Live streams, rock venues and melodies from black holes: the future of music.
Three things came across my screen this week that made me think about the future of music. The first was a mention in a music blog that there are about [...]
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The Future of Touring. Notes from the Latin Alternative Music Conference.
One of the panels at the Latin Alternative Music Convention in New York this week (actually, online from New York) was “The Future of Touring”. It was clear pretty from [...]
Nancy Sanchez’ “La Gran Civilización”: a musical tour de forcé unstoppable in any language.
Nancy Sanchez is imparable – unstoppable, because she nunca parable – never stops. This persistence, celebrated in “Imparable” on her latest album La Gran [...]
Lori Myren-Manbeck (CEO of Inclusivi-tee) Affecting Global Change
When we personalize our efforts to engage the world, the positive impact we create is powerful. Anyone can hold up a sign, march shoulder to shoulder with others in the [...]
On the highway through Mexico: rogue tollbooths, smiling soldiers, and kisses.
Music Sin Fronteras is on vacation until Dec.6 when we will start our broadcast again. We are now in San Diego, after driving 1500 miles through Mexico from Chapala in [...]
Whitney Tai’s “The Cure” is the sheerest form of poetic and musical art.
“The Cure” is a stunning work of both poetic and musical art that transcends anything Whitney Tai has done. “The Cure” belongs on your playlist and in your headphones. [...]
The concert got rained out but we took a great tequila tour.
We got rained out of a private Day of the Dead concert that was going to be the subject of this week’s LA LA Land, so I am writing a [...]
Back to the future in Mexico as a post-rock concert evokes the Summer of Love
San Francisco 1969 landed in Mexico 2019 last week. The time travel was accomplished not by a whirling machine or a gull-winged DeLorean, but by the music of two experimental [...]
Angels in Guadalajara? Getting lost after the Dream Rock Festival
The C3 Rooftop is a small-to-medium sized venue on the roof of a huge -1100 capacity – venue called the C3. It’s located on one of Guadalajara’s busiest [...]
A Gig-goers Guide to International Band Chasing
Photo by 27707 / CC0 1.0 Following their favorite band around to various exotic locations, to watch them play live, is every gig-goers dream Everyone has that one band. The [...]
Like Lions’ “U Got Me” Is The Perfect Follow Up to Pop Hit “Older”
Contributed Article by Ben Beamish “U Got Me” is the latest pop track to come from Seattle based artist Like Lions, the track combines soft, emotional verses with a [...]
Artist From the “Corn Coast” Aspires to Brand Nebraska Through Music
Article and Interview Written and Contributed for Publication by Mína Wang From the outside, the Bourbon Theater sits bathed in the neon hues of its retro 80s-style sign. [...]
Review: Captain of the Lost Waves Hidden Gems Chapter 2 – “Circus of Morality” By Edmund Barker
While listening to Hidden Gems – Chapter 2 – Circus of Morality, the new release by Yorkshire-based entertainer and modern-day troubadour Captain of the Lost Waves, I was [...]
Mother’s Day music in LA – and some great rock moms who make it happen
by Patrick O’Heffernan As you might expect, it will difficult this Sunday to go anywhere in LA without running into a jazz brunch or a Mother’s Day concert. Among the [...]
Writers in the Round on a late Sunday night in Hollywood
by Patrick O’Heffernan There is a phenomenon in LA (and maybe other music-oriented cities) called the songwriters round or writers- in-the-round. At a songwriters [...]
Why Everyone Needs To Learn To Play The Guitar
Not just the guitar, but learning to play any instrument has a lot of physical and mental advantages. If you’ve played a guitar before, you probably know how relaxing [...]
Why Musicians Need to Use Twitch in 2019
The present and future of social media is live streaming, and no platform connects broadcasters and audiences better than Twitch. While the history of Twitch is mostly [...]
Top 5 Challenges Touring Musicians Face
Informative Article Contributed by Guest Journalist from Know Your Instrument Going on tour is an important aspect of promoting your music. It definitely sounds like a lot of [...]
IndiePulse Reviews: A Clown Incident by Loss of Existence
“Peer Pressure got me into music 'lol'” – Ed Smith, Vocals [...]
PBS SoCal/Independent Lens “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World” is a must-see for music lovers
Patrick O’Heffernan. Host, Music FridayLive!, If you ask most Americans about Indians in rock music they will usually point to “Cherokee Nation”, the John D. [...]