![]() ![]() Oh, you're talking about that song that, like, shapes your soul for the rest of your life. ![]() MADDEN: Rodney, we've all had those moments in adolescence - right? - where you hear a song and it just sticks with you forever. MADDEN: And when was this? Like, how old were you? RICO NASTY: (Rapping) I don't need your opinion. MADDEN: The music video opens with Rico alone in a low-lit hallway, chunky black boots, smeared eyeliner and Rico's expression - that smirk of defiance over screaming guitar chords. If I'm getting money, then you know we all. RICO NASTY: (Rapping) Don't worry about a b**** who never been in your place. I know for a fact it - one of the music videos was "Smack A B****." Definitely. ![]() And at one of her house parties, she had music video after music video of Rico Nasty just playing. TALILLE JARO: I was over at a friend's house, and she was always having kind of, like, house parties. “The low-key space in the middle of the city ended up being an unintentionally appropriate setting for this acoustic rendition of the tune.A warning before we begin - this podcast is explicit in every way, and this episode mentions suicidal thoughts. Today, Canyon City releases an elegantly simple acoustic video of “Alone With You,” a poignant and moving track from Midnight Waves about being present and embracing the fleeting beauty of a moment.”This in-studio video was shot by my close friends, Electric Peak Creative, in my home studio in Nashville a few months after releasing the record,” he recalls. “At the end of the process, for me Constellation is a picture of the experience of hope with limited sight-sometimes painfully stuck in the dark between the few known points of light, but trying to interpret the greater image nonetheless, maybe acknowledging both the truth and naivety in the hope that perception changes reality.” ![]() With the new album, Johnson experimented with new textures and sounds to push the boundaries of folk music while still preserving its soul. That’s part of the reason I spent a month in a Minnesota cabin to record and finish Constellation, to further dive in and see what’s been waiting for a pause in the inner/mental conversation to speak up and voice its opinion.” “As with the first record, I strive for all the songwriting to come from a sort of resigned honesty, using music to articulate the honest-and at times uncomfortable-whispers that required the silence of an empty room to hear. “ Constellation feels to me like both a refinement of my sound as Canyon City, and also a departure to explore some new territory in the production and lyrical theme,” explains Johnson. With 2016’s glorious album Midnight Waves under its musical belt, Canyon City will unleash its next effort, Constellation, on October 6th. With almost 700,000 monthly Spotify listeners and over six million streams, Johnson’s accolades have been achieved independently and organically, luring and enticing the masses with his raw talent and minimalist production. Through simplicity, creativity and beauty shine, adding elegance and sophistication to words and sounds writer and producer Paul Johnson, the creative force behind Nashville indie folk outfit Canyon City, is living proof. ![]()
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