Southbound75

This past Thursday (6/24), NPR’s Tiny Desk series, “Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf,” showcased five more finalists, one of them being Piel. The YouTube live stream included discussion by Tiny Desk’s Bob Boilen and World Cafe’s Raina Douris. The…

Jonathan Burkes (aka Jawnee), co-founder and bassist of Piel, had the instinct to throw the band’s hat in the ring for this year’s Tiny Desk contest. This led Piel to join the “Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf” series for 2020…

Going back to early last year at The Hideout studio, Curtis Martin and Rob Endling were presented with an opportunity to work with rising metal act, Ded. Martin and Endling made the most of it, by not only co-writing the…

For those who don’t know, my background is in A&R, both in the talent acquisition arena, as well as finding songs for artists. For years I have come across great talent, talent that had the potential to become national, if…

Clockwise (top left): Bernard Porter of PCG, Bill McDermott, Mark Lorenzo, Vance Eskesen

Southbound 75 signed to REG (Roxy Entertainment Group). REG is Nashville producer, Bill McDermott’s company. The alt country rockers have been working with McDermott (Tim McGraw, Brad…