Tag: music journalist

  • The Beatles Get a Grammy Nod

    The Beatles Get a Grammy Nod

    The Beatles might finally be able to win a “Record of the Year” Grammy. The Fab Four’s latest “new” song, ‘Now and Then,’ was nominated this past Friday for the “Record of the Year” Grammy and will be competing against songs by Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, and Taylor…

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  • Melancholy Goes Up To 11 

    Melancholy Goes Up To 11 

    Since 1978, when The Cure formed, they have always seemed older to me than they really were, but now they are older and the insight that they have ingested is recognizable more than ever.  It took 16 years to make this album because they wanted it to be right.  We know that Robert Smith craves…

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  • Meg Elsier Raises the Roof 

    Meg Elsier Raises the Roof 

    I brought my niece, Becca, as my plus one guest and didn’t know what to expect when encountering this rising star.  Meg Elsier is just 30 years old- as is my niece- and she is quickly rising up the ladder of stardom in the industry.  Nashville Scene magazine just awarded her the Best Indie/Rock Debut…

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  • Catchfire takes you to the ‘Wild Side’

    Catchfire takes you to the ‘Wild Side’

    The rattling echo from the burning words and instrumentals stays with the listener even when the song is silenced.  It is now out there in the ethos for others to discover- for that is all that we can do.  We create and place our art in the world for the scavengers to find.  This track…

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  • Bourbon and Beyond: Days 3 & 4 

    Bourbon and Beyond: Days 3 & 4 

    Days One and Two of Bourbon & Beyond were highly organized and very strict when it came to the front gates.  The event was constantly posting on their socials and emailing out rules and regulations for standards that they wanted upheld throughout the long weekend.  You could only bring in chairs if you had a…

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  • Bourbon & Beyond: Day Two

    Bourbon & Beyond: Day Two

    So now we reside in Day Two of Bourbon & Beyond. Day one nearly killed me as I realized that 10 hours standing in the sun after driving three hours to get here was too long of a day for this 50-year-old. There is nowhere to hide at this festival.  There are tents around the…

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  • Fresh Lemons : Nothing Canned

    Fresh Lemons : Nothing Canned

    The Lemonheads are an indie/alternative/punk band, originally from Boston, Massachusetts formed in 1986, and they were playing their two most successful albums tonight. The setlist was It’s A Shame About Ray which was constantly in my cars cassette player my senior year of high school (1992), and Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1996) which featured…

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  • Day Four at Lolla and Top 10 Lessons Learned

    Day Four at Lolla and Top 10 Lessons Learned

    After 3 days and 24 hours of festival time we finally made it to Sunday.  We were running on fumes by the last day. Thank goodness the first artist on the teen list was later in the day!  Late start getting out the door and decided to not brave the subway and uber in style…

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