California Roots Music & Arts Festival is welcoming back several fest favorites, including Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Michael Franti and Spearhead, and Pepper. This week the fest unveiled its third and final artist announcement, with a few more weeks to go before ticket prices increase. [Read More]
Whew! 2015 was a GREAT year for music, and the four of us at Press Junkie PR decided we would sift through all of the greatness and give you our top 5 fave tracks from the year! *** Ryan Romana, CEO and Founder 1. Nicola Cruz – “Colibria” Ecuadorian mystical bass producer Nicola Cruz released […]
It’s understandable why New Kingston’s Tahir, Courtney Jr., and Stephen scored a No. 1 reggae album with their latest set, Kingston City, on Easy Star Records. The Jamaican-American brothers may have grown up in Brooklyn, but their father schooled them on the reggae greats. [Read More]
El Dusty Sounds Like: The last hour of the year’s most turned-up quinceañera. For Fans of: Bomba Estéreo, 3BallMTY, arguments over the meaning of “moombahton” Why You Should Pay Attention: Dusty is at the forefront of a sound he calls “the new cumbia,” updating a genre that dates back centuries by adding EDM synths and a […]
By Jeanine Valente The Austin, Texas latin funk band has had a lot to celebrate. First, their new single “Solo Un Sueño” was just released from their upcoming fifth studio album Problemas. The single was premiered on The Wall Street Journal and contains their trademark Afro-Latin dance feel, but also tells a familiar story to […]
By: Colin Rinehart Watch here! Gina Chavez added another formidable accomplishment to her resume yesterday via her Tiny Desk concert with NPR which aired here: http://n.pr/1PpcFor. She performed three songs off of her sophomore album Up.Rooted: “Fire Water,” “Miles de Millas,” and “Siete-D.” Chavez considers the Tiny Desk concert to be among her top three experiences since the release […]
Banda de los Muertos locked into a boisterous churn almost from the start of its show on Friday night at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Playing “El Sinaloense,” a Mexican brass band standard, the group sputtered and blared, rolling hard with tumbling polyrhythm, filling the room with sound. As if on cue, dancing broke […]
With 2015 half way over, NPR has complied a list of their “favorite songs of 2015 (so far)”. Ranging from Classical to Country, and R&B to World, NPR has reached far and wide to collect the best of the best released this year. Five of our clients’ (Kanaku y El Tigre, Los Crema Paraiso, SLV, Dotorado Pro and Kassé Mady Diabaté) songs […]
Tiger Milk’s third compilation album, Peru Boom: Bass Bleeps & Bumps from Peru’s Electronic Underground is slated to release Tuesday, June 30th. The Fader has the exclusive premiere of Underground Columbia from DJ Álvaro Ernesto, better known as Tribilin Sound. Ernesto, who has several tracks featured on the album, is said to bring the “traditional […]
Thump recently featured Dotorado Pro, “the 16-year old producer igniting Lisbon’s underground” whose afro-house music has been making a huge impact on the DJ scene. Having been raised in the small town of Setubal just south of Lisbon, Dotorado Pro’s childhood boredom propelled him to create dance music. His track “African Scream” currently has over […]
