Indie spotlight for May 3, 2015 (Show 57)

Sugar Lime Blue is capturing listeners with its grooving style of blues infused rock. Drawing from an ever expanding list of original material and far reaching covers, SLB will keep listeners on their toes waiting to hear what is next and how it is going to be played. Pulling from staple R&B artist like Otis Redding, Al Green and Bill Withers, classic jam style bands like Little Feat and the Grateful Dead, and current day rockers like Sheryl Crow, and the Black Crowes, Sugar Lime Blue pulls off a retro type of vibe with a sound that you probably won't be able to compare immediately to any one artist     @Sugarlimeblue

Hannah Thomas has never liked labels, or playing just one kind of music. Amy Ray (of the Indigo Girls) describes Hannah’s music best. (Hannah has) "the soul of old country, and that will always be there, but she's also a diehard rocker with some punk thrown in the mix" Hannah has been playing that music for everyone who will listen. Having played over 200 shows in the past 18 months in more places than she can count, she also made time to record the 7 songs on her newest studio CD, “Goodbye on Wasted Time”     @htmusic

Brent Tyler combines an aggressive acoustic style with a soulful voice and lungs befit of his literal seven-foot stature. Brent Tyler balances the soft subtlety of honest and introspective folk music with catchy and powerful pop/rock hooks and melodies born of his childhood influences and contemporary crushes. Tyler's giant sound has evolved into his own versatile, skillful, and unique musical style, drawing people in with his physical presence and surprisingly warm and elastic vocal range.     @brentyler

The Paper Trains are an Americana string band, drawing influences from Blues, Roots, Country and Folk traditions. They regularly play in and around the UK, performing their own vocally-loaded foot stompers, as well as distinctive arrangements of popular and little-known ditties.     @thepapertrains