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This Month's Finds

Favorite New Artists of 2024

Top Songs of 2024

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This Month’s Finds

August’s Gems & Jams

August had a little bit of everything. But I found myself consistently drawn back to Role Model’s catchy melodies.

Favorite New Artists of 2024

Stephen Wilson Jr.

Genre: Country / Rock

Sierra Ferrell

Genre: Country

I first caught notice of Stephen Wilson Jr. on TikTok (as is happening more often these days), and was immediately taken with his unique guitar and his ability to play it. Then I stumbled across his duet with Hailey Whitters, one of my favorite artists of 2021, and I was fully in. His style is a “grungy country”, which is not a tandem I would have thought of before hearing his music. Beyond loving his music, I really connected with an interview I read (featured right). Looking forward to seeing him live in May.

Chappell Roan

Genre: Pop

Genre: Folk

Among the countless things my girlfriend has excellent taste in, music is one, and I owe her big time for tuning me into Chappell’s recent rise to pop stardom. Chappell’s beats are SO catchy and her story so deeply heartfelt in her lyrics. I’m bopping to songs and experiences that I do not relate to, and yet, there’s a certain universality to her music and her emotions.

Sierra was one of those artists whose music I had come across in the past, but who I’d never really paid attention to as an artist until this year. TikTok was again a big influence, exposing me to her live performances and the incredible timbre of her voice.

Charley Crockett

There’s so much to love about Charley’s music, and for me it was definitely his voice that at first caught my ear. But listening to him more and more, and realizing that Bluesy influence, I’m realizing it’s a genre I don’t have a lot of exposure to, but always seem to love when I hear it. I love when artists incorporate multiple influences and genres into their work, and although it was the country influence that initially put Charley on my radar, it will be the blues sounds that sticks with me.

Bella White

Genre: Country / Folk

I first heard Bella White when she opened for John Craigie at a concert I went to last November. Her voice was instantly memorable, and the performance was impressively intimate above the din of a noisy crowd. But it was the fact that her sound nestled into my subconscious over the resulting few months, appearing in my dreams (truly!), and popping into my head spontaneously. I finally gave her albums a listen and was not disappointed!

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