Música: Russell Howard City Heart + Sampler

Singer/songwriter Russell Howard's irresistible and intimate blend of indie, folk, and pop with a touch of honeyed 1960s soul has charmed a substantial number of fans. As a hardworking indie artist with no label, Howard raised an impressive $11,000 through a Kickstarter campaign to support his debut EP, City Heart. The reception to the EP has been so positive that it’s being released in an expanded edition July 30th on Rock Ridge Music as City Heart +. This new incarnation augments the EP with freshly recorded acoustic versions of the core tracks, and masterfully crafted bonus cuts that showcase Howard’s artistic growth.

City Heart is about the rewards and struggles of self-discovery, and it shimmers with awe, melancholy, and steely optimism. The transcendent EP single “Home Sweet Home” is elegantly rustic with pastoral acoustic guitars, tenderly yearning vocals, and subtle touches of glowing atmospheric ambiance. “Under The Weight”’s graceful road-weary introspection evokes first-rate contemporary Laurel Canyon folk-pop. Also within City Heart is a theme of lost young love, bookended by the sublime, wide-eyed and carefree “Safe To Say” and the soaring and aching beauty of “You, Me & Someday.”