31 Oct This ‘Skeleton Crew’ Will Get You in the Halloween Mood
whole year. It's stunning up here, 64 degrees and sunny, and in two hours, we'll be trick or treating. ...
October 2021
29 Oct Måneskin’s Gore-tastic, Racy ’MAMMAMIA’ Video Takes Me Back to My College Clubbing Days
Until yesterday, the only thing I knew about the Italian glam-rock band Måneskin was that song “Beggin’” that my kids think is called “Bacon” (and they sing along as such … ‘I’m bacon … bacon pleee--ee--ese! put your lovin’ hands up baby!’). ...
26 Oct Mama B, aka Jacq Becker, Talks Motherhood and Creating the Whimsical Record ‘Zoology’ with Musician Pal Travis Warner (Uncle T)
Los Angeles-area musicians Jacq Becker and Travis Warner — the duo ‘Mama B and Uncle T’ — have released Zoology, a children’s record that possesses an enchanting quality, filled with cooing animal noises and waterfall sounds alongside gently plucked instruments and gorgeous vocal harmonies....
20 Oct Lucy Kalantari’s Rockin’ Jazzy EP ‘What Kind of World?’ Features Cellist Son Darius + All-Star Collaborations
by Marisa Torrieri Bloom If you’re in need of some seriously upbeat grooves, I highly recommend Lucy Kalantari and the Jazz Cats' What Kind of World?. Lucy's 5-track EP, her fifth studio album for families, really boosted my spirits this week when I was feeling down. Plus,...
15 Oct Tiff Randol, aka IAMEVE, on the ‘Unnerving’ Emotions of Pregnancy and Creating a Musical Motherhood Community
By Marisa Torrieri Bloom “I can hear you … I can feel you breathing,” Tiff Randol, the artist known as IAMEVE, sings with bittersweet longing, her voice filling the airwaves with goddess energy in an epic, windswept electronic soundscape. These are the first few minutes of “Unnerving,”...
05 Oct How to Support Your Friends in Bands When You’re Strapped for Time
by Marisa Torrieri Bloom Last Thursday I was pumped to see my friend’s band at a local nightclub — and by local, I mean a 30-minute drive from my home. It was only 9 and I had energy and desire, but after a long week, it...