Like so many other parents around the country, I've been so busy and excited, preparing my kids for the start of their school year. So when I saw this article about Houston-area schools having to stay shuttered through the first part of September my heart...
by Marisa Torrieri Bloom Before many of us had kids, life centered on long jam sessions with bands, and writing songs in uninterrupted spurts. But Singer-songwriter Jess Penner — a self-described cheerful and cheeky, creatively ADD artist from Los Angeles, who was raised on a banana farm...
I'm so excited to announce that I'll be playing one show in July...
by Marisa Torrieri Bloom While Brooklyn is a place where dreams are made for so many creative types — rockmommies included! — Joanie Leeds didn’t ever intend to move to the borough when she began her music career more than a decade ago. [caption id="attachment_1857" align="alignright" width="300"]...
[wpvideo o3TmCqJz] I'm so stoked to be playing a solo gig with special guest Noelle Dicarlo -- a little tattooed girl with a BIG voice! -- that I spent a small portion of Mother's Day practicing in front of the mirror. Compared to my millennial peers, I'm...
by Marisa Torrieri Bloom For years, I’ve wondered what my life would be like with a looper pedal — but until recently, it didn’t occur to me to go out and buy one. I usually play with bandmates, and a second guitarist takes care of the...
by Marisa Torrieri Bloom So had this whole vision of making March a true “Rockmommy month.” Time-strapped as I am, I would play two to three hours of guitar every week NO MATTER WHAT. I started off with a bang, playing guitar at every possible free moment,...