At South By Southwest, we were completely blown away by Houston’s Robert Ellis. We even caught a secret house show concert with his other band – the insanely bluesy soul-jazz outfit that shall remain nameless, in which Ellis plays bass – the night before his New West Records day party gig. We’ve included Ellis’ “Westbound [...]

Sitting in the BMI offices for an industry junket trip to Nashville a few months ago, Ponderosa’s singer and main songwriter Kalen Nash levels with you. “I can’t write a lie,” he says, as the band’s keyboardist John Dance nods approvingly. But you also get the feeling that the reasons behind Nash’s songwriting ethics come [...]