Well, it’s been a long time coming… Happy 2017 friends, lovers, followers and fellow dreamers! The new year is a great time for cleanse and renewal; for washing away the old and getting […]
Some years ago, when I was a curious 16-year-old picking up the guitar and listening to endless records on repeat, I stumbled on a video of Nancy Wilson on YouTube. […]
In just two days following the news of a depressing/tumultuous/highly emotional U.S. presidential election, Australian band The Jezabels sent their love out into the audience. “San Fran, we’re mourning for […]
One hallow’s eve seven years ago, my friend Giann and I decided we were “too cool” to trick-or-treat and spent our night in playing mellow mood music. Earlier this summer […]
Atmosphere is everything when it comes to a live performance. It could be the lights, the stage, the mood of the crowd or the tall guy in front of you […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
There are those moments you hear a song and are incredibly taken aback. The melody hits an instant chord in your soul; the rhythm sends chills down your spine; and […]
A 15-year-old girl was unable to attend Florence + the Machine’s show in Austin, Texas last week due to her health, so the band brought the show to her. In a cell […]
I’ve always been a bit of a workaholic. I always feel the need to be moving, growing, changing and serving some sort of purpose… A couple of weeks ago, I […]
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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