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Press Play At Home: Alaina Castillo Takes Listeners Through An "Indica" Headspace In Performance

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In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, singer/songwriter Alaina Castillo performs "Indica," a song as introspective and dreamy as its namesake
Morgan Enos
GRAMMYs
Mar 25, 2021 - 9:07 am

By the looks of it, Alaina Castillo has been raring to give the world a taste of "Indica."

"It's ab escaping to an alternate universe," she described in a March 18 tweet. "Manifesting that this song gives u the vibes you've been LOOKING FOR bc we finna chillllll," Castillo tweeted three days later. Now, "Indica" is out there, and it's as ethereal as the strain it's named after.

Alaina Castillo | Press Play At Home

In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, Castillo performs "Indica" in a neon-pink ether surrounded by her accompanists, seeming to swim through the air as she sings. 

This is an exclusive premiere of “Indica,” which will be released tonight. Check out the performance above and watch more episodes of Press Play At Home here.

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Press Play At Home: Ashe Finds Universality In The Small Things In "Me Without You" Performance

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In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, Ashe performs a pindrop version of “Me With You,” her ballad about taking stock of her surroundings and moving on after a breakup
Morgan Enos
GRAMMYs
May 6, 2021 - 9:57 am

Call it the John Prine approach: Make the verses tangible and specific and the chorus universal. Singer/songwriter Ashe begins her song “Me Without You” with everyday images: red velvet wallpaper, cigarette smoke, a passenger’s seat.

But something is amiss. The smoke is breathed by other lovers. The car drives into a wall. When the chorus picks up, it’s not hopeless or helpless at such developments. “I can be me without you/I don't feel lost without you,” Ashe sings, flipping the song’s theme from self-pity to self-actualization.

Ashe | Press Play At Home

In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, watch Ashe perform an intimate version of “Me Without You,” alone at an electric piano, letting her poetic words bloom on their own merits.

Watch the pindrop performance above and click here to enjoy more episodes of GRAMMY.com’s Press Play At Home.

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ReImagined At Home: Watch Jake Wesley Rogers Perform A Scintillating Version Of Brandi Carlile's "The Joke"

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In the latest episode of ReImagined At Home, watch singer/songwriter Jake Wesley Rogers perform Brandi Carlile's "The Joke" alone with a piano
Morgan Enos
GRAMMYs
Jun 29, 2021 - 12:36 pm

Brandi Carlile's "The Joke" didn't just net her a GRAMMY in 2018 for Best American Roots Performance & Song. Jake Wesley Rogers is showing how it can be a launchpad for volcanic displays of emotion.

In the below clip, the singer/songwriter—clad in a lacy, floral getup—performs "The Joke" with the gravitas of an old standard before letting his voice fly over a thunderous chord sequence.

Watch Jake Wesley Rogers Cover Brandi Carlile

Such is the latest episode of ReImagined At Home, where Rogers attacks a relatively recent tune like he's trying to carve out his own notch in the Tower of Song.

Watch the magnetic video above and click here to enjoy more episodes of ReImagined At Home.

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Press Play At Home: Watch Dodie Perform A Morning-After Version Of "Four Tequilas Down"

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In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, singer/songwriter dodie conjures a bleary last call in a hushed performance of "Four Tequilas Down"
Morgan Enos
GRAMMYs
Jun 24, 2021 - 8:38 am

"Four Tequilas Down" is as much a song as it is a memory—a half-remembered one. "Did you make your eyes blur?/So that in the dark, I'd look like her?" dodie, the song's writer and performer, asks. To almost anyone who's engaged in a buzzed rebound, that detail alone should elicit a wince of recognition.

Such is dodie's beyond-her-years mastery of her craft: Over a simple, spare chord progression, she can use an economy of words to twist the knife. "So just hold me like you mean it," dodie sings at the song's end. "We'll pretend because we need it."

In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, watch dodie stretch her songwriting muscles while conjuring a chemically altered Saturday night—and the Sunday morning full of regrets, too.

Watch Dodie Perform A Bleary "Four Tequilas Down"

Check out dodie's hushed-yet-intense performance of "Four Tequilas Down" above and click here to enjoy more episodes of Press Play At Home.

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Press Play At Home: Jade Bird

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Press Play At Home: Watch Jade Bird Perform An Incandescent Version Of "Different Kinds Of Light"

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In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, singer/songwriter Jade Bird performs her original song, "Different Kinds Of Light," picking her guitar and singing as clear as a bell
Morgan Enos
GRAMMYs
May 20, 2021 - 10:58 am

By now, it's practically beyond argument: Traditional singing and songwriting is making a big comeback. And English singer/songwriter Jade Bird is proof positive of this sea change in the music landscape.

As wonderful as trap beats and layers of experimental production can be, the metric for the integrity of a song still comes down to whether it's as powerful on a lone acoustic guitar. Bird clearly understands this.

Jade Bird Performs "Different Kinds Of Light"

In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, Bird performs her tune, "Different Kinds Of Light," with no bells or whistles besides the plainspoken power of her voice and words.

Check out Jade Bird's lovely, spare performance above and click here to enjoy more episodes of Press Play At Home.

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