JOHN ONDRASIK TALKS STRING QUARTET SHOWS, VISITS TO CONFLICT ZONES AND ADVOCACY
Decades after his first hits, John Ondrasik is still finding new inspiration to create songs for Five For Fighting. And while the music he creates under the moniker is soft rock, he often uses it to ...
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KARINA RYKMAN TAKES SUCCESS ONE SEAFOOD TOWER AT A TIME
The first thing you sense about Karina Rykman on stage is that she’s clearly enjoying herself more than anyone else in the room. Whether she’s playing her own material with her band, sitting in with ...
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ALEX ORBISON GETS ASSISTS FROM JOHNNY CASH AND GREGG ALLMAN ON DEBUT ALBUM
Alex Orbison, a son of Roy Orbison, godson of Johnny and June Carter Cash and a longtime friend of the Allman and Betts families, had for some time been focused on managing his father’s legacy. “I...
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JOANNE TURNS 15: MUSIC, FAMILY AND FOOD CULTIVATE A SPACE FOR RISING STARS
In an era when online interaction often overshadows real life, the road to success for an aspiring musician is filled with potential shortcuts. But all the likes, shares and streaming statistics can’...
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UPSTATE IS ‘MORE GENUINELY US’ ON FOURTH LP ‘ABALONE’
The indie folk band Upstate has been together in one form or another for 15 years, but to hear the group’s members tell the story, the outfit is only now fully becoming its true self. For starters...
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FOR MEG LUI, ‘INSTANT VALIDATION’ TOOK YEARS TO FIND
If you check out Meg Lui’s debut album “Instant Validation" and struggle to assign it a genre, you’re in good company: the artist herself has also given up trying to pull of that feat. “I think so...
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THE ‘NATURAL EVOLUTION’ OF RUBY ALEXANDER
Ruby Alexander’s two new songs, “Undertow,” released today, and “All This Time Together,” which she shared in July, come just two years after her debut recordings, but they might as well be landing f...
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BELLA KAY SELLS OUT BROOKLYN STEEL AHEAD OF DATES WITH NOAH KAHAN AND GRACIE ABRAMS
Photos by Nick DiBari Rising star Bella Kay sold out Brooklyn Steel last week in advance of hitting even larger venues as support for Noah Kahan in the UK and Gracie Abrams in the US next March. ...
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LEON III EMBRACES ITS LIVE SOUND ON FOURTH ALBUM
Leon III (that’s Leon The Third, not Leon Three), a psychedelic band that cites classic influences like Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead but bears just as much sonic resemblance to the alt-country an...
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DALE CROVER PLAYS NEIL YOUNG — AGAIN — ON SOLO EP
Dale Crover has been behind the drum kit for the Melvins for more than 40 years, but superfans know he was briefly the band’s bassist, played guitar and sang when the group spoofed Kiss and has put o...
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