Category: Videos

ash.ØK – ‘Shattered On The Inside’ ft. Conkarah x DJ Jounce

May 10, 2018

Better known by his performing name ash.ØK, Philadelphia-based producer Ashok Kailath is one of the most versatile around, with his excellent ear and refreshing cutting edge vision which enables him to turn to gold anything he works on. His debut album, ‘The Unravelled’, takes his talents and combines them with his expertly chosen team of collaborators, including Indian percussionist Jomy George, the pan-ethnic West Philadelphia Orchestra and Grammy-award-winning cellist Tina Guo. ash.ØK follows up the powerful title track which was released last year, with his brand new single, ‘Shattered On The Inside’, which picks up where ‘The Unravelled’ left off.

Adrian Conner – ‘Airport Coffee’

May 10, 2018

Adrian Conner is a very busy lady. Familiar to regular readers of Essentially Pop as one half of duo Beaux Cheveux (with Clementine providing the other half), Adrian is also the lead guitarist in an all female AC/DC cover band, Hell’s Belles. Now Adrian has a solo EP coming out, ‘SpazKitty’, on which she’s not only performed but also written, produced, edited and engineered. Adrian is certainly the definition of an independent artist and we’re not even going to pretend it’s a coincidence that her new single is named ‘Airport Coffee’, because she likely needs a few coffees (not necessarily airport ones) to get through all she manages to do.

Herb Alpert – ‘What A Wonderful World’

May 4, 2018

There must be very few people who’ve not at least heard of Herb Alpert. The Grammy award winning trumpeter, singer, and songwriter has had a career of more than 60 years, and has reached the number one spot on the album charts no fewer than five times with his band, the Tijuana Brass. Love, joy and creativity have always been the primary motivators in Alpert’s life, and behind his work as one of the founders of A&M Records, and they’re also pivotal to his mission with the Herb Alpert Foundation.