Two titans of progressive music, Steve Hackett (Genesis) and Steve Rothery (Marillion), come together on ‘The Roaring Waves’ - a striking and deeply atmospheric instrumental album shaped......
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Written by Tina Houser
There’s a moment in every great indie record where the ground shifts just slightly—where the song you thought you understood suddenly mutates into something stranger, sharper, and more honest. That’s where Annabelle Chairlegs lives. Not in the hook, not in the polish, but in the unpredictable spaces in between, where instinct overrides expectation and art gets a little wacky in all the right ways.
When Don sat down with the New Jersey-born, Austin-forged artist behind the moniker, what unfolded wasn’t just an interview—it was a window into a mind that treats music less like a product and more like a living, breathing world. Lindsey......
Boots, Broken Dreams, and Country Therapy: The Road That Made Wynn Williams
Written by Tina Houser
There’s a certain kind of country artist you can spot from a mile away—the kind who didn’t just sing about the dirt roads, but bled into them a little. Wynn Williams fits that mold, even if he’ll laugh it off with a shrug and a story about tearing his ACL mid-rodeo and calmly sitting on a barrel like nothing happened. No drama. No theatrics. Just a quiet realization: maybe there’s an easier way to get to the rodeo.
That moment didn’t end a story—it rerouted it.
Long before the stage lights and studio sessions, Williams was a steer wrestler in......
GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED FOR LEGENDARY PRODUCER STEVE EVETTS (THE CURE, SNAPCASE, THE MISFITS, SAVES THE DAY, ETC.)EVETTS' NEW JERSEY STUDIO RAVAGED BY FIRE ON MAY 3Steve Evetts is a legendary record producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Having been a prominent producer in the alternative heavy music scene, he has worked with many Billboard chart-topping artists such as The Cure, The Wonder Years, New Found Glory, Snapcase, Glassjaw, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Misfits, Saves The Day, Senses Fail, Every Time I Die, The Used, and countless others. Evetts has worked on some of the most influential records in......
Written By Tina Houser (CEO of Songmates, INC and PressPlay.ME):
There’s a certain kind of electricity that only happens when two artists collide at exactly the right moment—when timing, talent, and a little bit of emotional wreckage all line up just enough to create something that feels bigger than the room it was written in. That’s the space where Jake Hoot and Jamie Floyd seem to live when they’re together—somewhere between Nashville grit and lightning-in-a-bottle magic.
On Press Play Radio Conversations, what unfolded wasn’t just another artist interview—it was a front-row seat to the kind of chemistry you can’t manufacture. The kind......
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Platinum-selling, Scranton, PA powerhouse MOTIONLESS IN WHITE have just announced their new album DECADES. It arrives July 17 via Roadrunner Records. Pre-order it here.
Motionless In White are at home in the dark. For over 20 years, the quintet — Chris Motionless [vocals], Ricky Olson [guitar], Ryan......
NEW YORK, NY — Prolific singer-songwriter Dan Miraldi returns with his new single “Magic in the Air,” out May 15 via Wicked Cool Records. Featuring garage rock queen Palmyra Delran, the track blends Miraldi’s heartfelt storytelling with bright, infectious power-pop energy—delivering a reminder that even the most ordinary moments can feel extraordinary.
Inspired by life in New York City, “Magic in the Air” finds Miraldi reflecting on fleeting encounters and small, transformative moments. “I like to leave interpretation to the listener,” he says. “But......
Written by: Tina Houser
Some bands grow out of movements. Others quietly shape them from the outside. The Chameleons have always belonged to the second category—and that’s exactly why their music still feels immediate today.
When The Chameleons joined The Don and Tina on Press Play Radio Conversations, what came through first wasn’t nostalgia or legacy talk: It was intentional. The band spoke like artists still chasing the next idea, still refining their sound, still treating albums as journeys rather than collections of songs. That mindset has been there from the beginning.
Long before Britpop filled stadiums around the world, artists like Noel Gallagher were......
Written by Tina Houser
Before the stories about record deals, before the stadium-caliber hooks of Double Eclipse, before “Hot Cherie” became the kind of song that follows you through decades whether you want it to or not, Johnny Gioeli was already working harder than most adults while still technically a kid. He wasn’t waiting to be discovered—he was already acting Off-Broadway, fronting bands up and down the East Coast, and fielding phone calls from people like Paul Stanley while his high school principal was still trying to figure out why he kept missing class on Mondays. For Gioeli, rock wasn’t a phase. It was the only plan that ever made sense.
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Written by Tina Houser
There’s something disarmingly honest about talking with Alien Ant Farm frontman Dryden Mitchell. Maybe it’s the way he laughs at his own mythology. Maybe it’s the way he talks about songs like old friends rather than trophies. Or maybe it’s because—25 years after Anthology—he still sounds like someone who never set out to be a rock star in the first place.
On Press Play Radio Conversations, Dryden joins Don and Tina not as a nostalgia act, but as a working artist still chasing the emotional thread that made Alien Ant Farm resonate in the first place. The conversation moves effortlessly from the resurgence of “Movies”......
