Being yourself is an important part of being a songwriter. When an artist fakes it, the fans will figure it out sooner or later. We recently came across JACKIE who is as real as they come and has a wide assortment of experiences to share in her music. We had a chance to catch up
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Transviolet is an alternative rock band from the U.S. formed in 2015. The band consists of lead vocalist Sarah McTaggart, with Judah McCarthy, Michael Panek and Jon Garcia as musicians and writers. The band moniker was inspired by the poem, When The Violets Roar At The Sun by Charles Bukowski and chosen to mean “transcendence
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Another chance meeting of musicians results in an amazing collaboration. This story seems to be more and more common in the independent music industry. I am a firm believer that there is a Musical Fate out there that leads artists to other artists that will complement each other to create something sonically pleasing. Our latest
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We continually search the world for new and interesting music. It still ceases to amaze me how much different music and how many eclectic styles are out there. An open mind and an open ear are all that is needed. This recent exploration has led us to the discovery of the amazingly interesting Edwin Durant
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Those who know anything about vintage rock already know Carmine Appice, the drummer whose work with Vanilla Fudge, Jeff Beck and scores of other legendary players has changed the way many beat-makers go about their business in the last half-century. In the leadoff single from his recently rereleased LP Guitar Zeus, “Nobody Knew” (featuring Queen’s Brian May
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David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Jack White. What do these musicians have in common? All of them are musical legends. But aside from that, these great musicians also share the distinction of learning music on their own. They all rose to fame without taking any formal music lessons. But not everyone can be as
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A yearning piano extends its elegiac melody through our speakers and into ethers as David Leask’s “When You Think No One Loves You” begins to play, but it won’t be all by itself for very long. Emerging from the shadows, we hear the first few words of a verse spill out from Leask’s reticent vocal,
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The power that is music will always find its way to make what it wants, happen. I have often referred to it as Musical Fate. Encounters and seemingly random meetings at perfectly specific times are not a coincidence. Music has stepped in to make a collaboration happen that will provide great music for the world.
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