The Underground

Discover The Next Big Underground Artist! College Underground Radio set out to find a few artists that are great picks for really good music. Some of them you’ve probably heard of before, and some of them you may very well have not. However, chances are that you will almost always discover something new, entertaining and informative.

 

College Underground Radio is taking this popular platform geared towards unsigned independent and underground artists and taking it to print and the web! We are shining a light into the underground and independent music world, exposing all that the mainstream has looked over and we deem it the new mainstream, that which is quality driven and powerful.

 

With that said, take a break, mellow out for a minute and Discover The Next Big Underground Artist!

Nashville recording artist and song writer, Jessica McNear is proof that hard work can make it possible for somebody living in Smalltown, USA to find success in today’s competitive music industry.

Rock Soup was formed in 2001 as a vehicle for Kevin Silva’s original song writing. Their first full length record, “My Neighborhood”, was released in the summer of 2004. Followed by “Marilyn & the Pirate”, 2009, “Toys and Pianos”, 2014. Their newest record, released in December 2020, “Ship of Fools”.

James Nikolas has been a guitarist for 30 years and his love for music is still in full swing. Now a days his focus is just a little different. Having played most styles of music ranging from metal to jazz, he really has grasped the feel of how to approach music. With his song writing, James really applys feeling and emotion into his songs.

We strive for ‘punchy riff rock’ but we know we have elements of soft rock and classic rock as well. We feel our sound comes from many different genres as we have all grown up with different backgrounds and influences.