by Marisa Torrieri Bloom Let’s start off with this: I am a mom, musician, and feminist. I am not — and have never been — an art critic. I don’t write brilliant, cerebral dissertations about art exhibits and their overt and subliminal messages. I just like to consume. [caption...
by Marisa Torrieri Bloom Lots of musician parents dream of their offspring rocking the stage one day, perhaps after their kid finishes high school. But for drummer mom Julie Rustad and her guitarist husband Jon, their son Syver hadn’t even hit kindergarten before he started showing...
by Marisa Torrieri Bloom Most of you know I’ve been a HUGE fan of Courtney Love and Hole since May 1994, when I read a review of “Live Through This,” and decided to buy the then-newly-released CD. Two months later, I rocked out at my very...
Pregnancy is one of the most physically demanding endeavors on your body. If you're like me, strengthening your core after having a baby is a major priority (mainly to build strength and energy levels) but you're shorter on time with a wee one in tow. Brooklyn-area personal trainer...
There's lots of places you can go to find gigs to play and attend, from your local online community news site to the physical newspaper. Here at Rockmommy, we strive to promote events involving rocker moms and dads first, but you don't have to be...
-- by Marisa Torrieri Bloom It’s been a crazy month. Between processing heaps of terrible news while balancing motherhood and life, I haven’t had much time to mull over a particularly disturbing incident that has rattled me since Newtown: the shooting death of up-and-coming Voice singer Christina Grimmie...
-- by Marisa Torrieri Bloom As any new parent will tell you, having a baby shifts your world in unimaginable ways. Yet there are some new moms, between diapers and deadlines and sleepless nights, who seem truly unstoppable in continuing their life’s journey, babe on their hip, embracing...