Rise Up Music Project

Stacy Rene Erenberg is ‘From Here to There’ as a vocalist and songwriter from Chicago. Her improvisational stylings bring you on an inventive, genre-bending journey, from Jazz to Folk, Pop to Blues and of course A Capella. Stacy and her band of incredibly talented collaborators will lullaby you into your body and into new liberatory dreamscapes.

This month’s post is a song about the phases of grief.

Happy Lion is the musical project of Louie Opatz, a left-handed pitcher and bicyclist living in Los Angeles. He is releasing a song on the 4th of each month, and his song today is called “Watching the Detectives (2025).”

Jon Preece is a musician, teacher and father living in the wonderful Columbia City neighborhood of Seattle.

This piece is a contemporary classical work for solo piano. It is an impressionist take on a lullaby he came up with to put his girl with curly flaxen hair to sleep.

Cousin Wolf is the indie-folk music project of Matt Halvorson, a musician, writer and baseball fan living with his family in the woods north of Seattle. He is sharing a new song on the first of every month this year, and his song for today is called “No Turning Back.” It’s a reminder not to cling too tightly to our perceptions of safety and normalcy, and an urge to stand tall in the face of whatever is coming next.

Pink Patio is a Seattle-based group led by Jon Halvorson. In this episode, Jon shares “SoCal,” the first of 7 songs to be released on the 31st day of the month in 2025.

The A.M. is a song writing project from two west coast educators. They are releasing a new song on the 30th of every month this year, and the song for today is called “Hear the Music.”

j gano is a perpetual dabbler who puts his thoughts to guitar while the kids are in bed. He writes songs about the mystery of existence, friendship, the experience of time, and fatherhood - particularly as it relates to those things.

This song is called Last A Lifetime. Thanks to Kade Byrd (@byrdcage) for mixing it for me.

Jesse Etsler is a multi-hyphenate storyteller from Indiana. He is sensitive to the shapes inside sound. Apparently he’d cry as a child when his mother failed to tune his violin properly. He doesn’t really know how to play any instrument, but sometimes his hands get things right. “We, The Grand Army” is the result of hands that remember more than a conscious mind knows.

Jace William is a dynamic singer-songwriter, voice actor, and guitarist whose artistry resonates with passion and authenticity. From the moment he first picked up a microphone at the age of six, Jace has been on a creative journey to inspire and connect through his talents. Hailing from the great city of Chicago, he will release a new song on the twenty-seventh day of every month this year, and his song for today is called “Mourning News.”