Azure Ray was born out of a mutual need between the friends. While driving back from a show with their previous band, Little Red Rocket, Taylor’s boyfriend at the time overdosed in the back of their tour van. “We thought he was asleep,” she recalls. The band split soon after. “We just couldn’t go back to those songs, we couldn’t go back to that van, we couldn’t go back to that part of our lives. From that day on, everything changed.” - Read more from AV Club
It all started 20 years ago with this record. That’s a LONNNGGG time and we want to celebrate with you the birth of Azure Ray. Out on vinyl for the first time ever, Jan. 16, 2021. PRE-ORDER now exclusively from Flower Moon Records here: https://bit.ly/3fgFdER
Azure Ray’s “Hold On Love” turns 17 years old today. In addition to celebrating its anniversary, we are excited to announce that HOL and the remainder of the Azure Ray catalog is now home on Flower Moon Records.
Orenda Fink’s “Ask the Night” turns 11 years old today, and we could not be more excited to share that it is now on Flower Moon Records along with the rest of her catalog! Welcome to the fam Orenda! Stream on Spotify; iTunes or shop the FMR store.
Maria Taylor and Nik Freitas (Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band; co-producer of Taylors 2016 record In the Next Life) released “Matter of Time” today on social media. Written & recorded by Freitas, with vocals and lyrics by Taylor. Watch the video here.
American Songwriter just premiered the Sam Fragoso-directed video for “Simple Harmony.” Golden State, the sophomore effort from the folk-pop duo R&L, is now set to be release June 19th. Watch the video here.
Due to the global impacts of the coronavirus, Radnor and Lee have temporarily postponed the May 8th release date of their sophomore album “Golden State.” Additional updates on premieres & pre-orders will be forthcoming.
“We started this song In Brazil, finished it in Argentina, brought it to life on stage in Australia and we peeled it back at home in the studio in Los Angeles,” said Radnor and Lee. The song had ripened through all these travels and was ready for consumption. There’s only two ways to define yourself and this song is about choosing one way over the other.”
Read more from American Songwriter here: Radnor and Lee Share The Writing That Went Into “Outside In”
