“Live”: immerse yourself in pure Irene Diaz.
If you have not listened to Irene Diaz’s new EP, Live, released in May, you should. Give it a spin even if you are a fan and know all the [...]
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Maggie Szabo’s “I Don’t Need You”: strong, independent and an unstoppable earworm
It was a little over 6 years ago that Canadian singer-songwriter Maggie Szabo stepped a little timidly onstage at the Hotel Café in Hollywood and informed the world that she [...]
“La Que Manda” by Gina Chavez: an EP and a singer whose time has come
Gina Chavez’s new EP La Que Manda is pure, shimmering power in all of its forms. Not a surprise for an album whose English title is The One Who Commands. [...]
A rollicking party on a quiet street for Yanin Saavedra’s debut album “Busqueda”
Calle Poniente is what I would normally call a frontage road – a small road that runs alongside a highway. It is a leafy cobblestone street lined with high walls [...]
“Héroe” by Francisca Valenzuela tickles your feet, your mind, your soul.
(Ajijic, Mexico) If you love great music, powerful women, and people who blend art, activism and style into potent tools to change the listen and the world and you don’t [...]
Music release party in Hollywood with a conversation in an unlikely place.
Patrick O’Heffernan. Host, Music FridayLive!, Last Friday I attended a release party for X.ARI at the Sayers Club in Hollywood. X.ARI is a Canadian synth-pop singer [...]
Nancy Sanchez’s Angel Baby video: a musical touchstone for America
Nancy Sanchez’s “Angel Baby” is far more than a beautiful work of emotion and music; it is a brilliant work of cultural communication that delivers a message desperately needed in our country today. It is not only Grammy-worthy but Pulitzer-worthy. [...]
Cavetone Records Brings Halloween Record Release Party, Free Music to Dry Grounds Brewing Company
“Good things take time” is one of all-vinyl label Cavetone Records’ many unofficial mantras. In keeping with this mantra, Cavetone is finally coming to Kentucky on [...]