Last week, I spoke to Perry Allen, who plays guitar and does vocals for the Sparrows, a cross-country folk band with a new album out for free download on Jan. 20. The band’s new album, “the Blue Door Sessions,” was recorded live in a Phoenix studio. One of the band’s members, Odetta Hartman, was not… [Read more…]
December 13, 2011
Minus Ned clowning around. Photo by Matt Kramer. When the members of Minus Ned returned to their L.A. home after their first nation-wide tour, they were met by an unpleasant surprise. They found their house in shambles, like a crack house in the TV show “Breaking Bad,” according to vocalist and drummer Zach Guglin. Guglin,… [Read more…]
October 17, 2011
I will admit right now I love Billy Idol. I think he brought a lot of punk flavor into 80′s glam, and he had a hell of a lot of fun doing it. The Arizona State Fair always surprises with the caliber of musicians they get to play each 18 nights, and I was thrilled… [Read more…]
August 20, 2011
The Washington State-indie rockers rolled through the hellish Phoenix heat to throw us desert-dwellers a nice show. They played over two hours, which is much more than you usually get for a ticket price twice as high as what they (or LiveNation) charged. During the set I was introduced “Grapevine Fires,” a lovely and melancholy… [Read more…]
July 19, 2011
I’m still in shock. I saw Bob Dylan. I saw Bob Dylan. He came out, as my mom described, dressed like an outlaw. With “His Band,” he played for a little more than two hours, dancing behind his keyboard or his microphone. He looked about half his seventy years when tapping his feet to the… [Read more…]
April 17, 2011
I had the distinct pleasure to see Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers showcase their new album, Unida Cantina, which drops to the public online and in stores on Tuesday, April 19. As the inaugural concert at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Clyne and his band entertained the sizable crowd with a… [Read more…]
April 11, 2011
In early February 2011, I had the opportunity to sit in on a music therapy session at Higher Octave Healing. Katie Griffith, a young adult who suffers cerebral palsy and is wheelchair-bound, uses lyric analysis to ” post an audio recording on her own blog discussing what the lyrics mean to her as a young… [Read more…]
December 22, 2010
I recently sent Tucson songwriter and guitarist Sylamina: Solo Girl 5000 a few questions about her music pursuits. She has three song recorded as well as playing with a variety of acts. Sylamina talks about her favorite song so far and her songwriting inspirations. Chelsey Heath: Where did the name Sylamina: Solo Girl 5000 come… [Read more…]
December 9, 2010
I had the privilege (since I won the pair of tickets) to see OK Go and the Smashing Pumpkins tonight at the Wild Horse Pass Casino theater. I hadn’t heard much of OK Go besides their internet sensation video, but they were fun and quirky. In matching primary colored suits, the quartet bounced around staged… [Read more…]
December 2, 2010
With multiple media platforms (and ways to get your music out there), your opportunity is only matched by the difficultly of answering the high school CD reviewer without missing that lone email from the Rolling Stone reporter. I give you a few tips with managing your media relations, sans a public relations specialist. • When… [Read more…]
January 23, 2012
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