#Azure Ray

Azure Ray Return with a Remedy More than a Decade in the Making

From the first notes of the bright, blissful "Sleep" on their self-titled debut, it was clear that Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor had tapped into something angelic with their indie folk project Azure Ray. Forming in Athens, Georgia in 2001 and eventually moving to Omaha, Nebraska to immerse...

Annie White

INTERVIEW + PREMIEREMaria Taylor of Flower Moon Records

Sometimes a new record has a familiarity to it that feels like curling up under a warm blanket. Flower Moon Records Compilation Friends and Family Vol 1 puts a listener at ease; its laid-back cadence urges you to close your eyes and relax. These are old friends reintroducing themselves. Dead...

Ashley Prillaman

BAND OF THE MONTHHigh Up Premieres "Alabama to the Basement"

.. really good? Christine Fink has one of those voices. She'd relegated her talents to karaoke nights in crowded Alabama bars - that is, until her sister Orenda, well-known for her work with Saddle...

Ashley Prillaman

INTERVIEWMaria Taylor

Nicole Ortiz

ARTIST PROFILEOrenda Fink

Singer/songwriter Orenda Fink’s third solo album Blue Dream challenges this concept of looking within one’s self to answer questions in life. Prompted by a series of dreams about death, Orenda began writing truly personal songs that expressed precisely what she experienced through her dreams. On August 19th when Blue Dream is released, the world will gain a better understanding of Orenda’s thought process.

IJ Merenini