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Signing Story: Jesse Palter
A melancholy yet exuberant reflection on a love left behind, “Paper Trail,” the title track to Jesse Palter’s debut EP, is the perfect metaphor for ... -
Signing Story: Covet
It’s the age-old struggle for an underground band trying to stay true to its DIY roots without going broke: How does it handle signing a deal with ... -
Signing Story: The Textones
When Saul Davis, manager of critically acclaimed guitarist Carla Olson, spotted an ad in Billboard for a Jack Tempchin record on a new label, his curiosity was ... -
Signing Story: Badflower
Southern California rock quartet Badflower first graced the pages of Music Connection in 2014 when they scored a deal with the indie label Hundred Handed. Fast-forward four ... -
Signing Story: I Don't Know How But They Found Me
Bassist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter Dallon Weekes has managed to fit a hell of a lot into his career to date. From 2009 until 2017, he was ... -
Signing Story: Nobody's Girl
The three women who comprise Austin-based Nobody's Girl are each established songwriters and performers who had no intention of a casual collaboration becoming a band. ... -
Signing Story: Future Feats
Before starting Future Feats, frontman Josh was just an average songwriter trying to make it big. He first began his career touring with soul legends ... -
Signing Story: Wolf King
Wolf King have been gaining traction in the San Francisco Bay Area over the last past few years, leaving their blackened hardcore thumbprint on each ... -
Signing Story: SUR
The marketing materials for SUR’s upcoming EP Savage Beast and his recently released lead singles, the anthem-like rockers “Lean Back” and “Make It To Morning,” ... -
Signing Stories: Caroline Rose
It’s telling that this is Caroline Rose’s second appearance in the Signing Story section of this magazine. Back in April 2014, she had just signed ... -
Signing Story: Dee-1
Hip-hop, at its best, shares storytelling sensibilities with genres such as folk and blues. It can be a means to express struggle and triumph, hope ... -
Signing Story: ONR
Hailing from Scotland, one of the latest Capitol Records signees to hit the music scene goes by the nom de plume ONR (pronounced “honor”). He ... -
Signing Story: Moonfall
Living together as bandmates doesn’t always lead to demise and destruction, especially for the pop/rock trio Moonfall, a NYC-based band that just signed to Outerloop ... -
Signing Story: Anna Mae
Hailing from Minnesota, songwriter Anna Mae moved to Nashville six years ago. More recently, she began feeling like a professional when her first co-write got ... -
Signing Story: I'm With Her
Rounder Records recording artists I’m With Her are truly an example of the sum being greater than the individual parts. The trio essentially came together ... -
Signing Story: Stef Chura
Musicians moving into the city of Detroit have to be ready to be closely scrutinized by existing game-players in a wildly eclectic and ever blossoming ... -
Signing Story: Coast Modern
Name a band––any band––that got signed to a label before playing a single concert. Used up all your lifelines yet? Well, in the Bandcamp Era––a ... -
Signing Story - R.LUM.R
R.LUM.R (pronounced Alamar) has been singing and playing guitar for as long as he can remember but, as is increasingly becoming the case in this ... -
Signing Story: Miles Mosley
Date Signed: Feb. 1, 2017 Label: UMG/Verve Label Group Type of Music: Soul/Jazz/Funk Management: Barbara Sealy - SB Music Mgmt. Booking: Jesse Rosoff, James Wright, ... -
Signing Story: Bent Knee
Date Signed: Jan. 17, 2017 Label: InsideOutMusic/Sony Band Members: Ben Levin, guitar; Chris Baum, violin; Courtney Swain, vocals, keys; Gavin Wallace-Ailsworth, drums; Jessica Kion, bass; ...
