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Tag Archives: Archis

Dia Frampton celebrates her “Bruises” with three-night residency at the Hotel Cafe

April 5, 2017by rachelannc 1 Comment

A residency show at the Hotel Cafe showed singer-songwriter Dia Frampton at her pure, unfiltered, unadulterated musical best. “Turning 30 is uncomfortable,” Frampton said. “But it’s cool. I’m totally fine,” […]

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Dia Frampton’s comeback “Golden Years” will both make and break your heart

October 10, 2016by rachelannc 1 Comment

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. […]

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Articles, Music

Lindsey Stirling premieres animated music video “We Are Giants” feat. Dia Frampton

September 9, 2015by rachelannc 1 Comment

I admit, when I first heard the song “We Are Giants” when it was released last spring 2014, I wasn’t entirely impressed. I first stumbled on Lindsey Stirling‘s dubstep-violin musical fusion […]

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Behind the Scenes with Dia Frampton on “Let Me Love” & “Bittersweet” by ARCHIS

August 24, 2015by rachelannc 2 Comments

It’s been six months since the release of singer-songwriter Dia Frampton and film composer Joseph Trapanese‘s pop-orchestral partnership ARCHIS, and the team has already released three music videos accompanying the […]

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No Shame. Music Connects People.

March 3, 2015by rachelannc 2 Comments

There is no shame in that I clearly have no life if my past ten Instagram posts have had something to do concerning Meg & Dia / Archis / Dia […]

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Concerts, Music, Reflection

ARCHIS EP release show lets Orchestra and Pop come alive (Dia Frampton & Joseph Trapanese’s heartfelt musical venture)

March 2, 2015by rachelannc Leave a comment

If there could be a soundtrack to singer-songwriter Dia Frampton‘s life in the past ten years of her career in the music industry, that soundtrack would culminate into the project […]

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The MaD “Meg & Dia” Boardie Reunion I did not expect to be this much fun (ARCHIS EP Release Day, 2-23-2015)

March 1, 2015by rachelannc 6 Comments

It’s amazing how much music can bring people together. It’s been three years since the last “boardie” reunion. Three years ago, I didn’t know any of these people; rather, they were […]

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Concerts, Music, Reflection

The Beast of Burden: The Story Behind Meg & Dia Frampton

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Last fall quarter, I took my first Literary Journalism workshop here at UC Irvine. It was required of us to seek out a long-form narrative story (in just ten weeks) and, […]

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Archis set to release this Monday: What have you missed?

February 19, 2015by rachelannc Leave a comment

With the release of singer-songwriter Dia Frampton and music composer Joseph Trapanese’s latest musical collaboration Archis this coming February 23, you ought to prepare yourself for a truly unique musical listening […]

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Ten years later, Dia Frampton is still pushing (ARCHIS, Meg & Dia, The Voice)

December 22, 2014by rachelannc 5 Comments

At this point in her life, Dia Frampton isn’t afraid. Having failed “a million times” in her life and dropped from three different labels (two of which were major) throughout […]

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Dia Frampton and Josh Kaufman (The Voice) take on “Poison & Wine” by the Civil Wars

July 21, 2014by rachelannc Leave a comment

As a long time fan of Dia Frampton for what seems like my entire childhood/adolescence growing up, this cover with The Voice-tourmate Josh Kaufman is so refreshing to hear. I […]

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Articles, Covers, Music

Dia Frampton presents Archis as she opens for Lindsey Stirling at City National Grove of Anaheim (5-14-2014)

May 16, 2014by rachelannc 6 Comments

New article update, “Ten Years Later, Dia Frampton (ARCHIS, Meg & Dia, The Voice) Is Still Pushing” available. Archis (Dia Frampton) opening for Lindsey Stirling The City National Grove of […]

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Dia Frampton’s new music project, Archis, sheds some real “Blood” [Music Premiere]

May 14, 2014by rachelannc 1 Comment

I admit I was a bit skeptical about Dia Frampton‘s turn towards more electronic/EDM-infused sounds. As a long-time follower of her early sister-duo pop-rock/indie band Meg & Dia in the late […]

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