Staci Gruber is a transformative Boston-based artist whose exceptional musical talents, storied songwriting, and emotional depth resonate deeply with her listeners. Her work seamlessly intertwines personal experiences with the emotional stories of others, creating a profound musical connection that explores themes of isolation, loneliness, and hope.
While her musical career flourished as a vocalist, Staci also achieved distinction in a completely separate field as a renowned Harvard Medical School professor and pioneering neuroscientist at McLean Hospital. In her groundbreaking work on cannabis, she focuses on understanding the long term impact of cannabinoids across a wide range of conditions. Staci’s research has been a game-changer, generating real-world data that has influenced clinical trials and provided critical insights into the potential benefits of cannabis for various medical conditions.
Staci Gruber’s new country meets Americana single "Be Kind With My Heart" was recorded in Nashville and produced by Erik Halbig (Ty Herndon, Jamie O'Neal). The emotive and gorgeous ballad tackles the aftermath of betrayal or infidelity and the reletable emotions that ensue. She shares, "Each one of us experiences so much throughout our lives- joy, sorrow, love, loss. They help to define us and allow us to evolve. We’ve all been heartbroken and felt betrayed, wondering if we’ll make it through. Be Kind With My Heart echoes the sentiment that no matter what role we play in lost love, kindness is key".
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| Photo - Camilla Vodstrup Øverup |
Move with the Wind is the new single by Victoria Akua from Copenhagen, Denmark. Victoria describes her music as a genre mix of indie pop, folky singer-songwriter and meditative music. Victoria Akua on her new single: "While creating this song, I felt like I was singing myself into a very soft and restful state. For me, Move with the Wind has become a song for calming the nervous system and to gently drop from the head into the heart."
Victoria's music is based on her own journey, which began at a young age, searching for more balance and a deeper peace and understanding within herself. In a hectic world where it is so easy to be pulled in many directions, she wants to find ways to stay centered with an open heart in the hope that her music can support others on their own paths. The intention of the music is to have a nourishing, calming and healing effect.
Music that comes from the heart and that reflects and creates inner peace, trust and self-love - and connects us. Her music is inspired by the rhythms and cycles of nature, healthy and nurturing connections between people and creating spaces for expression, creativity and loving energy. Through the simplicity of the music, the listener is invited directly into a calm cocoon where breathing becomes deeper and the mind can rest.
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After his first two singes that carved out a uniquely raspy voice equal parts cinematic and unapologetic, indie rocker VANNGO returns with his emotionally charged release: “Hunger For Love.” This new single doesn’t beg for attention, it kicks the door in and invites you to feel something. Set against a smoky backdrop of harmonica and Rhodes keys, Hunger For Love opens like a confession and lands like a collision. Gritty guitars, thunderous drums, and VANNGO’s unmistakable vocal worn, raw, and magnetic cut through the noise.
“This isn’t a heartbreak song,” VANNGO says. “It’s about what comes before that gnawing, restless ache to be understood, to be felt, to matter to someone, to be part of a community. That hunger that either wakes you up or wears you down.” There’s nothing overly polished here. Hunger For Love isn’t trying to sound perfect. It’s trying to sound real. It’s a shot of bourbon chased with fire. It’s restrained and explosive all at once.
VANNGO’s voice is entirely his own. The track doesn’t ride genre trends. It builds its own lane equal parts analog heat and emotional weight. A Rhodes keyboard hums in the hook, adding warmth and tension. The harmonica, featured in the opening bars, acts more like a character than a flourish. Every sonic choice points back to the core theme: a deep, human craving for connection.
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Rosin reveals her sweet, sonic love letter ‘just a boy’ Gentle and intimate, Rosin returns with a full heart after finding love unexpectedly. Stripped back production brings her vocals to the forefront as she shares her new found connection. Sharing more Rosin explained: ‘I fell in love with someone while I was travelling and shortly after I found myself in a long-distance relationship.
It had been so long since I experienced being in love so strongly and it made me romanticise everything! (which I think is necessary to cope with the distance). I just found it so fascinating that we are in different countries, having different lives, speaking different languages but that we still share this bond with each other, that makes us want to be together, even if we are apart.’
As a self-confessed romantic, Rosin finds much of her musical inspiration through matters of the heart. Taking inspiration from the likes of Phoebe Bridgers and Adrienne Lenker, Rosin has evolved her emotive songwriting to embrace the vulnerable moments that many people spend their lives running from. Last year listeners were treated to ‘Intention’ a delicate track that displayed the beauty found in the more temporary moments of intimacy. More recently saw the release of ‘Nest’ which took shape as a charming, starry-eyed keepsake depicting the joy of instinctive love.
As a daughter of two visual artists, Rosin’s upbringing in Berlin was rich in creativity. In more recent years she relocated to London via Brighton to pursue her music career. This has seen her sound evolve into a style that is authentically her own. Her enchanting sound toes a line between folk, indie and experimental pop moments with flecks of electronica.
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