Reviews

H.E.R. (also known as Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson) is a skyrocketing R&B singer-songwriter-activist from Vallejo, California. She’s been making tidal waves in the music scene, while also being a vocal advoc... Read More...

The Thematic, Theatrical High Note That Is MARINA’s “Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land”

Debra Kate Schafer

June 16, 2021

By 2012, Marina Diamandis had fans singing, “Got a figure like a pin-up, got a figure like a doll. Don’t care if you think I’m dumb, I don’t care at all,” and “Primadonna girl, all I ever wanted was the world,... Read More...

Jesse Marchant Doesn’t Quite Rush Into Anything

Debra Kate Schafer

June 11, 2021

If you have ever wondered how to tackle big life concepts without overwhelming both yourself or those around you, just take a page out of Jesse Marchant's book. The performer has been doing with ease thanks to... Read More...

Japanese Breakfast’s “Jubilee” Puts The Future In Perspective For Once

Debra Kate Schafer

June 9, 2021

There is a phrase that is very common, an overused cliché at this point, and yet embodies all that Japanese Breakfast is at this point in her career. The phrase is "you can't have a rainbow without rain." ... Read More...

G. Love & Chuck Treece at City Winery / May 8, 2021

June 9, 2021

G. Love is unique. He brings blues to hip hop and also bring hip hop to blues. Born Garrett Dutton in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Love began playing guitar at age eight and wrote his first song while in the ni... Read More...

Teddy Thompson at City Winery NY / May 9, 2021

June 9, 2021

Teddy Thompson, performing at City Winery NY on Mothers Day, revealed a dilemma. A native of London, England, he now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Mothers Day falls at a different time of year in England. He to... Read More...

Tash Neal & MJT at the Bitter End / May 7, 2021

June 9, 2021

A near-death experience led Tash Neal to discover new compass points in music. In 2012, drag racers in New York City broadsided a taxi transporting the Harlem-born guitarist/vocalist of the London Souls, shatt... Read More...

James Maddock at the Bowery Electric / May 8, 2021

June 9, 2021