Serena Foster at the Study: a great talent, when you could hear and see her.
Serena Foster is a fast rising talent. She deserves the best in sound and lights. [...]
Women in rock
Amanda Abizaid brings her Middle Eastern blues to a top LA jazz club
Patrick O’Heffernan Studio City, CA) I have seen Amanda Abizaid live twice, once at the Irish-themed rock club Molly Malone’s in the Fairfax district of LA and last week [...]
“Without You”: Jackie Bristow pulls you in with her new single
Patrick O’Heffernan Jackie Bristow does it again with Without You, releases a song that moves with true emotion and musical beauty. From Freedom to Shot of Gold to [...]
SJae’s debut EP, FIRST: listen and enjoy
Patrick O’Heffernan I am always curious – and sometimes a bit apprehensive – when a music producer decides to put out a personal record. Many producers are good [...]
Doo-Wop Mariachis, an indoor carwash, and the Electric Slide: it’s 3 am at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Patrick O’Heffernan. Host, Music FridayLive!, The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is LA’s version of New York’s famed Lincoln Performing Arts Center. Part of the LA [...]
SISSTER wows LA at the release party for her debut self-titled EP; San Diego is next, then the world.
Patrick O’Heffernan. Host, Music FridayLive!, SISSTER wowed a n LA audience when she released her self-titled EP last week and demonstrated why she is so popular and so [...]
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 [...]
X.ARI at Sayers Club in Hollywood: agony and ecstasy and blow you away music
Patrick O’Heffernan. Host, Music FridayLive!, 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 [...]
NAMM Saturday. Technology, BINX and Stevie Wonder.
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
Patrick O’Heffernan. Host, Music FridayLive!, It is a good thing that the Anaheim Convention Center added the new North Hall because NAMM is really using it. Attendance [...]
A $2 million dollar guitar strap. A watch that tunes your instruments. A comfortable keytar. NAMM 2019 report – Wednesday.
Patrick O’Heffernan. Host, Music FridayLive!, (Anaheim Convention Center) A $ 2 million dollar guitar strap. A watch that tunes your instruments and more, a guitar that [...]
Into the Blue by Alice Wallace is a burst of sunshine in your ears
Patrick O’Heffernan. Host, Music FridayLive!, Alice Wallace carries her own sunshine with her. Her radiant smile and cascading sun-gold hair on stage, the luminescence [...]
Across The Board, Cory M. Coons, Margie Singleton Are 2018 Radio Music Award Winners
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
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.
A memoir from one of the strongest women in music. [...]
Amanda Abizaid: the perfect artist to celebrate World Peace Day
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) [...]
