Film Review: Moonlight Puts A Spotlight A One Man’s Multiple Layers of Oppression

Moonlight is the new film by Barry Jenkins the questions the layers of oppression that can affect one human being. Not many realize that one…

Concert Review: Seratones Make Jimi Hendrix Proud At Mercury Lounge

The Seratones were Rock Heaven at Mercury Lounge, in part, because they gave their hour length show the abundant zest one feels at a music festival.…

Concert Review: Survival Guide Was A Boss At Bowery Electric

Excuse me, as I get rather sentimental in my concert review of Survival Guide. This starry songstress gave a performance at Bowery Electric that brimmed…

Theatre Review: Love, Love, Love Brilliantly Shows The Generational Gaps Between Parents And Their Kids

Love, Love, Love is the time-warping, three act play written by Mike Bartlett and directed by Micahel Mayer. This Roundabout Theatre production focuses on the…

Concert Review: Rafferty Gives Berlin NYC JukeBox Swag

As I write this concert review, I smile because I have concluded that Rafferty pretty much belongs in a 1950s jukebox.  He carries that old…

Album Review: Radio Dept’s Shows Politics Are “Running Out of Love”

  What happens when politics becomes so dark and twisted that you, yourself, grow numb to the hatred  that brews before you? What happens when your…

Album Review: The Streets Of Laredo Make You Want To Go “Wild”

The Streets of Laredo’s newest album Wild is like taking a hit of imagination. You are literally smacked by the vivid landscapes their songs induce…

Concert Review: Chrystal Bell Is A Mystical Songstress In Concert

There I was at Berlin NYC, the dimly lit space with red overshadows is mysterious looking to say the least. Located in an underground with…

Concert Review: Kongos Bring Tribal Rock To Playstation Theater

  From the incessant drumming to quickened keys, the hardy voices calling for inhibitions to be liberated, and the guitar riffs that pierce your brain’s…

Concert Review: Ishi Turns Pianos NYC into An Intergalactic Discotheque

I begin my review of Ishi, comprised of sing JT Mudd and producer Brad Dale,  with a fun fact/ backstory. When I was invited to…

Artist Close Up: Dia Will Make You Surrender To The Tiny Ocean In All Of Us Called Love

Dia is the stunning project of composer and performer, Danielle Birrittella. Raised on a Hindu ashram, the songstress uses etherial vocal textures abstracted by organic…

Album Review: Exes’ The Art Of Saying Goodbye Is Cotton Candied Love

Venice duo  exes have created what I call cotton candy pop music in their new record The Art of Saying Goodbye. While many artists aim…

Artist Close Up: BOYS NOIZE = Mind Blown!

BOYS NOIZE´s latest albums, MAYDAY, is his most dynamic album to date, and also his most socially poignant. For him, MAYDAY is an international distress…

Artist Close-Up: Steve Kahn’s The Opera Singer Further Buzz Around The Rising Director

Starring Shannon Elizabeth, from American pie fame, Steve Kahn’s The Opera Singer is a reminder to everyone to live you best life now. As Elizabeth narrates the…

Artist Close-Up: Liz Loughrey Is The Vocal Power of The #RiseUpMovement

Liz Loughrey is an instant yes. From the minute you hear those reggae pop vibes blend with her R&B/ soul vocals ,you cannot say anything but yes!…