Spotlights – Molly Burch, JJ Grey, & More! Debra Kate Schafer October 10, 2018 Goings-On Rough Trade to Host Gentle Molly Burch Being that Molly Burch has trained professionally as a jazz vocalist, her songs are a unique twist of modernity and vintage musical stylings. In her music you ca...
FLOW: Lawrence Blatt Talks FLOW, Carnegie Hall, and Custom Made Guitars Debra Kate Schafer September 26, 2018 Features, Interviews FLOW is a more than a band: FLOW is an ensemble group, FLOW is friendship, FLOW is filled with passion. The impeccably talented and tremendously creative four piece consists of Will Ackerman, Lawrence Bl...
Rooney: Robert Schwartzman Does It All Debra Kate Schafer September 19, 2018 Features, Interviews Rooney is a band that you can count on, and with Robert Schwartzman as the frontman, it will be everlasting. He’s an actor, writer, and director on top of his career as a musician. He also composes stell...
The Poprocks: Let’s Get Poppin’ Debra Kate Schafer September 12, 2018 Features, Interviews The Poprocks are a pop punk-based tribute band out of the Washington D.C. area, but if there is anything I can do to get them to branch out further and play up north – and all over the East Coast -- I’ll...
Don McLean: Always Sticking to His Roots Debra Kate Schafer September 5, 2018 Features, Interviews One of the songs that shaped my life and my interest in music was “American Pie”. It a song that is known and beloved by generations alike. It has been almost five decades since the genius behind one of ...
Rick Springfield – The Human Touch Debra Kate Schafer September 5, 2018 Features, Interviews Rick Springfield is an ‘80s icon. The hair, the face, the voice, the talent. The dark-haired Australian had it all. Actually, he still has it all. The 69-year-old singer, songwriter, musician, actor, wri...
Jason Mraz: “Know.” (Atlantic) Debra Kate Schafer August 22, 2018 Albums, Reviews From the second I heard the opening ukulele notes of “I’m Yours” on the radio back in 2008 -- and for at least the next five years -- I squealed. Why? Because Jason Mraz’s feel good, über romantic hit of...
Spotlights – Bad Wolves, Delta Sleep, & More! Debra Kate Schafer August 22, 2018 Goings-On Great Music from Bad Wolves Currently touring with Five Finger Death Punch and Breaking Benjamin, the Los Angeles-based five-piece is on the rise as the newest, coolest metal super-group. Their debut ...
Aretha Franklin – Queen of Soul – Passes at 76 Debra Kate Schafer August 16, 2018 Buzz, Features Growing up, one of the first songs that I knew was considered a classic was Aretha Franklin’s “Respect”. It remains a staple in each and every person’s musical catalog. If you had ears and they worked we...
All Time Low: Shaping Lives and Standing the Test of Time Debra Kate Schafer August 15, 2018 Features, Interviews I recently had the utmost pleasure of interviewing one of the sweetest people in the music industry and I couldn’t be happier about it. Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low has always been kind and open with hi...
