BEATRIX CONFRONTS HER FEARS
Photos by Ariana Santiago It's a gloomy morning in Dumbo, Brooklyn, when Beatrix arrives for an interview. The first thing we talk about is death. You see, one night earlier, during a spellbindin...
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VALLEY MAKER CHECKS IN FROM THE CROSSROADS
"Well I'm missing you half the time/ And I'm missing them half the time/ And I'm missing what's left of my life/ And I'm missing what's left behind," Austin Crane sings in "On a Revelation," one of th...
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DREW KELLY EMERGES ‘FROM A DEEP ABYSS’ AFTER LONG TIME AWAY FROM MUSIC
Here's how far removed Drew Kelly, who had relased an album and toured just a few years prior, was from music: When he was first dating the woman he would marry, she asked him to sing to her. He had t...
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BRIAN QUIRK FINDS THE HAPPINESS IN LIFE’S CHALLENGES
After a struggle that included brief homelessness, hospitalization and unemployment, Philadelphia-area artist finally released his solo album, "What Makes You Happy" -- it's not ironically titled, he ...
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‘NICE TO MEET’ CAT RIDGEWAY ON FIERY NEW EP
Florida singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Cat Ridgeway takes listeners on a journey from blues to rock to R&B to pop on "Nice to Meet You," an EP she released late last year. But what m...
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SONG PREMIERE: AMERICAN BUFFALO GHOST, ‘THE DEVIL’S FINGERS’
"So wipe away those tears now, pour a glass of wine, and tonight we're livin' just like we're dyin'," Sean Flynn sings on the chorus of the new American Buffalo Ghost song "The Devil's Fingers." With ...
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NOXEN, SET FOR LIVE DEBUT, FOLLOWS PATH OF REDISCOVERY
For Sam O’Connell, who grew up playing in a folk band with his religious family members, any music besides Christian music was forbidden. “In college, Paul McCartney’s ‘Band on the Run’ came on, a...
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