Women in rock

Doo-Wop Mariachis, an indoor carwash, and the Electric Slide: it’s 3 am at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

February 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is LA’s Lincoln Center. Part of the LA Music Center – one of the nation’s largest performing arts clusters- the DCP seats 3,156 [...]

SISSTER wows LA at the release party for her debut self-titled EP; San Diego is next, then the world.

February 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

SISSTER wowed a n LA audience when she released her self-titled EP last week and demonstrated why she is so popular and so beloved. You could feel the love in the air at [...]

Music release party in Hollywood with a conversation in an unlikely place.

February 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

Last Friday I attended a release party for X.ARI at the Sayers Club in Hollywood. X.ARI is a Canadian synth-pop singer based in LA and she was releasing her new video and [...]

X.ARI at Sayers Club in Hollywood: agony and ecstasy in a wonder to behold

February 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

X.ARI not only brings a high level of creativity to her music, but a kind of creativity that is unique, that stands out in a very crowded space, not because it is loud or [...]

NAMM Saturday. Technology, BINX and Stevie Wonder.

January 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

The day began when we walked into the Media Center across from Hall E and ran into Stevie Wonder being interviewed by a TV network. Foreigner, News Day, and Buckcherry followed. [...]

Over 100,000 people. NAMM report: Thursday

January 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

It is a good thing that the Anaheim Convention Center added the new North Hall because NAMM is really using it. Attendance hit 101,000+ and it showed, especially in the [...]

A $2 million dollar guitar strap. A watch that tunes your instruments. A comfortable keytar. NAMM 2019 report – Wednesday.

January 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

(Anaheim Convention Center) A $ 2 million dollar guitar strap. A watch that tunes your instruments and more, a guitar that folds up and yet sounds great. A keytar that [...]

Into the Blue by Alice Wallace is a burst of sunshine in your ears

January 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

Alice Wallace carries her own sunshine with her. Her radiant smile and cascading sun-gold hair on stage, the luminescence of her voice, both live and recorded – she just [...]

Across The Board, Cory M. Coons, Margie Singleton Are 2018 Radio Music Award Winners

November 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Radio Music Awards recognize indie artists from around the world who have achieved radio airplay success. Radio airplay is still one of the coveted promotional avenues [...]

Nancy Sanchez’s Angel Baby video: a musical touchstone for America

October 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

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. [...]

Lisa Sniderman, AKA Aoede the Muse, talks about her memoirs.

October 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

A memoir from one of the strongest women in music. [...]

Amanda Abizaid: the perfect artist to celebrate World Peace Day

October 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

We'll find a place in time/ A place in time beyond the sun/We'll find a place in time/A place in time to call our home (from The 4400) [...]