THAO DOCUMENTS ‘A NEW ERA FOR MY LIFE’ WITH FRESH RECORD
Thao Nguyen had shed her band name for 20 years, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. Her marriage came to an end. And, after a six year wait, a new album has emerged. Now performing under the mono...
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LILY DeTAEYE LEANS INTO BITTERSWEET NOSTALGIA ON ‘ALL THE WAY DOWN’
For her third album, Lily DeTaeye didn’t want to just release a set of songs that had little to do with one another. For the Iowa-raised, Brooklyn-based artist, it was time to make a thematically con...
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RACHEL BOBBITT EXAMINES THE EXTREMES OF LIFE
Rachel Bobbitt, the emerging Canadian singer-songwriter, could be seen as a study in contradictions. She gained a following as a teenager by performing other people's music on Vine, the since-shuttere...
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MAKING MOVIES’ ENRIQUE CHI ON BAND’S GLOBAL SOUND AND FINDING INSPIRATION FROM LOS LOBOS, RUBÉN BLADES AND ALAINA MOORE OF TENNIS
Seemingly a genre into itself, the Afro Latino band Making Movies has blended the sounds, languages and attitudes from the cultures that have given rise to the band members themselves. Formed in Kansa...
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MORE FANS FLOCKING TO GOOSE AS BAND PLOTS JAZZ CAFE, MERCURY LOUNGE VISITS
The Goose is flying south for the fall. The four-piece improvisational rock band from Norwalk, Conn., will make its way to the River Street Jazz Cafe in Wilkes-Barre on Friday -- just a few miles from...
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ACE OF CUPS MAKE NYC DEBUT IN SUPPORT OF DEBUT ALUBM — 50 YEARS AFTER THEY STARTED
It took 50 years, but Ace of Cups have finally released their debut album and made their way to New York City. The all-female act was an important player in the San Francisco Summer of Love scene a...
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BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH LAUNCHES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH NEW YORK SELL-OUT
If you haven’t heard of Benjamin Francis Leftwich, listen up. With this British singer-songwriter’s previously sold-out tours and “hypnotic, ethereal vocals,” you might want to keep your eye (or ear) ...
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(IN)BODY BRINGS FRESH ALT-POP SOUND TO MERCURY LOUNGE
On the eve of the duo’s debut album release show at Mercury Lounge on Monday, April 4, we caught up with (In)Body, a new alt-pop project made up of singer/songwriter Ryan Amador and producer Daniel We...
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KEVIN MORBY’S SOLO DEBUT A MAGNIFICENT STUNNER
Kevin Morby is like an old friend you meet on the street by chance and then spend the rest of the day catching up with as the city and day fades out behind you. His voice and music is comfortingly fa...
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HONEY WILD SET FOR NORTH STAR
Coming off a premiere of the new song "Garden" on CMJ, the Vampire Weekend-esque Honey Wild will hit the North Star Bar in Philadelphia this Saturday, Nov. 23. Also on the bill Saturday are Les Jupes...
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