BRIAN KASSAN FINDS HIS GREATEST MODE OF EXPRESSION AS BLOOMFIELD MACHINE.
After years of playing everything from pure pop as an early member of Brian Wilson’s backing band The Wondermints to Beatlesque pop/rock as a founding member of the [...]
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Halloween and Dia de Muertos: costumes, music, and dead people
Halloween and Dia de Muertos- totally unrelated but both have costumes, music and dead people. [...]
INDIE POWER POP/ROCKER DAVID BROOKINGS EXAMINES THE “HARD TIMES”
David Brookings has created in Mania at the Talent Show something we need, a look in verse at a state of calm in a crazy and ever changing world. [...]
Hot Half Dozen 10.26.21
My 6 top picks from 293 songs submitted last week. [...]
“D/zazter Trio “ album by D/zazter Trio – a thrill ride with the wind at your back.
The trio with Juan Casteñon, Itzam Cano, and Gabriel Lauber, makes the music melding disparate parts into a sometimes smooth, sometimes jagged whole. [...]
LA LA Land South of the Border: cervesa, tequila and music at FIMPRO in Guadalajara.
FIMPRO is making Guadalajara the music capital of Mexico. It rocked! [...]
GRW Explores New Sounds with “Tennessee is Cold”
Dropping steel-guitar swagger and rip-roaring energy ingrained in traditional bluster, GRW delivers a certified swing dance smash with his latest, “Tennessee Is [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 10.19.21
207 submissions this week. Here are my top 6. [...]
FIMPRO ends with a bang
The FIMPRO music conference closes with a bang, and keeps on going. [...]
Day 2 at FIMPRO
Day 2 was the packed day at FIMPRO so far this year, with virtual meetings, multiple live presentations, two music showcases and a schedule that ran a little late. [...]
“La Maldita Bruja” by Nancy Sánchez. Utterly captivating and utterly chilling.
“Bruja” is “witch” in Spanish, but not the broomstick-riding hag in the peaked hat of European folklore. As with all things Mexican, a “bruja” can be [...]
FIMPRO is coming next week. Music, tequila, speed dating. Oh my!
The most important conference in Latin music is next week and I will be there for you. [...]
Hot Half Dozen 10.5.21
From 113 new submissions this week we give you the best six in genres from punk to ballads, in English and Spanish [...]
Harley Strictly Bluegrass this weekend. We aren’t in Kansas anymore
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass live online launches Friday [...]
“Happiness” Is…The New Ed Roman Single
The Canadian musician releases the third single from his forthcoming full-length album, “A Recipe for Perpetual Spring” on October 1st, 2021. (Happiness)’ is one of the [...]
Luka James’ Highly Anticipated Single “Hazy Dreams” Now Available Worldwide
Luka James has just released his highly anticipated new single “Hazy Dreams” which is now available worldwide. Luka is a singer songwriter who grew up in Greenwich [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 9.28.21
The 6 hottest songs of the 200 submitted this week [...]
Indie Artists Shine At 7th Annual Josie Music Awards
Winners of the 7th Annual Josie Music Awards were announced at Saturday’s ceremony held at Country Tonite Theatre in Pigeon Forge, TN. Pamela Hopkins It’s No Small [...]
Howard Bloom To Attend The SohoJohnny 9/11 Music & Fashion Celebrity Benefit Gala Concert In NYC
World-Renowned PR Guru, Author and Scientific Thinker Howard Bloom will be a celebrity guest at the SohoJohnny Presents “ 9/11 Let Me Help Music & [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 8.31.21
Back from vacation with 237 submissions La Tierra by Flor de Toloache. The Grammy winning indie mariachi group covers a 1997 patriotic classic by the legendary [...]