Bedouine’s Calming Folk Soothed At Spacebomb Record’s SXSW Showcase
CLICK HERE To Go Back To Blurred Culture’s SXSW Artist Page For March 12th, 2019 AUSTIN, TX- An artist that I’ve had my eye one for a while is the L.A. based singer/songwriter Azniv Korkejian p/k/a “Bedouine”. I have playlists that I play when I go…
Run River North Comes Back Reinvented At The Moroccan Lounge
LOS ANGELES, CA- As the clock strikes 7:30pm in LA’s Arts District, a seemingly calm and friendly group of people line up outside the Moroccan Lounge. They’ve been waiting to see Run River North, LA’s own indie-folk rock band. Since their last release, Run and Hide,…
Mel Washington Brings His “Whiskey River” To The Troubadour
LOS ANGELES, CA- Some music can only be written through lived experience. Authenticity can’t be mass produced. You can’t sing about heartbreak if you’ve never experienced it before, right? Mel Washington is a Charleston, SC based singer/songwriter and he embodies the genuine. With his performance at…
Raye Zaragoza’s Lyrics Had Me Hanging On Her Every Word
LOS ANGELES, CA- On March 18th, 2019, while waiting to see Lucy Spraggan perform at The Moroccan, I was lucky enough to catch the opening set by the singer/songwriter Raye Zaragoza. Wow. I’m glad I showed up early, otherwise I would have missed out on…
Adam Melchor Makes His SXSW Debut As Last Minute Addition To The Capitol One House Line Up
CLICK HERE To Go Back To Blurred Culture’s SXSW Artist Page For March 10th, 2019 AUSTIN, TX- When it comes to SXSW, and all the new music that comes into Austin, there are bound to be sacrifices that need to be made. You can’t catch all…
Andrew Bird Delights Los Angeles With “My Finest Work Yet”
LOS ANGELES, CA- With a seating capacity of 130, Largo at The Coronet is a modest and time-worn venue with portrait-lined walls of famous comedians and brown and beige theater seats that could fill a high school auditorium in the 1970s. It’s my first time…
BC PREMIERE: Music Video For Jamie Drake & Greg Loiacono’s “San Felipe”
NEW YORK, NY- Some musical kinship is born of years of collaboration, and others seem simply predestined. The latter kind of preternatural pairing is true of Jamie Drake and Greg Loiacono (The Mother Hips), whose first collaboration, “San Felipe,” layers warm, sinuous harmonies and guitar…
The Passion In Rett Madison’s Music Evokes Strong Emotions
LOS ANGELES, CA- I found out about the music of Rett Madison when she performed an opening set for Lauren Ruth Ward at the El Rey. You need to keep an eye on this singer/songwriter. Trust me. Her music deals with heady subject matter framed with…
Bahari Bids A Fond Farewell To A Member And Will Enter 2019 As A Duo
LOS ANGELES, CA- The first time I saw Bahari perform was at KAABOO in 2016. I was impressed with this young trio’s synthpop sonics, and have been keeping an eye on them since. As luck would have it, they performed an opening set for Kid…
Ben Howard Brings His “Noonday Dream” To NYC
NEW YORK, NY- When Ben Howard stepped off the stage after closing his main set (with “Sister“), a lilting melody emerged from the packed floor of Hammerstein Ballroom. The crowd, temporarily shrouded in darkness, was humming in unison the falsetto intro to “Wolves” from the…
