Stephen Kellogg’s Countdown to Blunderstone Tour hits twenty-one states this spring and summer with his only Michigan stop happening at Seven Steps Up in Spring Lake. Most West Michigan fans know Kellogg from his shows with Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers. This tour is supporting Kellogg’s new solo album Blunderstone Rookery to be released on [...]
May 22, 2013
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Blog, Stephen Kellogg
For four decades, the name CBGB has been synonymous with all musical genres emerging from the indie and punk underground. This year, CBGB will be breaking more new ground with the expansion of the CBGB MUSIC & FILM FESTIVAL, a five-day festival/conference. This will take place Wednesday, October 9 to Sunday, October 13, 2013 within [...]
May 22, 2013
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Blog, CBGB, Press Releases
“He killed at 78 Below the other night with his brother Dylan and The Box Story. His solo work just keeps getting more addictive.” – Huffington Post [...]
May 21, 2013
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Blog, Noah Chenfeld
Ivan & Alyosha normally deals with expectations right off the bat. The folk pop group — which takes its name from two characters in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov — is often assumed to be a duo. But the band faced even higher expectations with its recently released debut album, All The Times We Had, as the [...]
May 20, 2013
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Blog, Ivan & Alyosha
‘Small Town Talk’ Shannon McNally (Sacred Sumac) Louisiana musical icon and swamp-pop pioneer Bobby Charles died in 2010, one month before his 72nd birthday. Shannon McNally, an acclaimed singer/songwriter in her own right, is helping to preserve Charles’ legacy with “Small Town Talk.” The 14 tracks included on the album were hand-picked by McNally, producer [...]
May 20, 2013
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Blog, Shannon McNally
BlurtOnline.com BY LEE ZIMMERMAN Courtney Jaye’s combination of radiant pop and roots regalia once suggested a style akin to the southern California sound of the early to mid ‘70s. No more though. This time around, her concession to commercial appeal is apparent, in the lavish arrangements and particularly in her sultry singing. Indeed this, her [...]
May 20, 2013
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Blog, courtney jaye
During SXSW, Cultivora sat down with Steve Marion of Delicate Steve to discuss his inspirations, forming a band, the differences between his two albums, and the art of performing live. [...]
May 20, 2013
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Blog, Delicate Steve
For touring musicians, the road can be a complicated beast. Most of the time, it is exhilarating. Then at some point, it becomes exhausting. Singer, songwriter and guitarist Stephen Kellogg knows this, and over the past year, he’s had to deal with both the good and the bad on some level. Last spring, Kellogg was [...]
May 17, 2013
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Blog, Stephen Kellogg
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – While Bobby Charles is hardly a household name, the late songwriter is known by many through songs he wrote including “See You Later Alligator,” “Walking to New Orleans” and “But I Do.” Fans of The Band, with whom Charles collaborated, know him through his performance of “Down South in New Orleans” at [...]
May 17, 2013
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Blog, Shannon McNally
via Studio360.org Singer-songwriter Dominique Pinto goes by Dom La Nena, ‘Dom the Little Girl.’ Like Lil’ Wayne before her, the name refers unironically to her delicate stature. Unlike Lil’ Wayne, La Nena makes music that fits the pseudonym: delicate, very simple acoustic songs that could almost be lullabyes. Her debut album is Ela (She, in [...]
May 17, 2013
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Blog, Dom La Nena