Best New Bands » Will Stratton http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Will Stratton Debuts Video For “Manzanita” http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/will-stratton-debuts-video-manzanita/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/will-stratton-debuts-video-manzanita/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:02:01 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34436 New York – Today Will Stratton is pleased to share the charming animated video for his track “Manzanita”. The track is taken from his recently released album Rosewood Almanac that came out in early May on Bella Union. The heartwarming track sees Stratton reflecting on age. In his own words: “I wrote Manzanita last spring.

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/will-stratton-debuts-video-manzanita/feed/ 0 Love Won’t Tear Us Apart http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/ariana-grande-love-wont-tear-us-apart/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/ariana-grande-love-wont-tear-us-apart/#comments Tue, 06 Jun 2017 23:45:17 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34420 London – The dreadful terrorist attack at the concert by Ariana Grande at Manchester Arena on 22 May followed by a further indiscriminate assault on people out for an evening in London just 12 days later cast a huge shadow over the simple pleasures of enjoying live music and socialising. The young singer understandably flew home, putting

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/ariana-grande-love-wont-tear-us-apart/feed/ 0 Will Stratton Mines Treasure with Rosewood Almanac http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/will-stratton-mines-treasure-rosewood-almanac/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/will-stratton-mines-treasure-rosewood-almanac/#comments Fri, 19 May 2017 17:31:30 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34390 London – The sense that you are uncovering something precious hits you just a verse or so into “Light Blue”, the opening round of ten songs that make up Rosewood Almanac, the new album by California-born New Yorker Will Stratton. The record is Stratton’s first for Bella Union and, notably following a career composed of

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