The music industry as a whole is a multi-faceted machine and everyone is just trying to find their way in between the cogs and bolts to rise to the top. One of those ways, in the last decade, has been...

Floodwood & Keller Williams’ LIVE @ Toad’s Place If you’ve never been to a Keller Williams show before put it on your list of things to do before you die. This is the type of show you...

Cassadee Pope is an American singer/songwriter who was previously in a touring pop-rock band called Hey Monday, which formed in 2008, but is currently on a hiatus as of Dec. 2011. Pope started her...

On Saturday, Oct. 12, I went to go see the Baroque Pop/Electronic Indie band Ra Ra Riot at the Center Church on The Green, located on Temple Street in downtown New Haven. Having seen them twice...

Somo at Brighton Music Hall This past weekend I went to see Somo at Brighton Music Hall in Boston. Don’t worry I get the same reaction every time I say I went to see Somo. Most of the time people look...

Listen to Chvrches. I’ll give you five minutes. Their studio debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, embodies euphoria that is then stolen, but it comes back almost in a parallel universe where...

World-class 19-year-old violinist Chad Hoopes was featured in the New Haven Symphony Orchestra’s first show of their promised “season of surprises,” Thursday, Oct. 3, in downtown New Haven. NHSO...

For many new bands, a grueling summer festival like Warped Tour can make or break a band. You might win a Battle of the Bands, get a small stage at your local tour date, but very few can say that they...

Cher’s Brilliant Comeback When I was growing up I was lucky enough to have parents who knew the importance of music. They always strived to expose me to new artists, genres and albums, and because of...

2013 has been another breakthrough year for so many genres of music and with three months left, there is still so many good albums on the horizon. I thought I would take some time to get you pumped up...

This weekend Fun. set Bridgeport on fire as they closed out their three month Some Nights tour featuring opening band Tegan and Sara. The band known for their breakout single, “We Are Young,” brought...

Big D and the Kid’s Table LIVE @ The Space Big D and the Kid’s Table is a band that originated in 1995 in Boston at Berklee College of Music, and happened completely by accident. I was able to...

Four years ago, five strangers met on a retreat in the middle of the Greek islands, wrote a hit record, and shortly after became one of the biggest rising stars in the indie pop world. Not the most...

Keith Urban, an Australian-raised country singer, songwriter and guitarist released his debut album in 1991, Keith Urban, only in Australia before moving to the United States in 1992. The album was then...

Jonny Empire – Today’s Talent with Yesterday’s Soul If you love real hip-hop, I’m talking Tupac and Nas, then you may feel when you listen to the radio today, that hip-hop is dead. There...