2015-16 Guitar on Instagram Compilation: A New Chapter
These past couple of months, I have been giving some thought into the next direction I want to take. Where do I want to take my writing? What kind of […]
Category Archives: Music
Dia Frampton’s comeback “Golden Years” will both make and break your heart
When Dia Frampton speaks of her “Golden Years,” she remembers those times bumming it out on the road with her four best friends playing music in an old van across the U.S. at the age of 17. […]
Allen Stone closes Hardly Strictly Bluegrass with all his “Free Love”
There are some performers who are like a breath of fresh air. Their voice is clear as crystal and pierces through your heart; their music gets under your bones, sending grooves […]
Justin Kawika Young Interview: From the Islands to Los Angeles, a Pop/Soul Singer-Songwriter Emerges
In another land where the sun is brighter, waters warmer and music bred into the souls who inhabit the land, a shy singer-songwriter from the islands emerged. “You can take the boy […]
Melissa Polinar Interview: On Songwriting in Nashville, YouTube and her Upcoming EP
With the “voice of a black woman,” writing chops of a Nashville songwriter and the intrigue of an Asian-American growing up in suburban North Texas, Melissa Polinar hasn’t let her […]
A Trio of Songwriters: Justin Kawika Young, Melissa Polinar and Gabe Bondoc live at The Chapel
Have you ever heard a song that changed your life? Maybe it be the way a musician’s voice can tell a story, making you feel a sense of heartbreak or […]
A Response to Dia Frampton’s Fragile, Inspiring Piece on Being a Musician
The older you get, the more you know and the harder it is to keep your little dreams intact. As a 13-year-old girl, I was just a shy, closet musician […]
“Kubo and the Two Strings” Review: An epic animated tale that brings “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” to life
I’m sitting here listening to a rendition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by Regina Spektor. The sweeping rhythm of the guitar, animated by the slow plucks of a traditional Japanese shamisen (“three […]
It’s Time to “Lose Yourself” (Eminem Cover + Vlog)
It’s a strange thing when people come into your life and remind you of the person you used to be, still are, and have the potential to become. Just within […]
Falling for Whiskey and a Man with HoneyHoney at The Independent
There’s something about a sultry voice mixed with the rock ‘n’ roll twang of a midwestern gal and Northeasterner that just gets me. Maybe it’s the tongue-in-cheek lyrics in “Turn That Finger Around” or heart-on-sleeve […]
Kate Earl releases lush music video for “I Love You”
EARL, or as singer-songwriter and soul singer Kate Earl calls herself as a means to reclaim her name, has come a long way. As an Alaskan native who moved to Los Angeles […]
Hanging Up the Apron
It’s 3:15am. Samantha James’s “Rise” comes on. My body tosses over to my phone and hits the side button to snooze. Ten minutes later, another song comes on. 3:30. 3:40. 3:45. 3:50. A […]
“Let Go” by Frou Frou (Cover by Rachel & Giann)
It gains the more it give And you see it rises with the fall So hand me that remote Can’t you see that all that stuff’s a sideshow? Ohhhh we’ve […]
Olivia Wilde takes us through the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Dark Necessities”
As if I needed another reason to love adore admire look up to be completely inspired by Olivia Wilde, here she goes again. And this time it’s with the release of her music video […]
Sarah Jarosz introduces ‘Undercurrent’ to sold-out crowd at the Freight & Salvage
“We were talking earlier about the time you get to the end of your life, and all the time you spent tuning you could get back,” Jarosz joked to a […]
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