Welcome to Music Quench, Rebecca. In an industry filled with genre clones you are an artist of distinction whose passion and emotions reverberate in your lyrics, vocals and musicianship. Your 200+ songs comprise a bountiful portfolio of exquisite music written while you are still in your twenties, suggesting an amazing career path yet to come. [...]
I ventured out into the streets of historic South Norwalk today for the 33rd annual 3-day SoNo Arts Celebration which draws 50,000 people from the New England/NY Metro areas. Free to the public, the event supports original art and music by over 125 juried fine artists and craftspersons and four stages of “live” music and [...]
The BBC announced nominees for the ‘09 Barclaycard Mercury Prize which goes to the best British or Irish album over the past 12-months. Usually a mix of mainstream and unknown artists, Brit rockers Kasabian (nominated for its 3rd album, “West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum”) and singer-songwriter Bat for Lashes (nominated for her 2nd album, “Two [...]
I’ve got to credit Gloria K. Fiero in her book, The Humanistic Tradition for this indie gem: “Tempermental and defiant, (Beethoven) scorned the patronage system that had weighed heavily upon both Mozart and Haydn, and sold his compositions as an independent artist.”