Thrillkiller

After the critical success of their debut album, Showdown in the summer of 2016, Thrillkiller was quickly back in the studio recording new material. Released in the Spring of 2017, The King of 1984 pushes the envelope of the band's musical crafting.

Alongside the release of their new single, they have been hard at work filming their debut fan-funded music video with acclaimed director Dewey Tron. After the success of their music video debut, Thrillkiller quickly began work on their follows up single SAN FRANCISCO MOTO working with an acclaimed engineer, Tony Correlli. Exploring elements of old-school funk, this is the most experimental and ambitious release of the band so far.

"I can't think of anything that sounds like this" Gary Thorn, Shockwave Magazine "If you are a fan of music at all, you owe it to yourself to give Thrillkiller a listen and meet your new favorite band of 2016."

C., Metal To Infinite Webzine "Thrillkiller has the chance to be the breakout band of 2016" Andy Davis, Heavy Metal Time Machine "Every track, member, and part absolutely slays, taking a wander down through the different levels of writing and mix never becomes boring. This is no cheap mock-up of a single individual, nor a gilded lily."

Si Marks, You Can Find Me On The Edge With the launch of their debut EP, Time in January of 2016, followed by their totally fan-funded debut release showdown in summer of 2016. In 2017 the band released their debut music video for their single THE KING OF 1984 in July, followed by another single titled SAN FANCISCO MOTO which dropped in November.

Performing on events such as MAGFEST, MAGSTOCK, Main Street Music festival, Thrillkiller has been seen on stages such as, Baltimore Soundstage, Merriweather Post Pavillion, and many others, the band has performed across the east coast keeping busy with an intense recording and touring schedule.

My Son The Bum

Artist: My Son The Bum 
Title: Goodbye Psychotic Christmas
Genre(s): 50s/Blues-Rock / Pop Rock / Holiday
Label: Wig City Records


Quirky, Fun, Christmas Holiday Song. My Son The Bum style. 

Rootwords

Artist: Rootwords
Title: A Matter Of Time
Genre: Hip Hop
Label: Kinyama Records

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eHWO_WG-jM

The globally-minded and eclectic emcee Rootwords is about to drop his second album Warning Signs, an excitingly new opus produced by him and his music partner since 2010, Kinyama Sounds.

Warning Signs is about resistance, perseverance and steadfastness in the ever so rapidly changing world of today. The lyrics describe the energy and determination of an individual who is constantly at odds with the demands and direction of today’s society.

The first single A Matter of Time describes the universal moment in our lives when we finally decide to face reality. It is the moment of clarity that arrives when the illusion of your greater society is stripped away. It is a return to that moment when you were born naked, before your innocence was lost. It is a song of admission and courage. It is Rootwords’ confession.

This song was composed with the The Block Notes, Rootwords’ live band, and with the participation of the great producer and beatmaker Yvan Peacemaker (Soprano, Booba, Rocé, Stress). Vocals on chorus by Rosie Holloway.

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SDC RadioWorks - OKAN - 2017 Grammy nominees Best Latin Jazz

Artist: OKAN
Title: Amarga Navidad (Bitter Christmas) 
Label: 7 Arts

2017 Grammy nominees Best Latin Jazz with Maqueque - Jane Bunnett band.

In writer Gustavo Arellano’s 10 Great Mexican Christmas Songs for the Holidays he had this to say about Jose Alfredo Jimenez-Sandovals beloved holiday song: Amarga Navidad..

“The most famous ranchera Christmas song of them all, written by Mexico's greatest singer-songwriter, the translation says it all: "Bitter Christmas." And it only gets more heartbreaking from there. The protagonist tells his beloved that "may your cruel goodbye be my Christmas" because he doesn't want her for the New Year—SAVAGE. Covered by everyone from Vicente Fernández to Jenni Rivera, Los Cadetes de Linares and more!”

Most holiday fare is fluff – snowflakes tapping a lone window, separated families together again gathering around a freshly cut evergreen, logs cooking on an open fire, much baking going on in the kitchen as lovers celebrate another year of fidelity in mutual harmony. Not with “Bitter Christmas”!

Do it all at once
with one single blow
Why do you want to kill me little by little?
If the day is coming when you abandon me,
I prefer, my love, that it be tonight

I liked that you left in December
Let your cruel goodbye be my Christmas
I don't want to begin the New Year
With the same love
that has hurt me so much

And soon afterwards
That many things happen
That you are regretful
That you are very afraid

Then you will know
That what you left behind
Was what you needed most
But now there is no solution

Jose Jimenez songs are considered the heart soul of Mexican culture. They prod deep under the skin in a style popularized by the composer himself – rancheras, originating in the cities of Mexico in the 50s’ and 60s’and classified – “melodramatic and sentimental.” The most popularized rendition of “Amarga Navidad” came from American born singer Jenni Rivera, whose roots in Mexican song tradition made her an international star, selling more than twenty-million recordings. Rivera’s life in ways mirrors the troubling lyrics of “Bitter Christmas” – herself pregnant at 15, a mother and a fighter. Before her tragic death in 2012 in a plane crash she was spokeswoman for the National Coalition of Women Against Domestic Violence.

What truly makes Amarga Navidad a captivating holiday tour-de-force for a singer is it’s soaring melodies. Cuban born Elizabeth Rodriguez comes to this with unreserved passion from the first stanza – “Acaba de una vez , de un solo golpe , porque quieres matarme, poco a poco” to the last wish – “Merry Christmas Baby.” It’s from those moments the words and melody simmer and escalate throughout. Partner, Magdelys Savigne joins Rodriguez midway and the parallel voices echo each other in perfect harmony. At times it’s difficult identifying which voice is lead and which is support.

OKAN is a unique project led by both Rodriguez and Savigne. It’s an ongoing exploration of their roots grounded in traditional Cuban and Latin American music with a contemporary view. In addition to possessing angelic voices the two are virtuosos on their adopted instruments. Rodriquez violin and Savigne – percussion.

Amarga Navidad is produced and engineered by Bill King and mixed and mastered by Jesse Dubmatix King.
Elizabeth Rodriguez – vocal/violin/vocal arrangement
Magdelys Savigne – vocal/percussion/vocal arrangement
Bill King – piano/arranger
Pablofsky Rosales – guitar
Recorded at The Station House November 2017
OKAN Management – Marilyn Gilbert MGAM
Contact: billkingpiano@gmail.com 647-883-2919