FLYAH MAGAZINE

Jamie Michael died tragically in a house fire. He was a musical genius. He would just hear the music in his head and he would tap it out on a keyboard. He wrote most of the lyrics himself for the songs on the album "Jamie Michael Love & War". His mother Jannis wrote all the lyrics for the  song "I thought You Loved Me". Jamie and his friend Andrew wrote the music and all three worked on the arrangement together. It was professionally recorded in Los Angeles. Jamie wrote the music and the lyrics for "War On the Streets" himself. It was recorded professionally in Los Angeles as were all the tracks on the album. His mother wrote  the bridge in  three of the songs and  is a featured singer on four of the songs. His little sister Chrissy sang backup with their mother on the song "Surrender Your Heart". After Jamie's death his mother Jannis produced the album and submitted it for internet airplay. The album is currently playing on internet...

Andy is from Perth, Austrailia; Poet, composer, singer and guitarist, Andy is a wonderful breath of fresh of fresh air in a somewhat cynical and tumultuous musical world. Andy has established a popular following over the years with his works constantly compared with modern contemporary artists “The Script”, “James Blunt” and “Maroon 5”, as well as international Legends Cat Stevens and Neil Young. His voice is unique and gives passion and vitality to his songs. His lyrics are intelligent and profound, yet innocent and appealing. His music empowers his words .    Although his songs have been described as “True Adult Contemporary Music, his  arrangements and music  are  also reminiscent of Cold Play, Pink Floyd and Peter Gabriel. His voice is unique and gives passion and vitality to all his songs and for added soul inspiring impact, on several songs he also enlisted the amazing vocal talent of UK born Kerrie Ironside.   Andy has played guitar s...

Model, Actress, and Singer Songwriter Nikita Aliess was born in Conway South Carolina and grew up as a military brat traveling the world with her family. She would notice even as a child how much music and modeling would mean to her. Writing songs for herself and others has brand and sculpture her into a phenomenal artist. She continues to push the envelope by never giving up on her dreams and living up to her own expectations. With God’s help and the love and support of family and friends Nikita manage to stay on top.

Teddy Hayes returns with a nice love song that has a sexy groove. The name of the song is called "Slow Dance"; it's inspired by great musicians like Smokey Robinson, The Main Ingredient & the Chi-Lites. With the 70's feel, Slow Dance can catch the ears of all crowds especially if you're an old soul. It brings me back to good times when families were close and mothers and fathers will slow dance the night away. The lyrics are very sensual and puts you in a mindset of a man and woman lost in love and inspired by one's passion. The beat is very smooth and has a substantial mixing of piano strings percussion instruments and so forth. Teddy's voice compliments with desire to persuade a lady to slow dance with him. In the video version of the song, many of couples (young and old) are resembled practicing the tradition of slow dancing. A song that stands the test of time, Slow Dance is a quintessential piece of old-school romance, togetherness, devotion,...

Popularly known as Ach Zamar, is a mixed spectrum of a singer, songwriter, and astute producer is enthusiastic about transforming lives through good music. Over the years, the self-taught musician and multi-instrumentalist, has lived up to the hype, representing his name, ‘Zamar’ meaning, “Make music in praise of the most high.” Born to music, Zamar has had a flair for music from a tender age. He wrote his first song at the age of twelve. Surprisingly, the musical genius even had an affinity for music even as a toddler as he started playing instruments at age three. As he grew, he upped his game by becoming deeply rooted in his craft. Zamar’s musicality is evident in his ability to create thought-provoking, reflective, and meaningful music. Driven to create peerless music, he has thoughtfully used music as a means to advocate for the black community. Having witnessed firsthand, the gruesome nature of the world, Zamar is moved to create an awareness through soul-piercing ...

The streets have been talking. Social media has been talking. Now, 100 Keys Entertainment is proud to announce the release of the latest single “Versace Vision” from rapper and songwriter, Kaio Kane, available everywhere January 5.  “Versace Vision” is an ode to big dreams of success and the hustle to get there. After taking over New York airwaves in Summer 2017, this North Carolina native is preparing to secure his spot among the 2018 Hip Hop artists to watch. Versace Vision is the first single off his debut album, “Scratching The Surface,” set to be released January 26.  Kaio Kane was featured on the single “Nightmares,” with label mates G-Wreck and Wave Gotti, which received nearly 800,000 views on WorldStar Hip Hop. The trio then followed up that success with “100 Keys,” which received 1.6 million views on the site. Both songs spent weeks in rotation on New York radio stations, Hot 97 and Power 105.  “I’m the director of my future. You have to put in the hust...

Born Benville A Gustaffe to Susan and Charles Gustaffe, Raggs began singing in the church at 8 years old. In 1975, "Raggs" heard the Bob Marley and The Wailers and it ignited a passion for reggae music and to perform. Raggs Gustaffe is one of the most entertaining artists, his stage presence is captivating, with a voice that brings visions of the great reggae artists of all time like Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs, Peter Tosh, and Dennis Brown, not to mention his original music. He and his band Bush Doktor has performed in Europe, Asia, the USA, Canada and the Caribbean, and currently perform regularly at Zola’s in Spokane, WA. For historical reference 'Born Under The Clock' means one was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and this lifelong friendship of Singer/Songwriter Raggs Gustaffe & Producer/Songwriter/Author Sonny Cole was born in Kingston, under the Half-Way-Tree Clock. A lifetime ago a bunch of friends while sitting under an Almond Tree playing Domino'...

The April Fools began as a studio project for singer/songwriter Brian Drake, who intended to record a batch of his songs with help from a wide network of players to flesh out the tunes. Guitar, bass, and drums would be augmented by horn players, strings, woodwinds, keyboards, vocalists, and more depending on the specific song. The songs themselves spanned a broad spectrum—rock to straight-up country to alt-country/Americana to blue-eyed soul to Brit-pop to folk to 70’s AM radio and more. The four band members got together for their first jam on September 15, 2013 with the agreement that this was simply a project—a project with a beginning and an end. Then, a funny thing happened; they became a band. The ease of collaboration—the charmed chemistry that presented itself—was apparent almost immediately and they all knew, without saying anything about it, this was something they wanted to continue to do as an ensemble. Finding a cohesive thread with which to bring together those d...

Secondhand Habit is a high voltage rock band based out of Victoria BC. With their inspirations and style evolving over time, they have been compared to the likes of Nirvana, Mastodon, and Alice in Chains. Currently they have embarked on two Canadian Secondhand Habit's song is called "From the Ashes", an hard rock jam that can be played at concerts, garages or festivals. 

The original idea of Sundown Delay was to create a final platform (since his former band dissolved) from where Svante Widerström could throw the 10 songs he writes every year into the great nothingness. A one-man band would not only have non-exist issues with drop out members. It would also mean total creative control. But it would also mean no fun. So when old friend Nanne Westerholm offered his service from behind the drums Svante of course was happy. Together they recorded "Catching Up With The Future" 2015. But as a duo they weren't able to play live. To be considered as a band they needed at lest a bass-player. They found the missing piece in Björn Ericsson and recorded the mini LP "Rubik's Cube Is Fighting Back" which was released in april 2016. The record was critically acclaimed but since drummer Nanne Westerholm left the band in june same year there wasn't too much action. The replacement was called Tobias Wiik and after playing a few g...

On Nov. 20 Undecided Future was chosen by Jason Derulo as the winner of his episode 3, a Ryan Seacrest’s global music competition called ‘Best.Cover.Ever.’ The video currently has over 7 million views, and is exclusively on YouTube.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyhLwVuBqEg&t=1016s Undecided Future’s dropped a new single, “Intoxicated” dropped December 5 th  2017 on iTunes. Their fan base has been growing locally and organically for the past 6 years. They have become known for their feel-good lyrics with great hooks, genre-smashing compositions, a unique combination of vocal harmonies and a relentless energy on stage. Inseparable since high school, Undecided Future is an Indie Pop band formed in 2012, all five were students of Commercial Music and Film & TV at Orange County School of the Arts, Santa Ana. They had professional musicians as teachers in high school, and were taught at a young age, from the best in the business and were able to get a ju...

The Houston Bernard Band is a must see! The bad boy of Boston country has assembled a group of musicians that bring vitality and grit to modern country. Their brand of original country music is fresh and hard hitting. Houston delivers one crowd pleasing country anthem after another with both polish and passion, while the band cooks up the good stuff; tight, modern country beats, soaring harmonies and expertly crafted solos. Nominated for Country Act of the Year in 2015, 2016 nd 2017 and Having share bills with Old Dominion, Clint Black, Cadillac Three, The Lacs, Montgomery Gentry, Dierks Bentley, Travis Tritt, Jake Owen, Eli Young Band, Josh Thompson, Scotty McCreery, Pure Prairie League among many other great acts they are considered one of New England’s most respected country acts. In 2014 they released Houston Bernard LP, with a successful international line dance hit "Shaky People." In 2015 they Release "Knockin' Boots" to some international success wit...

"Lost for the Night" is a club banger with a reggae twist; hearing the instrumental fits for the mainstream radio lane both digitally and physically. The influence behind this record reminds me of T-Pain, Drake, and Tory Lanez; a record designed for the night time vibe at a club and may lead to someone falling in love. Imagining behind the narrative of Lost for the night is a group of people in the club enjoying the drinks dancing and having a good time. If i had to rate this song on the scale of 1 to 10; i'll give it a 8 for consistency quality and replay value.  Hailing from Newark New Jersey comes one of the most dynamic and versatile artists in sometime. Todays music industry has become wide open and undeniable. No longer are artists confined to a box, the art of hip hop has become the sound of pop music. The Rapper and the singer has become interchangeable. G-Wreck is the voice of his generation and is prepared to take his rightful place and lead the ne...

In her debut track ‘Home’, Irish indie artist Susie Q takes on some of the challenges facing the world and offers a powerful appeal for peace and understanding. The stirring new video for the song features footage from around the world, capturing some of the chronic suffering that has emerged from the war in Syria and the resulting refugee crisis. It also blends in images of faces from people across the globe, all accompanying a song whose message is reminiscent of John Lennon’s seminal classic Imagine. The song features Irish indie veterans Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Graham Hopkins, Justin Carroll from the Frames, and ex Lír duo Rob Malone and Colm Quearney, who co-produced the track with Susie Q. It was mixed and mastered by Grammy award winner David Odlum. Website:  http://www.susieqmusic.com   Photos/Wav/ISRC:  http://bit.ly/2EDq1yD   Facebook video link:  http://bit.ly/2DQilb8   Youtube:  http://bit.ly/2C98Ljb   Instagram link:  ht...

An article highlighting the 5 New Orleans New Comers with 2018 Grammy Potential, and quickly there was a response via Twitter from New Orleans DJ Pioneer,  E.F. Cuttin  saying that someone was left out and that someone was  Negus.  In 2016, Negus ran up the score in New Orleans, from throwing, and headlining his own concerts, to collaborating with Grammy award winning Producer,  Chase N. Cashe , Negus did it all. Now, in 2017, Negus plans to keep his foot on the gas. We sat down in the studio with Negus yesterday, and he played us a bunch of new music, recorded new music for us on the spot, and showed us this “Extra” video, which featured another extremely talented New Orleans New Comer,  Million$ . “Extra” is directed by  Quincy Scott , who is one of the most consistent shooters in New Orleans, and it shows the lifestyle that Negus often times rap about, and one that he actually lives. You can check out the video for “Extra” below, and be s...

Groovy, soothing, sensual with a twist of southern inspired sounds in a rhythmic beat; these are the few things to describe what a instrumental of this nature consist of. When I hear this song called "Bounce", it brings just that... a bounce in the head shoulders and even hips if anyone dances to it. The composition of this tune opens a mental portal where someone can be in a vibe of feeling a breeze outside on a sunny day distancing themselves from worries becoming relaxed in the world of Jazz. A tune of this caliber deserves to be played among friends and used as a tool to enlighten many others to keep genre of Jazz alive. Jazzgroupiez have made it known that they're time has come and approaching on the scene to leave a mark for not only the younger generation but to bring forth a revisiting to the older ones as well. If I had to rate "Bounce", I will give it a 9 for authenticity performance and confidence in carrying the torch of many jazz musicians be...