On My Mind
*PHOTOS! Liverpool and the Cavern Club with Slyboots
It’s been a year since Slyboots had their Cavern Club, Liverpool debut at the International Pop Overthrow Festival. We flew in on Saturday, played Sunday evening at the Cavern Pub, Monday night on the Traditional Stage, Tuesday night on the Main Stage (to a packed...
InterMagsView – with Zev Katz!
Heylo Bassers! Here is another installment of my InterMagsView where I sit down and bribe really cool bass players with food and wine to talk to me about really cool stuff! My interview below is with Zev Katz. We had a very nice chat over brunch this spring at Serafina’s on the Upper West Side – Native New Yorker, Zev Katz has played with Roxy Music, Hall & Oates, Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, and the list goes on-and-on. Currently, he holds the bass chair on the Broadway show “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”.
Bass Moms Who Rock
Hello Internet Folks!
I’ve been busy this past year. You know, doing really important things like making life. Anyway, Ted and I welcomed our baby daughter on February 2nd, Charlie-Catherine. Some people have told me that being a mom will be the most difficult thing that I’ll do in life. Yes, being a mom is difficult, but you want to know what the most difficult thing that I have ever done in life?
InterMagsView – with Mike Visceglia!
Heylo Bassers! This is my first installment of my InterMagsView where I sit down and bribe really cool bass players with food and wine to talk to me about really cool stuff! My first interview is with Mike Visceglia.
Magsofy – The Internet
"Wow! Mags is doing a review of the internet?! That sounds pretentious," you say.... So, what. I am doing a review of the internet and my review is two thumbs up. The internet is like, totally tubular. Two nights ago I was at my girl friend Babs's house getting a...
Magsofy – Oh Caroline
Cheap Trick is one of my feel good, favorite time bands. Oh Caroline may not be my favorite Cheap Trick song, but it has definitely made an impression on me.
The opening drum beat and hot lick… then Robin Zander sings:
Oh Caroline – My life shined when you walked in
Oh Caroline – My world shined when you came in
His heart dropped; he was struck by a lightening bolt – he fell in love IMMEDIATELY! He would (go to the end of the world) for your love!
The song starts off so sweet, and sincere, and full of love and hope – and then….
CANADIAN MUSIC EXPERT – Krista Hurdon – Top 5 Canadian Tracks of 2014
Anyone who’s reading this is a fan of Mags (who isn’t?) so when she asked me to be a guest columnist on her blog, I was pretty flattered. Well, first I was kind of vomity, but then I was flattered. I’m not a musician and I’m not a music critic, I’m just a chick who likes her tunes and tries to keep an ear to the ground, but if Mags figures that’s enough, then I’m down with it.
So, yeah, I know that “The Best of” or “The Top” lists are pretty much fraught with conflict, and you’re just setting yourself up for someone to say “You totally should have included this!” or “How could you have missed that?” I get it. Everyone’s got their faves…
*PHOTOS! New Year’s Eve Recap with the Talia Denis Band
It's almost a week into the New Year and I'm taking this time to reflect on the show with the Talia Denis Band. We played First Night in Saratoga Springs, NY and we played in a church right in front of the alter. I have to give a big round of applause to Talia's...
My New Favorite Pop Star Is…
Charli XCX! For a bit the jury was out for me. I wasn't connecting to the Iggy Azalea / Charli XCX collaboration, "Fancy". Then "Boom Clap" came out, and I was thinking, "Ok, this is more interesting...I can dance behind this..." Then I read the Rolling...
Magsofy – Sloan at the Bowery Ballroom
KG* is a big massive Sloan fan, and she had a plus one to the show - so she invited me! I am not a big massive Sloan fan only because I haven't heard that much from the band. My girl friend, Krista, at the IATSE Canadian Office has been sending me Canadian artists to...
Magsofy – Chrissie Hynde at the Beacon Theatre
Chrissie Hynde is so cool. She's so punk rock, and rock'n roll, and the audience in the Loge last night at the Beacon was not punk rock and it was not rock'n roll. It was a bunch of dinosaurs who have lost touch with their youth, and had no realization that they...
New Song! Lily Sparks – SLAVES OF NEW YORK!
Lily Sparks released a new song today called "Slaves of New York." We think a lot of you will be able to relate to the tune...because truly, aren't we all a little bit of a slave to something? Please have a listen and a share! ReverbNation:...