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While Adam Schatz hopes that the next Landlady album doesn’t take quite as long to manifest, he is also happy to take his time with inspiration, recording snippets of songs on his phone for later use, should they be deemed worthy of creative continuation. That’s how some of the songs off of their latest self-titled record found their way to the finish line, and it’s this patient approach that has blessed these tracks with a gestation period of perfectly polished development. With his brand new podcast Landladyland just announced, we sat down with Schatz for a seven question session.

With his latest single “Wounded Heart” doing the opposite and healing the hearts of music lovers, singer-songwriter Keeton Coffman is bringing a creative confidence to the virtual stage. His upcoming album Hard Times (due June 18) encompasses a personal journey told from a storyteller’s perspective, but in a year when everyone has been hit with their fair share of difficulties, the hard times that the Texas-born musician lays out could just as easily be our own. That’s why we sat down with Coffman for a brand new seven question session.

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Currently in the studio working on new material, the trio of creatively dangerous men known as Captain Danger are flying straight at you with their latest EP, Love Sweet Love, which is available now on Chemical Music. Fun and infectious, the funky offering is a psychedelic space adventure for your ears, as witnessed as well by your eyes in the music video for their single “Holly.” For all of these reasons and more, we accepted the risk in taking on such a dangerous mission and spoke with Captain Danger for our latest seven question session.

In a year when human connections have been hard to come by, the connectivity experienced when listening to music has helped to keep many of us afloat in the sea of quarantine chaos. For singer-songwriter Sarah Cicero, that creative kinship has come from sharing her own experiences through her music, some of which are far too difficult to process outside of song. With her latest single “At Arms Length” available now, and her Cold Immaculate Opposite EP due April 9, we sat down with Cicero for our latest seven question session.

With his latest album now officially out into the world and continuing to build momentum for the country crooner’s career, Mason Lively is living the dream, but it’s still only a part of the bigger dream to come. Singles like “Happy Home” and “Love Ain’t Done a Damn Thing” offer a glimpse of a blindingly bright future to come for the Texas-born singer-songwriter and we are excited to sit down with him for a brand new seven question session.

It’s all good in the Ryanhood! Acoustic duo Ryan David Green and Cameron Hood are back with their latest album, Under the Leaves (due April 16), which highlights their complex hooks and lyrical truths, giving listeners both a reason to enjoy the tracks on a surface level, and, if they wish to explore further, an analytical adventure worth taking somewhere, shall we say, under the leaves. With singles “Wide Awake in a Dream” and “Appy Returns” available now, we’re sitting down with the twosome for a seven question session.

For many of us, listening to an album isn’t just an adventure for our ears, but also, our souls. With his latest album Different Shade of Blue, Nate Fredrick took it one step further, crafting memories as well as songs by bringing together a group of people who enhanced the recording experience, and in doing so, heightened what it means to create by doing it with friends. With tracks like “Paducah” and “Forget Ever Loving Me” chewing up Spotify plays, we sat down with Fredrick for a seven question session.

While self-producing the latest album for The Workday Release, singer-songwriter David Ottestad finally felt like his vision for the project had been realized. Releasing April 16 via Enci Records, Like the Light of Stars will kick off a new era for the Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, but you don’t have to wait to hear the fruits of Ottestad’s labor because the first single, “Say A lot With Light” is not only available now, but you can click the play button below for our brand new seven question session!

After mostly shelving her musical endeavors for years, Olivia Ellen Lloyd returned with a vengeance, producing the album Loose Cannon – available now on Brooklyn Basement Records – through the support of fans. Moved by the creative encouragement, the singer-songwriter constructed a record that is, in many ways, a snapshot of her life up to this point, and with songs like “Sorrow” and “Emily” leading this album-loving charge, we’re sitting down with the West Virginia native for a seven questions session.

Recorded entirely within Elizabeth Ziman’s home during quarantine, sincerely, e is an intimate listening party of emotional expression filled with experiences shared, though done in isolation. It is Elizabeth and the Catapult’s most stripped down album to date, and while it is raw and exposed, it is also comforting – a security blanket for the soul capable of being wrapped around you tightly, which is why we recently sat down with Ziman for our latest seven question session.