Welcome to the rather ‘Happy’ world of Ilko Birov
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Welcome to the rather ‘Happy’ world of Ilko Birov

The past few years we’ve been closely following Bulgarian (but Vancouver-raised) singer-songwriter Ilko Birov. His warm voice, sincere lyrics, flawless guitar skills and his signature mixture of country, blues and acoustic indie have always been a reason to go and see him live whenever we could. Regularly performing around Bulgaria, touring Italy and growing an impressive catalog of originals, alongside his awesome renditions of artists like Cash and Dylan, it was honestly high time we got a full-length album from…

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Music for the heart not just for the ears – Always Introspective by Chris Martin

If you spend as little as an hour browsing the music on Drooble chances to find your new favorite contemporary folk singer-songwriter artists are high. There are so many gems waiting to be discovered in our library and it’s always a pleasure for us to do the virtual crate digging for you and take a closer look at something that has really grabbed our attention. Today we present you, Chris Martin. Based in Melville, USA he’s a singer-songwriter who’s heavily…

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Ricardo JP explores the darker side of dance music in ‘Hits & Trips’

We receive ‘Hits & Trips’ by Ricardo JP in the middle of a week that’s rocking the moodiest weather possible and before hitting play we kind of hope that the music will indeed take us on a trip somewhere. Can’t hide the fact that we’re slightly afraid from the ‘hits’ part as honestly who’s not tired of posh and basic tunes that serve no other purpose but take over the music programs of radio and TV stations. Thankfully, the music…

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King of the Blind and their atmospheric take on industrial rock

King of the Blind is a solo project by Austin, Texas-based multi-instrumentalist Daniele Panella. His music can be loosely labeled as industrial rock but influences and elements come from as far as dark ambient, synthpop, new wave even post-punk and alternative. Released less than half a month ago, “Kingdom of The Blind” is a promising EP that features only six tracks but despite its (not that) short length, it doesn’t really stay at the same place for too long. The…

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The eclectic but captivating electronic realm of Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy is a solo electronic project currently based in London, UK. It operates within the thin boundaries of IDM, experimental, ambient, downtempo and probably a ton other sub-genres we’ll skip listing here so we can leave the music to do its job. In general, when approaching Bloom’s Taxonomy these labels have to be perceived quite conditionally as the project definitely has something of its own going on, which makes not only for a rewarding but for a challenging listen…