Addie Nicole: THE G.O.A.T. SINGER SONGWRITER!
Addie Nicole of Halocene is the GREATEST SINGER I’VE EVER HEARD! Her work deserves recognition, not just for the myriad covers they do, but especially for the fact she even writes lyrics for Halocene’s original works. Share this band with EVERYONE YOU KNOW! THIS IS MUSIC! Here’s Halocene’s latest video from their YouTube channel: I […]
Violet Orlandi: The Brazilian Sabrina Carpenter
You MUST check out this music video by the incomparable Violet Orlandi, a cover of “Gloomy Sunday” by Billie Holliday. A cinematographic and musical genius, Vi is the Brazilian Sabrina Carpenter. I discovered Violet through the “Bohemian Rhapsody” collab she did with First to Eleven, Halocene, and Lauren Babic. Epic stuff. She also has some […]
Audra Miller: The Angelic Singer from Erie PA
Audra Miller is an absolute vocalist legend. This is why the Grammys are a travesty. We have talents like her that go relatively unnoticed by the music industry establishment. Below is her latest cover with her Erie, Pennsylvania band, First to Eleven. This rendition of “Lips of an Angel” is literal divinity. First to Eleven […]
Why Chappell Roan RULES!
If you want to know why I love Chappell Roan, Grammy Award Winning Best New Artist at the 2025 GRAMMYS, just watch her acceptance speech. It’s a major reason I’m starting my new website, Major Labels Suck, and its associated offshoots like a YouTube channel and podcast. INDIE ARTISTS RULE! What’s your favorite Chappell Roan […]
Stunning Photography Changes Lives: An Interview with Photographer Emily Pratt Slatin
“It’s the little things I see that most people don’t. Like the way birds fly backwards, forwards, and fall. How butterflies dance around in the air as if they’re weightless, and how flowers sway organically in the wind. Perhaps I care too much, and dive too deep.” — Emily Pratt Slatin Emily Slatin is a […]
Michalina Malisz: LEGENDARY Hurdy-Gurdy Player and Vocalist from Poland
I was absolutely BLOWN AWAY by my first impression of Michalina Malisz when she was featured in a Melodicka Bros cover of Linkin Park’s “Castle of Glass.” I’m surprised I never came across it three years ago when it first released, because I was definitely following them back then. I even remember hearing this cover […]
Brooke Surgener Plays “Houston” in Bid for NPR Tiny Desk Set
Let’s get our girl from Erie, Pennsylvania, the sweet and beautiful Brooke Surgener onto NPR Tiny Desk! We all know what that publicly funded (which my wife Emily and I support, by the way) organization does for independent and up-and-coming musicians and established acts alike. She’s been overlooked by the suits for WAY too long! […]
Finding Greater Clarity to a Soundtrack of Birdsong and Rushing Rapids
As inconvenient as it sometimes is, it makes a great difference to sometimes retreat from the ways of the world to find greater clarity. Only when you turn off the noise and tune in to the rhythms of nature around you can you realize who you are meant to be all along. Prudence is a […]
Walkie Talkies #5 – Dedicated to My Wife, Emily Slatin
I was born this way, the Goddess makes no mistakes, and I live for the applause. I am the queen of a chorus of forgotten romantics, called upon to sing the national anthem of heartbreak, loud and proud. What follows is my true story of self-discovery, self-actualization, and the realization of my best intentions. I […]