notes from vivace

My annual list of favorite new bands and singers: new to me, but maybe not to you. The Top 20 in alphabetical order. 1: Local music festival...

A Handful of Show Alerts  Sunday Dec 29th: El Colmo at Zebulon. Doors at 6 p.m. You can read my review of their set on US Rocker Music her...

I wrote this about how I first came across  Jordan Gruver  on Instagram back in early September: "I thought I first came across Jordan ...

I arrived about ten minutes too late to catch  Houston In The Blind 's full set at  Harvard & Stone  (a  Swyndle  night). I walked i...

Jane Beeson  who performs / releases music under her last name played the  WFNM  night at  Hotel Ziggy  the Wednesday prior to Thanksgiving....

A Handful of Show Alerts  Monday Dec 23rd:  Bee Appleseed  at  Club Tee Gee.  Doors at 8 p.m. I don't believe I've seen Bee Applesee...

Safe Travels Presents  and  The Witching Hours  recently finished up their 2024 series: Alphabet Soup. It started off at the  Resident  and ...

Back in early September, I was able to attend Zheani's set at the  Fonda Theatre . I was covering the night for US Rocker Music. Unfortu...

I first came across Kianah LongChase of  TwoLips  in 2018 -- twice, in fact. What is an interesting point about the two encounters is that t...

A Handful of Show Alerts  Sunday Dec 15th:  Strawberry Fuzz  at  The Roxy Theatre.  Doors at 7 p.m. Monday Dec 16th:  Sarah Once Was  at  Ha...

I wrote the following back during the summer on Instagram, "This is my third time catching Scout LaRue Willis. The first two times were...

Nashville based musician  Austin Stambaugh  dropped on by  Club Tee Gee  for a  Back in the Garage  night. He was at the end of a tour that ...

While hanging out at  WFNM , I've seen  Liza Light  playing back-up for  Megan Winsor  and perhaps another singer or two. What I've ...