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Tag Archives: Meg Frampton

Meg & Dia’s new “Hotel Room” feels as free and inviting as they are (Music Video Release)

December 10, 2021by rachelannc Leave a comment

The thing I’ve always loved about the Frampton sisters is their candidness when it comes to approaching their music. Sisters Meg and Dia Frampton have been playing and making music […]

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Articles, Music

My Life as a Roadie with Meg & Dia on the California ‘Happysad’ Tour

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“Woke up this morning with the weirdest case of the butterflies,” I wrote that Tuesday morning on my phone. Just the day before, I got a call from a band […]

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Concerts, Music, Reflection, Vlog, Writing

Meg & Dia open up about sister tension in “American Spirit” (Music Video)

July 29, 2019by rachelannc 2 Comments

“Why the hell am I crying right now?” I tell myself. In the new video for Meg & Dia’s “American Spirit,” which premiered on Forbes today, the sisters are visibly […]

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Articles, Music, Response

Meg & Dia is back and stronger than ever in surprise album ‘happysad’, 8 years later

July 26, 2019by rachelannc 8 Comments

Let me just contain my excitement for a moment… Meg & Dia just dropped a surprise album — their first in eight years — and yeah, of course I had […]

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Articles, Music, Response

I’m “Going Away,” I’m Going My Way (Meg & Dia Cover)

June 24, 2019by rachelannc Leave a comment

In honor of being home, and in being stoked for Meg & Dia’s reunion tour this coming summer, here’s a little porch session, from me to you. “‘Cause finally it’s […]

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Covers, Music, Reflection

Dia Frampton shows us her “Bruises” in cinematic new album (Album Review)

March 3, 2017by rachelannc 2 Comments

A chilling orchestral score opens up singer-songwriter Dia Frampton’s newest album. “A lot can happen in a half a decade,” Frampton writes in her personal essay on Cuepoint. Aptly titled Bruises, the album signifies […]

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Articles, Music, Response

A Response to Dia Frampton’s Fragile, Inspiring Piece on Being a Musician

August 30, 2016by rachelannc 1 Comment

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 […]

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Art, Articles, Celebrities, Music, Response

The Power of Women and “Shine Theory”

March 8, 2016by rachelannc Leave a comment

A lot of people may wonder why I have so many female influences in my life. From Nancy Wilson to Stevie Nicks, Meg & Dia Frampton to Mandy Moore, to Olivia Wilde, […]

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Articles, Celebrities, Reflection, Response, Writing

Fireside with Jess Bowen and Meg Frampton in “Speak Up Tour”

May 11, 2015by rachelannc Leave a comment

“I’ve never felt more lonely than when I moved to LA,” Jess Bowen confessed. Around the dim campfire pit in the middle of a Silver Lake home (dubbed the “Casa de […]

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Celebrities, Interviews, Music, Reflection

Meg Frampton’s return to music with “Say I Said Yes”

May 9, 2015by rachelannc Leave a comment

“Through all my new experiences in jewelry and ‘side man’ gigging for other artists, I could never quite put the quiet voice inside of me to rest,” Meg Frampton writes to […]

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Articles, Music

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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Articles, Celebrities, Concerts, Music

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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Articles, Celebrities, Interviews, Music, Writing

Vlog: Life Update on Producing, Reigniting Music and Interviewing (+ SORRY KINA!!!) (5-29-2014)

May 30, 2014by rachelannc Leave a comment

From PACN, producing a $30k production, to Kina to Dia to Jimmy and the Meg & Dia-gang, to interviews with Milo Greene and Kina… Does it ever end?! (What if […]

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Reflection, Vlog

3 Concerts, 3 Weeks: Finding yourself in music (Kina, Dia, Jimmy)

May 22, 2014by rachelannc 2 Comments

These past few days have left me feeling a little uneasy. Why? I’m not entirely sure. For the past three weeks, I’ve been going from concert to concert. And, maybe […]

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Celebrities, Concerts, Music, Reflection

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