Louisville's WFPK highlights Dev Marvelous' Road Angel Project contribution, which benefits Sweet Relief

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The pandemic may be winding down, and we may be able to take off masks, but there are plenty of folks still struggling to get back on their feet — especially in the music industry. Inara George’s Road Angel Project initiative with The Sweet Relief Musicians’ Fund continues. The most recent release is a hot (🔥 🔥 🔥), funky, and soulful vocal take on a chunk of the Bird and the Bee catalog by Louisville-based producer Dev Marvelous. When Dev reached out as a fan to make Inara aware of the tracks, she immediately decided to release them herself! Now we have Road Angel Project Presents: Dev Marvelous x The Bird and The Bee, available everywhere on Release Me Records.

Thanks to 91.9 WFPK FM for the local love. Go here for more info on Sweet Relief’s COVID-19 efforts.

The Times-Standard highlights Dev Marvelous

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Northern California’s Times-Standard caught wind of The Dev Marvelous’ new bird and the bee covers record, which benefits Sweet Relief Musician’s Fund. Learn more about the project, from Release Me Records.

Cover Me loves Dev Marvelous' "pulsing, vivid, and joyful" take on the bird and the bee's "La La La"

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”Though Dev Marvelous’ take on the bird and the bee’s ‘La La La’ may bear some hallmarks of a solo production made in COVID-imposed isolation,” Cover Me Songs writes, “this is bedroom pop of a different and brighter sort: pulsing, vivid, joyful… Elegant electric piano stabs, tinges of nouveau samba, a wormy synth and impressive vocal stacks run through the track, evoking some of the most infectious and synesthetic pop work from producer Greg Kurstin (the ‘Bee’ to Inara George’s ‘Bird’).”

Dev’s full, funky collection of bird and the bee covers is available now from Release Me Records.

MXDWN shares Dev Marvelous' funky synth cover of The Bird and the Bee's "La La La"

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MXDWN has coverage of the upcoming sixth volume of the Road Angel Project series and writes that Dev Marvelous’ cover of The Bird and the Bee’s “La La La” is “a funky synth jam” that transforms the song’s sound from “hazy psychedelic indie to jazzy funk pop.”

The complete collection of Dev’s covers will be out next Friday, April 16 on Release Me Records.

Atwood Magazine premieres Dev Marvelous' "mesmerizing, colorful and compelling spin" on The Bird And The Bee's "La La La," from his upcoming Road Angel Project release

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Atwood Magazine says Dev Marvelous’ new cover of The Bird and the Bee’s “La La La” is a “mesmerizing, colorful immersion of upbeat melodies and hot funk sounds” that finds Dev Marvelous “putting his own compelling spin on The Bird and the Bee’s original, first released on their self-titled debut album in 2007." Link in bio, along with an interview with Dev and Inara George about the project.

The track is from the upcoming sixth edition of George’s Road Angel Project series of charity compilation releases in conjunction with Sweet Relief. This volume is entirely comprised of Dev’s covers of songs by The Bird and The Bee, and it’ll be streaming everywhere starting Friday, March 26. The full set is out on April 16!

MXDWN shares the spare "Southern Nights," by Michael Andrews featuring Inara George, from Release Me's Road Angel Project

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Thanks MXDWN for sharing “Southern Nights,” the Allen Toussaint cover from Michael Andrews Inara George that appears on the newest volume of the 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 from Release Me Records. All proceeds from the releases go to Sweet Relief - learn more sweetrelief.org.

Find and follow this Spotify playlist to stay up-to-date with all releases in the series.