Album Review: Dream Wife Marry Music In Self-Titled Debut

When I first saw Dream Wife, their determination to summon the “bad bitches” of the world to their presence was intoxicating and slightly threatening. These…

Concert Review: Lewis Capaldi Sings To Heartbreak At Hammerstein

Watching Lewis Capaldi’s voice at Manhattan Hammerstein Ballroom, helped me realize the truth of what I call “The Power of Sheeran”. Like Ed, Lewis Capaldi…

Diandra Interviews Inara George: Music Transforming The Power of Grief

Sometimes, you have to step away from what you love in order to see how you love it. In some ways, that is what grief…

Concert Review: Kat Cunning Gives Style To Music At Spring Place

@lauradernphotography I knew I was headed for a show, when I asked someone, “Where is Spring Place?”, and they responded, “Oh, that bougie place where…

Album Review: First Aid Kit Leave Me Empowered In “Ruins”

First Aid Kit won my heart at their Town Hall NYC show. The Swedish sisters were like a breath of fresh air that knew how…

Concert Review: Yacht Sail Through Bowery Ballroom In Style

Yacht IS CRAZY, and I like it! I thought I knew exuberant, and the capacity to take a stage like you were Superwoman absorbing the…

Concert Review: La Dame Blanche Summons Spirits At SOB’s

WELP! If you ever wondered what it would be like to go to a spiritual ceremony, you might come close with La Dame Blanche. With…

Concert Review: Kauf Makes A Cosmos At Baby’s All Right

“There is something there” is what I thought as Kauf performed his headlining show at Baby’s All Right. Yes, I know this is a basic…

Concert Review: Laila Biali Aims To Right The World’s Wrongs With Jazz

I swear certain artists are kismet. They enter our domain to elaborate an aspect we are either ignoring in attention or gnawing at in tension.…

Concert Review: Walk The Moon Show You How To Feel Like A Star

Certain artists have a “church-like” quality to them; where entering their concert is like entering a temple. As the crowd closed their eyes, swayed, and…

Concert Review: José James Summons Bill Withers’ Wisdom

I have seen José James before, of which his own show felt like a cross between artist and activism. It is clear that José James…

Concert Review: Tribal Seeds Are Reggae Punkers At Gramercy

Immediately entering Gramercy, the air had a certain scented smoke that was unmistakable. I FULLY expected this “scented smoke” to be at The Tribal Seeds…

Concert Review: Dorothy Uses Her Freedom Tour To Promote Love

Dorothy may have been under the weather, but that did not stop her from putting everyone under her spell at Bowery Ballroom. With sage emanating…

Concert Review: The Wombats Fly High In Energy At Brooklyn Steel

As young people, we struggle between the pressure to be perfect according to our eyes and the eyes of the world. No generation is absolved…

Concert Review: Soren Bryce Is Everyone At Elsewhere

I have had the pleasure to see Soren Bryce before, but then I had the added one of interviewing her. It is in inevitable that…