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!’). ...
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....
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,...
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,”...
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...
I’ve spent too long away from the theater, because the moment I heard the first track off California kindie-rock band — and Disney favorite — Kids Imagine Nation’s new concept album, I felt compelled to listen to the entire thing. And I’m an adult mom —...
Intro by Marisa Torrieri Bloom; interview by Rew Starr I don’t remember the moment I first heard singer-songwriter Patti Rothberg’s breakout hit “Inside” in the mid 90s, but I do remember watching Patti’s videos on MTV. She was a dead ringer for Beatlejuice-era Winona Ryder with the...