UK Soul Singer Hits the States
I can’t stop listening to Adele’s debut cd 19. Like fellow vocalists Amy Winehouse, and Kate Nash, Adele honed her skills at the Brit School in south London. Her debut which topped the British charts earlier this year, shows off a voice that’s passionate and sounds quite extraordinary at times. Somewhere between soul, […]
Lush Music From Buenos Aires
Natalia Clavier is an Argentinian vocalist whose achingly beautiful voice features prominently on Frederico Aubele’s cd and frequently tours with Aubele, Thievery Corporation and Morcheeba.
Natalia’s debut release, Nectar, features electronic-accented grooves grounded with just the right guitar & piano chords, sexy rhythms, and a voice with a smooth purity that you just don’t hear any […]
The Triumphant Warped Return of Grace Jones
What can I say, she is fierce! Grace Jones, 60-year-old actress/model has just released a new video for “Corporate Cannibal” the first single off her forthcoming album, Hurricane (which features collaboration with Tricky, Brian Eno and others). The video is creepy and fantastic. The lyrics, well…here is a sample:
Employer of the year
Grandmaster of fear
My […]
Living Life Out and Loud: Lori Michaels
Lori Michael’s full-length CD debut, “Living My Life Out Loud,” (Reform Records) couldn’t be more aptly titled. Recently out at 33, Michaels is unstoppable. Recently tagged the lesbian Justin Timberlake, Lori blends 21st century blue-eyed soul, hip hop beats and pop. GO! Magazine, called Lori “a new Renaissance woman” –- a powerful singer/songwriter, […]
New Music from Three Fierce Ladies
At just 23, Delta Goodrem is already one of Australia’s most successful and highest-selling female artists. Now she’s ready to take on the world. Her first international album Delta is set for release in June 2008 on Decca. The first single “In This Life,” became a No.1 hit in Australia, effortlessly seducing radio with […]
Smoking Gun
Pistolera is a NYC-based band that defines the latin alt-folklorico genre. Drawing from traditional styles of Mexican music and fusing it with pop-rock sensibility, the electrifying quartet features Spanish lyric songs of vocalist and guitarist Sandra Lilia Velasquez, the driving accordion melodies of Maria Elena and the unbeatable rhythm section of bassist Inca B. Satz […]
French Kiss
Madonna partied like a rock star at a concert Tuesday night in Paris. In between swigging champagne and strumming her guitar, the material mom managed to swap some spit with a lady mid-act, in a move reminiscent of her lip lock with Britney Spears at the MTV awards in the summer of 2003. Madonna is […]
Britain Soul On The Lower East Side
Pining for the northern soul and mod clubs of her London home, expat Lady Dawn, founded The Subway Soul Club in 2001.
The Subway Soul Club is a fun, vibrant, monthly dance night playing up-beat 1960’s northern soul, motown, boogaloo and organ grooves in New York City.
This month, these fun Brits throw a spectacular Girl’s Night […]
Rocking Out At The Knitting Factory
On a night when Gossip was playing at Webster Hall, two all-female bands stole away a piece of the fan base (heavy on the faux-hawk-sporting, i-D-reading rocker ladies) to New York’s legendary Knitting Factory. Boyskout and Girl in a Coma played the Factory’s Tap Bar on April 15, with the Isles opening.
Boyskout, hailing from Brooklyn […]
