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Fust
Alternative/Indie Rock, Roots Rock, Indie Folk, Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Apple - Featured Albums: Fust - Big Ugly
Fust began life as the solo project of South Carolina songwriter Aaron Dowdy, who combined raw, occasionally painful life experiences in the southern United States with a literary sensibility. With the addition of other musicians, Fust became a band and collaborated with some critical darlings of the 2020s indie scene, earning critical plaudits with albums like 2023’s Genevieve and 2025’s Big Ugly. Dowdy's storytelling bent comes from a life lived in Appalachia; born in West Virginia in 1992 and raised in Bristol, Virginia, he began writing and self-recording his own music at the age of 11. Over time, he began honing his compositional voice to tell stories of people he shared homes and communities with -- forged by the circumstances and the history of the region, grappling with a past they didn’t always want to define them -- set to a pleasing mix of indie rock and country stylings. After… Read More
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Lucio Corsi
Italian Pop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Italian Music, Western European Traditions, Adult Contemporary
Italy Chart: Volevo essere un duro (Universal) - #1
Part singer/songwriter and part ‘70s glam revival, Lucio Corsi's musical style is not what chart-watchers in his native Italy might expect to attract audiences the most. And yet, a decade into his career, that’s exactly what happened; following a fistful of moderate sellers like Cosa faremo da grandi? (2020) and La gente che sogna (2023), the title track to Corsi's fourth album, 2025’s Volevo essere un duro, became a favorite at the country’s Sanremo Festival -- and, thanks to a surprise move by the festival’s winner, Corsi found himself and his song representing his homeland at that year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Born in the Tuscan city of Grosseto in 1993, Corsi came from modest roots: his family owned a nearby restaurant while his mother was a painter. At the age of 11, Corsi began writing songs in earnest, taking inspiration from countrymen like Paolo Conte and… Read More