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Cassie Jo Calls Back to Classic Country with “Broken at the Crossroads”
Cassie Jo, a Portland native, was raised in a home where music was always a major part of her life.
“Country Music has always been about storytelling, and boy do I have a story to tell,” commented Cassie Jo. “I grew up listening to Bob Seger, AC/DC, and Guns N’ Roses. I transitioned to country during middle school with Reba McEntire, The Chicks, and Shania Twain. More recently, Miranda Lambert and Pistol Annies.”
With songs like “She’s Not Loving Him,” “Couldn’t Be You,” and “Give Me Good Reason,” Cassie Jo’s choices on song titles are reminiscent of Country Music’s long history of life’s love and pain. The album’s single, “Last Star,” features her signature acoustic guitar style and soaring vocal chorus.
“Mom got me my first guitar,” reminisces Cassie Jo, referring to her mother, Reda Bell Stroup. “I memorized the picture chords out of a vintage music book. Even though I was in choir and band, music theory was not my strong suit. I played what sounded good. Music has pulled me through some rough, bumpy roads. Releasing this album signifies my healing.”
BentBeat Producers Austin Kvalvik and Krista Westfall took the helm to assist Cassie Jo see her vision come to life in the studio. Enlisting local Oregon artists such as Dustin Rose, playing Bend-made Breedlove acoustic guitars, Paul Harris and Matt Sumner, both on drums and percussion, Maddie Desmond on violin, as well as tapping BentBeat’s owner, Dave Beatty, on acoustic guitar and keyboards.
“The BentBeat Team did a great job taking Cassie Jo through the album she wanted to record,” said Beatty. “Austin’s electric guitar and Krista’s vocal work was exactly what these songs needed. If I listen (to the album) while closing my eyes, the songs bring back memories of endless hours driving through the Midwest, tuning into AM radio as a youth.”
“Broken at the Crossroads” album is available for sale on Amazon (CD), and is streaming now on Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and wherever you find great music.
About BentBeat Productions: BentBeat is based in Portland, Oregon. Primarily focusing on partnering with musicians to produce, record, and release high quality broadcast-level music through streaming services, social media and traditional distribution. The entire catalog is available on Amazon, Spotify, Apple Music and all major music sites. Please join in supporting musicians.
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CryptaBox Releases New Music Video “A Coded Sunrise” from Their Latest Album Digital Balance
The new video blends atmospheric cyber-visuals, glitch-art elements, and dynamic motion to reflect the sonic identity of the track – a fusion of ambient textures, industrial pulses, and futuristic electronic rhythm structures. “A Coded Sunrise” represents the project’s signature sound: a balance between algorithmic precision and emotional depth.
Watch the official music video:
https://youtu.be/DiqUOV1HPjQ
The release continues CryptaBox’s artistic direction, focusing on digital symbolism, human-machine interaction, and the evolution of consciousness in a technology-driven world. The album Digital Balance consists of multiple tracks inspired by themes of transformation, digital expression, and the search for harmony in an increasingly accelerated reality.
Listen to and download the full album Digital Balance:
https://soundcloud.com/cryptabox
CryptaBox emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to creativity — combining music, visual art, and experimental forms of digital storytelling. Each release aims to expand the conceptual space of electronic music while staying accessible to a wide audience.
Official project website:
CryptaBox website
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The new Digital Music Single release by Ami Cannon is entitled “Daddy’s Coming Home For A Country Christmas”. It is a Christmas song with an Indie, Singer-Songwriter, Country & Western feel. Instrumentally it combines a bass, drums, electric guitar and a steel pedal guitar. It combines the instruments with a melody and Inspirational Holiday lyrics that tell a heartfelt story of a mother telling her children that their Daddy is coming home for Christmas.
The new Digital Music Single by Billy Ray Charles is entitled “I Treat My Woman Better Than I Treat My Wife” Radio Edit. It is a happy, energetic Blues song that can be described as is a cross between Louisiana Shuffle Blues and Southern Soul. It has a happy, energetic feel and a lively beat that is meant to get people moving.
Lyrically, it is a serio-comic story about a guy that has both a wife and a girl friend.
“We have two really strong releases this week,” said Loveforce International CEO Mark Thomas. “We have one song that kicks off ‘A Loveforce Christmas’ with three more different kind of Christmas songs following next month, and a radio edit of very catchy song,” he said. “All told, listeners should be happy with this day after Thanksgiving happy pair of releases,” he continued.
The pair of new Digital Music Singles will be released to Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Instagram, Facebook, Claro Musica, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Deezer, KK Box, Boomplay, Media Net, Touchtones, Soundtrack by Twitch, Snapchat, NetEase, Anghami, TikTok, Resso, Flo, Audio Mack, Kuack, Pretzel, Gio Saavan, Yandex and Pretzel.
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