Underground in America but not Europe
Lou Doillon has a famous mother and half sister. Her mother isactress/singer Jane Birken and her sister is another actress/singer Charlotte Gainsbourg. Not only is she a top model but musician and artist. This song showcases her unique singing style.
Monsterboy
Another group that entered the NPR contest is Monsterboy, a wife and husband team that vibe. With Chris's smooth singing remniscent of singers from the late 1960's and early 70's and guitar melodies along with his wife's sax, they make a great blend of music.
Acoustic Bliss
Brandi Haile. A gifted songwriter who with every song she writes shows her talent.
Trevor and The Joneses
Trevor and the Joneses are an underground band from the West Coast. Super talented, Trevor is actually a really nice guy who corresponds now and then with us. He is influenced heavily by Brian Jonestown Massacre a classic group that have a huge cult following.
Australia is on the move
Australia has a lot of great artists, like Courtney Barnett and Jen Cloher just to name a few. Check them out if you've never heard of them. Courtney actually has been getting a lot of fame within the last few years internationally. Well here's another mover band from Australia, Clews. The band is made up of two sisters and they sound like a harder edged Sharon Van Etten, an artist that has a great sound from the US. Check them out!
Actually liking a NPR callout
Quinn Christopherson picked an cool place to have a video for the NPR contest but actually it's a cool performance and song. He pulls it off with his own style.
There's also Hip Hop
A few groups have entered hip hop songs for the contest but the best so far is a group out of Eric's Home state of Florida by way of Jacksonville called Love Culture.
Another up and coming Artist from the NPR Tiny Desk contest
Usually the people at NPR's taste runs contrary to mine but this is one singer-songwriter that has a great voice and very deep lyrics. He's Joe Holt. By all rights he should be in the running for the win but NPR always throws a surprise when picking a winner. Anyway, Joe Holt has a very polished and easy on the ears voice and sound. Enjoy the song.
Underground Artist of the day
Here's another underground artists who is competing in the NPR Tiny Desk contest 2018, Jarod Richardson. What a voice and great melody.
Another Underground Band
There's so much talent and some of the entries from the contest that NPR has done for the last 3 years you can see that. So here's the band called Chloe and the Giant Peach.
