune system, and leaves the body rejuvenated and energized. It can also encourage a positive energy field around you.

Posted By: Low Stimuli Affect
Fri, Apr 23, 2021

By: Relaxatone

"Coral” produces 432 Hz. This Solfeggio frequency helps in relieving stress and releasing tension from the body and mind naturally. It unites the body and consciousness with Nature.

Posted By: FUTURENOT
Thu, Jul 08, 2021

By: FUTURENOT

Posted By: FUTURENOT
Thu, Oct 21, 2021

By: FUTURENOT

Musical Style: Hip-hop, Jazz, Funk | Soul | Jazz

Musical Influences: The Roots, Quincy Jones, David Axelrod, Dr. Dre

Track Description: 'Supernova' is the most dense track on the record. Originally written by Jason, the song started with a simple bass line that evolved into all of the smaller pieces that make up this vibe machine you hear today. Like it's title imples, this track is exploding with power and illumination. Massive pocket, deep bass, driving lyrics delivered by a veretan emcee, crispy guitar, other worldly synth sounds, soaring horn melodies, peaks and valleys - 'Supernova' takes you on a journey that has something for everyone. One of the newer songs written on "Greatest Hits", it was the first song written in collaboration with Moe Betta.

Posted By: FUTURENOT
Thu, Nov 18, 2021

By: FUTURENOT

Posted By: Sneezy
Thu, Aug 26, 2021

By: Sneezy

Musical Style: Soul/R&B/Funk, Pop, Hip-Hop

Musical Influences: Stevie Wonder, Prince, Anderson .Paak, Louie Armstrong, Jack Harlow

Musical Inspiration:  We wanted a song that was upbeat and in the pocket. Something like a song you could walk around feeling inspired yet relaxed.

Artist Statement: Have you ever wanted to just vibe out to a hip hop song but you're not feeling the aggression and edge that an in-your-face hip hop track has to have? Try out this track. It gives you the perfect balance of relaxed, in the pocket feel, but with a punch of bleeding, swagged out hip hop.

Lyrical Inspiration: New age hip-hop with a relaxed yet still very swaggy feel. We believe in ourselves, and we're about to take off. There's a lot of haters, but they ain't bringing us down.

Posted By: Mo' Gigs
Thu, Aug 12, 2021

By: Mo' Gigs

Musical Style: Funk, Hip hop, Funky Hip-hop, Garage Soul

Musical Influences: The Bamboos, Connie Price & The Keystones, Breakestra, The Roots, The Poets Of Rhythm

Lyrical Inspiration: Getting gradually old and losing strength, being despised, feeling useless.

Posted By: Adryon de León
Thu, Apr 15, 2021

By: Adryon de León , Headnodic

Posted By: NOA
Thu, May 13, 2021

By: NOA

The making of "Clouds" really was a leap of faith. From start to finish, track and music video, it all just came together in a way that no other piece of art I've ever made has. It was thoroughly spontaneous. While it was being built it had this essence of "don't forget to have fun, to be playful, it's ok to take up space, just go for it" and so I just listened to that and let go of wanting it to be perfect. Watching and listening back to it now the message really hits. 

Posted By: NOA
Thu, Jul 08, 2021

By: NOA

Musical Incfluences: Ama Lou, Hope Tala, Melanie Faye

Posted By: Sounds of Eddie Roberts
Thu, Jun 17, 2021

By: Lucas de Mulder , Eddie Roberts

This song is heavily influenced by Fancy, a song by The New Mastersounds. I spent a whole summer listening to this song in a compilation I made for my car. This song reminds me a lot of good times. So that summer, which was especially hot, I wrote Warm Nights, a reggae song. When I wrote the song I knew it would be very cool to do it with two guitars. For this Eddie is the perfect partner. Chris, Nate and Alejandro put in the rest to get the song to flow very naturally and stable. 

Posted By: Jackson Yard Records
Mon, Oct 18, 2021

By: SunDub

Musical Style: Reggae, 90's Soul, Reggae pop

Musical Influences:  Chronixx, Dennis Brown, Amy Winehouse, En Vogue, Amy Winehouse, Tessanne Chin, Janet Jackson, Anita Baker

Inspiration: This track was inspired by our love of 90's era R&B, and was spearheaded by our keyboard player Eric Toussaint. We hope it connects to the fans of the original En Vogue song, and crosses some genre lines to reach a new listeners.

Posted By: Danny Mayer
Thu, Sep 09, 2021

By: Danny Mayer

Musical Style: Reggae, Dub reggae, Dub, Funk

Musical Influences: Lee Perry, King Tubby, Grateful Dead

Posted By: Dubbest
Thu, Aug 26, 2021

By: Dubbest

Musical Style: Reggae, Dub

Musical Influences: John Brown's Body, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Steel Pulse, Dennis Brown, King Tubby, Lee Perry, Wailing Souls

Musical Inspiration:  This song is an anthem for a world on the brink of the extinction. But trying to find the good in it, and a last chance to make a change

Posted By: Death by Dub
Thu, Jul 01, 2021

By: Death by Dub

Posted By: Sounds of Dan Africano
Tue, Apr 27, 2021

By: Green Buddha

Posted By: Sounds of Dan Africano
Thu, Apr 01, 2021

By: Green Buddha

Green Buddha collaborated with New Orleans luminary Big Chief Gerald Page of the Great Spirit Warriors Mardis Gras Indian Tribe and youth empowerment movement in the track “Neutral Ground.” The lyrics come from a deep place for vocalist/guitarist Seth Strickland as he recalls moving from Colorado to New Orleans in winter 2016 after an emotional ride of leaving his old band, his old partner, and a 5-acre farm to start a new beginning. In New Orleans, Strickland found himself adopted by the iconic venue Maple Leaf Bar, clubhouse for Krewe of Oak. He spent almost every night soaking up the sounds of legends who hold residency on the stage such as George Porter JR and Johnny Vidacovich and getting in all the “vices” of clean living including crawfish boils and late night Yaka Mein. Alongside Strickland, Green Buddha is comprised of veteran musicians in the Colorado music scene/frequent Color Red collaborators Otis Lande (Euforquestra), and Jonny Jyemo (Jyemo Club) and new keyboardist Olivia Rebodello.

Posted By: NOA
Thu, May 13, 2021

By: NOA

The making of "Clouds" really was a leap of faith. From start to finish, track and music video, it all just came together in a way that no other piece of art I've ever made has. It was thoroughly spontaneous. While it was being built it had this essence of "don't forget to have fun, to be playful, it's ok to take up space, just go for it" and so I just listened to that and let go of wanting it to be perfect. Watching and listening back to it now the message really hits. 

Posted By: Sounds of Mike Tallman
Wed, Dec 23, 2020

By: Add Noise Collective

Posted By: SunDub
Mon, Dec 14, 2020

By: SunDub

Posted By: Dragondeer
Thu, Aug 19, 2021

By: Dragondeer

Musical Style: Blues rock, Rock and roll, Alt-Soul, Funk blues, Blues funk

Musical Influences: The Rolling Stones, Bill Withers, Khruangbin, Black Keys, Black Pumas, Freddie King

Musical Inspiration:  The music for this track started with a simple  a chord progression I had been messing with for a few weeks..I wanted to take a pretty traditional blues progression and add some funky licks between chords to link them and have the progression have more of a looped feel.   After a late night out on the town in Denver I sat down with an acoustic at 3AM and strummed the progression and all the words just spilled out. I quickly made an iphone message recording to remember the words and fell asleep. I woke with the acoustic on my chest and a vague recollect of coming up with words to a new song...and there it was on the iphone with all the lyrics in full that you hear on the final mix. We took that skeletal framework and played with feels in the rhythm section of Carl on drums , casey on bass, and Will trask on percussion...that sped it up and added proper shake to the whole thing and then Casey Russel came down to the studio and added some sweet organ passes and the whole track came alive with Maestro Eddie on the mix

Artist Statement: Patient Boy is a classic power of collaboration creation. Dragondeer's core four combined forces with Will Trask (High Hawks) on percussion and Casey Russel (Magic Beans) on Organ all run through an analog tape machine and mixed and tonally crafted by Eddie Roberts (The New Mastersounds). The combined alchemy has a sound that shimmy and shakes with some classic Alt soul thunder. 

Lyrical Inspiration: The gist of the song lyrically is about having patience in the midst of life's trials and challenges. In layman's terms: how many shit sandwiches I gotta eat to just live a semi free life? how many times I gotta be told no or that what I'm doing ain't right or be abandoned by a family member or business connection in life? How much bullshit do I gotta listen to from experts, authority figures, or just day to day interactions before I am free from it? I'm guessing the answer is a ton and it's never ending ahaha but that's ok cause I got patience for it and as they say "c'est la vie...such is life" 

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Nov 18, 2021

By: Greyhounds

Musical Style: Blues Rock, Souther Rock, Country Soul

Musical Influences: Jerry Reed

Musical Inspiration: Joe Exotic (a.k.a. The Tiger King)

Artist Quote: 

Track Description: In the early summer of 2019, the Tiger King was sitting in Jail on charges of attempted murder. At the same time, Greyhounds were touring through Denver Colorado where they stopped into Color Red Studios to record with Eddie Roberts. After a brief writing session, Andrew Trube came down into the studio with this tale of the Tiger King. At the time he was merely a myth. Now The Tiger King is a worldwide icon. And Grehounds immortalize him in their new track "Tiger King" out on Color Red Music.

Posted By: Marble Eyes
Wed, Oct 20, 2021

By: Marble Eyes

Return To The Roses is the debut album of Marble Eyes.  This new band formed amidst the pandemic and created a sound full of energetic soulful rock and roll.  This group has multiple lead singers and vocal harmonies in the same spirit as The Band and Traveling Wilburys. The feel good, larger than life sound has been dubbed by its fanbase as “Rock & Roll For The Soul”.

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Dec 02, 2021

By: Eric Martinez

Musical Style: Rock and roll, Psychedelic rock

Musical Influences: Ray Wyllie Hubbard, The Rolling Stones, Michael Houser

Musical Inspiration: Michael Houser's slow simple chord progressions inspired this track., The slow simple guitar progressions of Michael Houser.

Artist Statement: I was playing the music for Todd Nance at Daniel Hutchen's house one night and Todd started singing this beautiful melody to the song. I grabbed my phone and started recording it. Later I sent the music and some lyrics to Danny and he added some music and wrote these great lyrics. Since the recording of this song both Danny (May 2021) and Todd (August 2020) have passed away and Danny and I figured this was the last song (May 2017) Todd ever wrote. Danny wrote until the day he died. The last of which we wrote together is the last song on this record., I was showing this music to Todd Nance one night at Daniel Hutchens’s house and he started singing this beautiful melody to it. I grabbed my phone and started recording. I later sent the music and some lyrics to Danny and he added some music and had written these wonderful lyrics about a weekend in Tennessee. Mike “Spanky” McClure is on bass, John Neff  is on pedal steel, and Micah Munro is on background vocals. Since writing this song Danny (May 2021) and Todd (August 2020) have both passed away. Danny and I figured out that this was Todd’s last song that he wrote. Danny wrote till the day he died. 

Track Description: Rooming house was written with Todd Nance and Daniel Hutchens in 2017. Todd and I were at Danny's and I started playing this music which Todd sang a melody over and Danny gave us these great lyrics. Eric Martinez plays drums, guitars, keys, and sings. Mike "Spanky" McCluer plays bass. John Neff plays pedal steel. Micah Munro sings. Both Todd (August 20) and Danny (May 21) have since died and we figured this was Todd's last song. Danny wrote till the day he died. 

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Dec 02, 2021

By: Royal Horses

Musical Style: 70's Rock

Musical Influences: Neil Young, Marshall Tucker Band, Led Zeppelin

Musical Inspiration:  The chords first came together as a folk song on Shelby’s laptop, and became a full on rock anthem when the band took it into the studio. 

Artist Statement: ‘Great Divide is a rock anthem straight out of 1973. Raunchy guitars, driving drums, soaring vocals, and an epic battle riff at the peak will have you ready to get out there and either make the world a better place, or start breaking stuff. 

Track Description: “Great Divide” by Royal Horses could easily be mistaken for a rock anthem straight out of 1973. Stylistically reminiscent of Neil Young and Marshall Tucker Band, vocalist Shelby Kemp broods over the strangeness of American life over the course of the past few years. The apex of the track launches into an epic battle riff and emotive guitar solo that possesses the duality to either inspire listeners to make the world a better place or start breaking stuff. “Great Divide” is the first single off of the group’s LP ‘Where the Purple Flowers Grow,’ that the band recorded at Downman Studios in New Orleans with executive producer John Michael Early.

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Nov 04, 2021

By: Eric Martinez

Musical Style: Rock and roll

Musical Influences: Ray Wyllie Hubbard, The Rolling Stones, R.E.M., Guy Clark

Artist Statement: I had just heard New Adventures in High-Fi by R.E.M. for the first time and definitely used their 90's rock band vibe for the feel of this song. Mike "Spanky" McCluer is on this track with Micah's voice soaring over the top.

Track Description: I wrote this song on May 17, 2016 which was the day Guy Clark died and also mine and Sarah’s 13th wedding anniversary. I gave it kind of a cowboy feel and the lyrics tangle through truth, love, and death. Around the time of this recording a friend sent me a track to listen to off an R.E.M. record from 1996 called New Adventures In High-Fi. I had never heard this record and was blown away. Huge distorted guitars, tight rhythm section, and Stipe’s vocal soaring over the top. Now I had a direction for the recording and brought on longtime Dyrty Byrds bass player Mike “Spanky” McCluer (also plays on Rooming House) and couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out. Micah Munro as usual sends it in to the stratosphere with her backing vocals. 

Posted By: CRED
Thu, Oct 28, 2021

By: Elephant Wrecking Ball

Musical Style: Halloween, Spooky, Cinematic

Musical Influences: Jack Skellington, Danny Elfman, Snarky Puppy, Morphine, Lespecial

Musical Inspiration: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Track Description: Elephant Wrecking Ball puts a personal touch on the Danny Elfman classic, “This is Halloween” from The Nightmare Before Christmas. At the suggestion of their longtime friend, collage artist, and avid Nightmare Before Christmas fan, Curtis Bergesen, the group decided to take the live fan-favorite to the studio to record and release prior to Halloween 2021. The trio of Scott Flynn (trombone), Dan Africano (bass), and Neal Evans (drums) furthers their explorations in jazz, hip-hop, and electronica with a hard-driving rhythm section and haunting horn leads & effects to pay tribute to Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King and the Patron Spirit of Halloween.

Posted By: Rock | Fusion
Thu, Oct 21, 2021

By: ShwizZ

Musical Style: Rockjazz, Soft rock, Funk Rock, Yacht Rock, 80's Soft Rock

Musical Influences: Steely Dan, The Allman Brothers Band, Michael Bolton, Hall and Oates, The Police, Doobie Brothers, Michael McDonald

Musical Inspiration: This track was inspired by some of our favorite artists like Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers and other 80's "soft" rock legends.  We wanted to pay homage with a modern take on what is now known as "Yacht Rock".

Posted By: Marble Eyes
Wed, Sep 22, 2021

By: Marble Eyes

Musical Style: Funk Rock, 70's Funky Soul, Pop soul

Musical Influences: Steely Dan, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Otis Redding, Tower of Power 

Musical Inspiration: Written by Max Chase.  This one is a short sweet and really fun song.  Max already had the form for it and the band added a funky groove and hook into the mix that changed the feel into a funky soul vibe. 

Artist Statement: An older tune of mine, 'You Can't Fool Me' has found new life in Marble Eyes and features an all new guitar and bass melody during each chorus. I've spent a lot of time in bands over the years and really appreciate how this tune came out with the collaboration of the full band.

Lyrical Inspiration: A funky tune about trust in a relationship. These folks aren't doing too well in that department it seems... But who's really fooling who?