hat I break out of my comfort zone with guitar pedals. In fact, the only pedals I use right now, a Super Badass distortion pedal and a tuning pedal, were gifted to me by the lead guitarist in my band. Occasionally I'll break out the...
We all know to wash our hands all the time, right? Wrong! You’d think during a pandemic that we’d all have figured it out by now, but here we are, over a year into a full-blown pandemic and infection rates are still sky high. ...
whole year. It's stunning up here, 64 degrees and sunny, and in two hours, we'll be trick or treating. ...
NYC-based Mötley Crüe tribute band Girls Girls Girls plays such a high-energy, awe-inspiring live show that phone calls and email requests to play private events are pretty much the norm (as are fangirls like me). So when the band received a random email in...
by Marisa Torrieri Bloom Grammy-nominated bassist Divinity Roxx made a name for herself playing R&B, funk and hip hop alongside musicians like Beyoncé. But’s it’s her solo bass slapping and lyrical riffs — poetic, hypnotic, and pointed — that take me to a different headspace (check...
by Marisa Torrieri Bloom “Logan, can you practice your piano please?” It’s a question asked daily, sometimes three times, to my 7-year-old Beethoven-loving son. And the response is almost always the same: "NOT NOW!!" To which, I'll usually follow: "YES NOW!" To which, he'll caterwaul: "Not yet,...
I’ve been living the change I want to see for rockmommies — playing out, booking gigs, and creating new music. ...