Tag: #pop

  • CONCERT REVIEW: MARIELLE KRAFT WITH VISITING WINE – CITY WINERY 7/19/19

    CONCERT REVIEW: MARIELLE KRAFT WITH VISITING WINE – CITY WINERY 7/19/19

    by Michael McCarthy Last Friday night on July 19th, 2019, I caught Marielle Kraft with opening act Visiting Wine at City Winery in Boston, Massachusetts. It was a great night and I have to start off by praising the venue, which I found most impressive. THE VENUE: CITY WINERY BOSTON First of all, when you…

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  • #albumoftheday = Ingrid Michaelson: Stranger Songs

    #albumoftheday = Ingrid Michaelson: Stranger Songs

    Indie-pop, singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson has just released an exquisite new album called Stranger Songs on which every song is inspired by the Netflix series Stranger Things. The album came out just before the new season of Stranger Things started so a lot of the references were lost on me until I started watching the new…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = TEMPTRESS: “NAKED”

    “Naked” is the latest single by South London production/artist duo Temptress, which consists of Jess Belgrave and Vlad Woodham-Smith, who’ve run up a couple of million streams since 2016. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out why that it is when you listen to their sultry songs on which both Jess and Vlad sing,…

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  • WORLD PREMIERE / #songoftheday = NATHASSIA: “GODDESS”

    I am pleased to present you with the global premiere of her latest single, “Goddess,” which finds her once again in the world music vein as she calls on and portrays the Goddesses Athena, Venus, Diana, Inanna and Laxmi as she sings about feeling like a Goddess herself.

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  • NY, DENMARK & THE MUSIC IN BETWEEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH OH LAND

    NY, DENMARK & THE MUSIC IN BETWEEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH OH LAND

    interview by Michael McCarthy Danish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Nanna Øland Fabricius, better known by her stage name Oh Land, is about as brilliant a musician as they come. The funny thing is, she had no plans of making a career out of music. Although she was born the child of composer Bendt Fabricius…

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  • NOT YOUR ORDINARY POP PRINCESS: AN INTERVIEW WITH THEIA

    NOT YOUR ORDINARY POP PRINCESS: AN INTERVIEW WITH THEIA

    interview by Michael McCarthy This Friday, April 12th 2019, New Zealand’s rising pop star Theia releases her highly addictive EP, Not Your Princess. She loves the word sassy and it’s no wonder why because it’s the perfect word to sum up her sound, which features lots of perky tunes with attitude, such as “Honest” and…

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  • Baby, You’re A Millionaire: An Interview with Chlöe Howl

    Baby, You’re A Millionaire: An Interview with Chlöe Howl

    interview by Michael McCarthy Pop singer/songwriter Chlöe Howl has been on my radar since she released her addictive 2013 single “No Strings.” And while she’s yet to release a full-length album, she’s continued to churn out fantastic singles and exquisite EPs aplenty. Last year’s Work EP, for example, is particularly infectious and a great introduction…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = ILIRA: “WHISPER MY NAME” + “DO IT YOURSELF”

    Rising pop princess ILIRA has two red hot tracks out right now via Insanity Records/Sony, “Whisper My Name” and “Do It Yourself.”

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  • TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY: AN INTERVIEW WITH LUCY SPRAGGAN

    TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY: AN INTERVIEW WITH LUCY SPRAGGAN

    interview by Michael McCarthy Lucy Spraggan hails from the UK and she’s one of the most talented songwriters I’ve ever come to know. In all honesty, her lyrics are brilliant and I can’t think of another artist whose lyrics I like more. She’s truly gifted in that department, her songs often telling stories about real…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = DOE PAORO: “SILVER SPRINGS”

    It’s no secret that singer/songwriter Doe Paoro is one of my favorite artists. If you frequent this site, you undoubtedly know that I regularly interview her. So, it should come as no surprise that I’m in love with her cover of the Stevie Nicks’ classic “Silver Springs.”

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = Chlöe Howl: “Millionaire”

    Today Chlöe Howl, one of our favorite UK pop singers, releases her new single, “Millionaire.” It’s a song that’s full of hard, punchy beats, flourishes of guitar and an air of trap music with its occasional hi-hats stuttering along.

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = ALICE PHOEBE LOU: “SKIN CRAWL”

    “I don’t need a smile to be enjoying myself,” sings South African-born, Berlin-based, indie-songstress Alice Phoebe Lou with an air of melancholy on “Skin Crawl,” today’s song of the day.

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  • BOSTON BOUND: AN INTERVIEW WITH ALFIE OF HUDSON TAYLOR

    BOSTON BOUND: AN INTERVIEW WITH ALFIE OF HUDSON TAYLOR

    interview by Michael McCarthy I first encountered the music of Ireland’s hugely popular duo Hudson Taylor when I caught them opening for Gabrielle Aplin a year ago this month. I’d been a big fan of Gabrielle’s for roughly a half dozen years and was so excited to finally see her live. So much so that…

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  • ALWAYS A PLEASURE: OUR 4TH INTERVIEW WITH DOE PAORO

    ALWAYS A PLEASURE: OUR 4TH INTERVIEW WITH DOE PAORO

    interview by Michael McCarthy Between the intros for our previous three interviews and the live show and album reviews I’ve done covering Doe Paoro and her wonderful music, I feel like I’ve written everything I could possibly say about her already. However, for those of you who are unfamiliar with her and her sound, let…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening: Vök: “Erase You”

    The too good to be true “Erase You” is Icelandic, electro dream-pop trio Vök’s latest single, following previous album singles “Spend The Love”, “Night & Day”, and “Autopilot”, which have received over 1 million streams collectively across all the usual platforms during the past few weeks.

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