Dear August and More Emerging Artist News
It’s Friday which typically means new releases from both established musicians and artists hoping to make it big. At CRY, you know we’re only focused on the indie artists, so here are a few projects to listen to this weekend.
Kimberly August
After the success of her first single, Wallflower, accumulated over 3 million streams on Spotify, Kimberly August stepped away from music for four years. Now she’s back with a new EP titled Dear August and it’s like she never left.
Kim’s fanbase has stuck with her. She still gets over 70,000 streams/month with only one song. With the release of Dear August, she’s ready to share that soulful voice with the world and reconnect with her audience which stretches across South America.
Follow Kimberly on Instagram to keep up with all her releases.
Riffic Da Gul
Riffic’s EP is called Novah Marie, after his youngest daughter. The week she was born, he was compelled to get back into the booth after about a 2-year hiatus. Novah Marie chronicles the last year in which a lot has happened for Riffic. As he continues to work off of her energy, he attributes those blessings to his daughter and the energy she has brought into his journey.
Check out Riffic on IG.
Okandi
Okandi has spent the majority of 2020/21 isolating, incubating & rebuilding. The O. Children singer-songwriter, producer & independent digital artist is taking time out from this exciting but gruelling endeavour to release latest single C.M.W.I.F (Catch Me When I Fall), an infectious call to action & championing of diversity, inclusivity and freedom for all. Self-released August 5 under newly formed music & emerging tech studio Okandi Worldwide.
C.M.W.I.F is equal parts vulnerable & anthemic. Produced by Okandi, alongside Barny Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, Everyone You Know, Sam Fender, MIA) on engineering duties at the legendary Bluebell Hill Studios in Kent. This will be the first time the pair have linked up since producing O. Children’s self-titled 2009 debut LP which was voted #21 on Post Punk.com’s best albums of the decade (2010–2019).
