{"id":28803,"date":"2021-10-04T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/?p=28803"},"modified":"2021-09-29T21:28:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T02:28:50","slug":"the-gold-souls-w-kjag-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/the-gold-souls-w-kjag-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gold Souls w\/KJAG Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. -->\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/logo.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/logo.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/logo-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/logo-696x497.jpg 696w, https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/logo-589x420.jpg 589w, https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/logo-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Gold Souls have Released their Newest Single &#8217;94 Chevy TODAY Sept. 17th, 2021&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>w\/ New Video<\/strong><br><em>\u201c\u201894 Chevy is a fun and upbeat funk about an imaginary police chase in our actual tour van,\u201d &nbsp;<\/em><strong>~The Gold Souls&nbsp;<\/strong><br>The Gold Souls are bringing the<strong>&nbsp;driving grooves of funk<\/strong>, the&nbsp;<strong>rich textures of soul<\/strong>, and the&nbsp;<strong>compelling storytelling of the blues<\/strong>&nbsp;to the Northern California scene and beyond. Drawing from a wide range of influences and experiences, they deliver captivating lyrics and fresh arrangements over a vintage sound.<br>Led by the dynamic<strong>&nbsp;Juniper Waller<\/strong>, the group is made up of young talent hailing from the Bay and Sacramento areas. With&nbsp;<em>Darius Upshaw<\/em><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>on guitar,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Alex Severson<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em>on the keys,&nbsp;<em>Billy D. Thompson<\/em>&nbsp;on the drums, and&nbsp;<em>Avery Jeffry&nbsp;<\/em>on bass, each member has a hand in writing and song composition, making The Gold Souls a truly collaborative effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201c\u201894 Chevy is a fun and upbeat funk about an imaginary police chase in our actual tour van,\u201d says co-writer and drummer Billy D. Thompson. \u201cIt\u2019s a musically adventurous song that moves through different sonic scapes to emphasize the twists and turns of the story.\u201d<br>\u201cOur van took us up and down the West Coast and all the way out to New Orleans and back, so we felt it deserved its own single,\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>adds lead singer and co-writer Juniper Waller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gold Souls burst on the<strong>&nbsp;Sacramento music scene<\/strong>&nbsp;in early 2017 and are swiftly becoming one of the most promising new talents in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They released their self-titled five song EP in May of 2017, and toured down the California coast soon after in support of the fresh blues, soul-funk EP. Their next single,<strong><em>&nbsp;\u201cNobody,\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>was released in late 2017 and was featured on&nbsp;<strong>Apple Music Blues\u2019 Hot Tracks list<\/strong>. They released their full-length album&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201cGood to Feel\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>in June of 2018, an album that stuck to their core oath to never sacrifice the groove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe  id=\"_ytid_56145\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I4rDc6Nt0S4?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Their next single,&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201cTrue Blue\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>was produced\/engineered by&nbsp;<strong>multi-Grammy winner Timothy Bloom<\/strong>&nbsp;(Smokey Robinson) and was released in February of 2019. That April, the band went on tour through southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and New Orleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cStrongman\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>was released in the Summer of 2019 as a single that promotes a story of&nbsp;<strong>female-empowerment<\/strong>&nbsp;through rich soul textures and a vintage-inspired sound. The release was accompanied by a visually stunning lyric video in October of that year. After their performance at the&nbsp;<strong>Joshua Tree Music Festival<\/strong>, The Gold Souls toured up to the Pacific Northwest and wrapped 2019 with a NYE show with their fans at The Palm Playhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 hardly slowed the Souls down, as they spent the year working on their forthcoming second album and live-streaming many concerts to their fans as they sheltered in place. They released their latest single,&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201cGot It\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>in May of 2020 which promoted a message of community empowerment and unity. The single was accompanied by a collaborative music video with animation from artists all around the world.<br><br>2021 and beyond look promising for the band, as they get back to their busy schedule of traveling around Northern California and rocking stages for the live music-starved masses.<br><br><strong>Moving forward,<\/strong>&nbsp;The Gold Souls have just released their<strong>&nbsp;New Song<em>&nbsp;&#8217;94 Chevy<\/em>&nbsp;Sept. 17th.&nbsp;<\/strong>and will that will be followed up with a&nbsp;<strong>full Album<\/strong>. On&nbsp;<strong>Oct. 29th<\/strong>&nbsp;and they will be hitting the road with a&nbsp;<strong>Tour&nbsp;<\/strong>set for the first two weeks of November. &nbsp;<br><em>&#8220;THE GOLD SOULS [ARE] CRAFTING GOOD-TIME MUSIC WHILE NEVER LOSING SIGHT OF ITS IMPLICATIONS ABOUT LIFE, THE SELF AND THE SOUL.&#8221;<\/em><br><strong>&#8211; Submerge Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe  id=\"_ytid_71789\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BJIyk6ELjk0?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gold Souls have Released their Newest Single &#8217;94 Chevy TODAY Sept. 17th, 2021&nbsp;w\/ New Video\u201c\u201894 Chevy is a fun and upbeat funk about an imaginary police chase in our actual tour van,\u201d &nbsp;~The Gold Souls&nbsp;The Gold Souls are bringing the&nbsp;driving grooves of funk, the&nbsp;rich textures of soul, and the&nbsp;compelling storytelling of the blues&nbsp;to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sunday-show","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28803"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28850,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28803\/revisions\/28850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}