Ellie Barber is Ollella, she grew up in Seattle and started to study the cello from the age of 9. She previously worked as a creative director for a climate research institute aiming to further public awareness of climate change, but shifted to a full time musical career five years ago. The fruits of her labours are the recently released album, her second, entitled, ‘Antifragile’ from which ‘Mothers & Colors’ is taken. The album offers aspects of resilience – facing a chaotic world, with political noise and volatility and responding appropriately to these myriad stressors. ‘Antifragile‘ suggests an optimistic perspective on the durability of human nature to navigate uncertain times. It’s that, or just give in, right?
Ollella expounds on the meaning of colour within the song: “Mothers can be deeply sad: blues, purples, and mothers can be considered crazy and described as red and orange. And mothers can be joyful and full of love: yellows.” With it’s changing time signatures and unusual combination of instrumentation it’s an imaginative take on the singer-songwriter stance.
"I've been running for such a long time", sings KaiL Baxley on ‘Beneath the Bones’, the title track from his latest album. Indeed, it seems that he has, having lived a life that is almost filmic; full of highs and lows, strange characters and, finally, redemption. When he was a…
KaiL Baxley has one of those incredible back stories that really are hard to believe. From having dance offs with James Brown, to being an aspiring US Olympic boxing team member who lost his way on that path after a run in with the law. He has a gunshot wound…
'Gimme What You Got' is the brand new single from Australian singer-songwriter Tom West, which is released tomorrow on AntiFragile Music as a taster for the upcoming album 'I'm Livin'', which is out on June 18th. There's something of an irony in the song title as Tom West explained: "'Gimme…
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
