Album Review: Cende Releases A Record of “#1 Hit Single”

  Imagine your life was an invisible cage, of which music was the only key that could break the hard, hidden cell. The louder more…

Artist Close-Up: QUIÑ Adds Fantasy To Soul

Imagine living in the world of Pandora from Avatar; it is a mystical place born with a nature that surpasses human imagination. Then, imagine finding…

Theatre Review: Vineyard Theatre “Asks Can You Forgive Her?”

In 95 minutes, Gina Gionfriddo’s Can’t You Forgive Her? asks an in important question; “Can you have meaning in life, at least a happy one,…

Diandra Previews: Ruidofest Is Readying To Bring Latin Heat To Chicago

This July the Windy City is going to receive a  serious heat wave with some of the best latin artists of THE WORLD heading to…

Diandra Previews OZY Fusion Fest 2017!!!!!!!

I had the absolute pleasure to review OZY Fusion Fest last year. I called it a festival with a cool learning curve, and it was.…

Concert Review: Seth Walker Brings The Blues To Iridium

Sometimes, you just get the blues, and there is not always a reason. That moody feel strikes your heart, and you put on a song…

Book Review: Kevin Kwan Makes Me Want To Have “Rich People Problems”

SYNOPSIS: When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside–but he’s not alone. It…

Artist Close-Up: Lana Del Rey Is Showing A Brighter Lust For Life

  Just when you think Lana Del Rey cannot get any dreamier and more nostalgic for old-world loves, she releases the video for Lust For…

Song Review: DJ Cassidy Makes A Club Track For Ladies’ Honor

A club track about women’s honor? Can we all just clap about that notion, and revel in its reality thanks to the iconic DJ Cassidy.…

Diandra Reviews Playlist 42: Flower Power Edition

It has been a crazy May of rain and sunshine BUT the flowers re coming! So in honor of flower power, enjoy these blooming artists!

Artist Close-Up: As Chet Faker Exits, Nich Murphy Enters In “Missing Link”

You may know Chet Faker, but have you met Nick Murphy? Releasing Missing Link, Murphy completely sides his Chet Faker persona to show Nick Murphy…

Artist Close-Up: Terence Ryan Brings Middle Class Soul

Terence Ryan brings the soul to the average man. When you think of Soul, it is a genre born rather from the pain of being…

Album Review/ Artist Close-Up: LOOM

When you take four years to make a self-titled debut, you better make it grand. Loom being a band that is not about grandeur as…

Concert Review: Thurston Moore Shows Legends Have A Rock N’ Roll Consciousness At MHOW

Thurston Moore is a legend. The Sonic Youth founder is a pioneer furthering the union between indie and rock. His penchant for the strangeness of…

Album Review: Missio Play For the Future “Loner”

  Picture yourself in a future dystopia. You are a young, lonely kid with ambitions beyond the grey cyber walls and propaganda banner waving around…