The 'For All Time' LP is out now: https://mayerhawthorne.lnk.to/foralltime

“What am I to build, if my hands are broken, if I’m not the chosen one?” sings Steven McKellar of Civil Twilight on “Story of An Immigrant”, over a lush, dynamic beat that evokes the sounds of his native South Africa while steeped in the band’s everevolving present. The foursome (Steven, his brother and guitarist Andrew, drummer Richard Wouters and Kevin Dailey on keys and guitar) are living proof of what happens when you stop worrying about being the chosen one and make music built on both the roots that grew you and the love that keeps you thriving every day. Civil Twilight’s songs embrace every corner of human emotion, balancing delicate, poetic lyrics with sweeping arrangements that touch all the senses: a phrase to make you think; a rolling drumbeat you can feel in your bones; a guitar vamp as illustrative as a picture; a shimmer of keys whose light can nearly be seen and heard. Produced by Ben H. Allen (Gnarls Barkley, Bombay Bicycle Club, Cut Copy), their third record on Wind-Up is built on this vibrancy, on the permanent dust of a Cape Town youth; on the connection that unites them all as brothers beyond blood and on their new home in America where they pull from the innate, thriving musicianship of Nashville, where they live. When you listen to Civil Twilight, from their self-titled debut, to 2012’s widely lauded Holy Weather to now, it’s easy to understand why the band has topped five million YouTube views and reached historic success with film and television syncs – because it’s music you can’t shake, that translates experience into moments and creates melodies that become imbedded deep under the skin. We’re all immigrants, in some way, and Civil Twilight’s singing our national anthem.

Ghost Pipe is the tribal/medicine music project of holistic psychotherapist and professor of psychology and counseling, Connor Wills. Based  in New Jersey (USA) and southern Colombia,  Ghost Pipe's music aims to support others on their spiritual journey and inspire those who feel called to ceremonial plant medicine as a potential path to their healing.

Since 2024 Ghost Pipe has been honored to share lineups in Colombia, Nicaragua, and The United States with diverse acts including Ms. Lauryn Hill, DJ Drez, Papadosio, Savej, Zion Marley, M.C. Yogi, Consider The Source, Tauk, Lily Fangz, Skysia, CRSPY, Drumspyder, Couch, Toubab Krewe, Holy River, Natalie Brooke, Sicard Hollow, The Snozzberries, Solar Circuit, and more. 

Ghost Pipe's hybrid DJ and live percussion performances are always 100% unplanned and improvised but tend to lean toward tribal music from South America and West Africa, held with great respect and reverence.  Folks in attendance can expect to hear improvisational sampled spoken word wisdom from experts in trauma healing, spiritual leaders past and present, and indigenous healers from around the world. This is music as a modality for healing.
IG: @GhostPipeMusic
Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/2o7h2v8GIPxgOUs0WPxomq

Music featured in Maharani Medicine ⚘️💙

Established 1999. Releasing newfangled and archival sounds. 

Driven by a powerful female vocal presence ranging from fire to silk, Mantraverse draws from the power of soul, the swing of jazz, the force of rock, the depths of psychedelic improv and the groove of funk. Materializing inDecember of 2012, Mantraverse hails from Binghamton NY where they've been writing, performing live and rehearsing for their first tour Summer 2013. Dates coming soon!

Wind-up Entertainment, one of the largest independently-owned music companies, was founded in 1997. The company was responsible for establishing and breaking many multi-platinum and diamond artists over the years. Wind-up Records continues to develop and build a great young roster of alternative artists, such as Civil Twilight, The Virginmarys, Young Guns, The Griswolds, Strange Talk and The Revivalists. The roster also includes amazing singer-songwriters Five for Fighting, Jillette Johnson and Genevieve. True to its history, great rockers like The Darkness, Filter, James Durbin, Aranda and our newest signing, Crobot, will keep Wind-up Records a powerhouse in the rock world. The Company also has Wind-up Publishing, which includes many of its label signings and 251 Management which represents careers of music artists and television personalities.

<b>Gary Clark Jr </b>
Warner Records
Austin TX

Vanguard Records, part of Concord Bicycle Music’s Fantasy Label Group, is one of the world’s leading independent record labels. Its eclectic roster of quality artists includes Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Switchfoot, O.A.R., Flogging Molly, Parachute, Sallie Ford, Matt Nathanson, Chris Isaak, Barenaked Ladies, Greg Laswell, Trevor Hall, Indigo Girls, and more. It’s rich history of catalog artists features Levon Helm, Merle Haggard, Joan Baez, Mindy Smith, Buddy Guy, Big Mama Thornton, Junior Wells, John Fahey, to name a few.

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