Interview with The Rocket Summer: This Is It, Japanese Exchange Student Olivia Taubner April 1, 2010 Interviews New York City is dreary and drizzling today, somewhat normal for late February on the Northeast. I’m reveling in the fact that myself and my friend Sara, who used to intern in this very building, are finally in...
Interview with Daughtry: No Surprise Olivia Taubner March 18, 2010 Interviews Spring is finally approaching, and Chris Daughtry is back home in North Carolina taking advantage of the last few days he has left in town before getting ready to hit the road once again on a headlining tour wi...
Butch Walker And The Black Widows: I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart Olivia Taubner February 15, 2010 Albums I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart shows Georgia-born singer, songwriter, musician, and A-list producer Butch Walker’s innate ability to—much like an early Ray Davies—create an album of storytelling with l...
The Swell Season: Strict Joy Olivia Taubner December 9, 2009 Albums What do you get when you combine a gentle classically trained Czech female pianist with a gritty-yet-melodic brooding Irishman? Although it sounds like a joke waiting for a witty punchline, it’s anything but. ...
Collective Soul: Welcome All Again Olivia Taubner August 19, 2009 Interviews “Coming from a small southern town and being given the opportunity to travel the world opened my eyes. So many different countries and cultures were great for me at that time in my life,” Dean Roland explains....
Jeff Beck @ Irving Plaza Olivia Taubner June 24, 2009 Concerts NEW YORK, NY—Few guitar players can flow from heavy and thunderous shredding to soft and sweet sliding within seconds, using the utmost level of melody and never letting it diminish. There is absolutely nothing...
Ray LaMontagne @ Wellmont Theatre Olivia Taubner June 10, 2009 Concerts MONTCLAIR,NJ—On record, Ray LaMontagne's music is filled with melody and raw passion, and a poetic, soothing voice unlike any other. He has a unique approach to the folk genre, writing hauntingly beautiful song...
A Twisted Christmas On Broadway @ Nokia Theatre Olivia Taubner January 20, 2009 Concerts NEW YORK, NY—For the past three holiday seasons, Twisted Sister has illuminated the tri-state area with their own brand of Christmas cheer. First it was displayed at Starland Ballroom in 2006 after they release...
Interview with David Cook: Raising The Roof Olivia Taubner November 19, 2008 Interviews It’s a warm afternoon in late July, almost one month into the American Idols Live! Tour 2008, and David Cook is seated diagonally across from me at a rectangular folding table in the backstage area of Newark, N...
Collective Soul, Live, & Blues Traveler @ Capitol One Theatre at Westbury Olivia Taubner September 24, 2008 Concerts WESTBURY, NY—Long Island’s Capital One Bank Theater at Westbury doesn’t have a bad seat in the house, and it’s certainly at the top of my list of venues to see anyone. On Wednesday, Aug. 13, it was Collective S...
