Live Concert Photography: Mishti and Shelly Nicole’s blaKbushe The Bowery Electric June 8, 2015 This week has been a rather busy week as my dear friend and colleague Natalie Hamingson and I have been covering […]
Tag: soul
New York-based octet, Mad Satta have developed a reputation for what they’ve dubbed a future-soul sound consisting of bright blasts of horn, sinuous bass lines, angular, Nile Rodgers-like guitar chords, shimmering synths and electronic drums […]
Last month began the start of the summer concert season here in the NYC area with the Summerstage’s Opening Night featuring Tedeschi Trucks Band and the opening night of Celebrate Brooklyn’s Dance Parties at Brooklyn […]
Originally from Bega in New South Wales, Australia pop artist, KIT has developed a reputation across her native country for a vocal styling that has been described as a mix of Adele and Aretha Franklin. […]
Live Concert Photography: Spirit Family Reunion and Tedeschi Trucks Band at Summerstage 5/18/15
Summerstage, NYC’s largest and free public arts festival turns 30 this year, and to celebrate such a momentous occasion, this year will mark the longest season in the festival as it officially started on Monday […]
Live Concert Photography: The Heard and The Funky Meters at Brooklyn Bowl 4/18/15
Live Concert Photography: The Heard and The Funky Meters Brooklyn Bowl April 18, 2015 Last month, I was at Brooklyn Bowl to catch The Funky Meters during their two night run in town, and on […]
Mixtape Stream: Mothership Collective “All Nigga Radio”
Influenced by Parliament Funkadelic, Too Short, Roni Size, Bootsy Collins and others, the Los Angeles-based act Mothership Collective’s latest mixtape All Nigga Radio, released by Bonding Tapes was written and conceived as a continuous late […]
Over the past couple of years, I’ve written about the great soul singer Charles Bradley, whose work and live shows I’ve written about extensively. Simply put, i love the man’s work and his live performances […]
Live Concert Photography: Bowlive 6: Soule Monde, Soulive, The Shady Horns, Chris Robinson and Special Guests at Brooklyn Bowl 3/17/15
Live Concert Photography: Bowlive 6: Soule Monde, Soulive, The Shady Horns, Chris Robinson and Special Guests Brooklyn Bowl March 17, 2015 As I’ve mentioned in a previous photo post, if you’ve been following JOVM over the […]
Chicago-based. singer-songwriter The ELLE can trace the origins of her music career to when she started using various forms of writing as an emotional and creative outlet when she was 8; however, despite the fact […]
Founded in 2011 by Adam Castaneda (bass) and featuring Pat Kelly (vocals, keyboard), Jon Durbin (trumpet), Michael Razo (trombone), Kevin Bernier (guitar), Jose “Chapy” Luna (percussion), Nick Zamora (vocals, drums), Cory Wilson (saxophone), Alex Zamora (vocals, […]
Live Concert Photography: Bowlive 6: Wolf! feat. Scott Metzger, Soulive, Soulive with Charles Bradley, The Shady Horns and Special Guests at Brooklyn Bowl 3/12/15
Live Concert Photography: Bowlive 6: Wolf! feat. Scott Metzger, Soulive, Soulive with Charles Bradley, The Shady Horns and Special Guests Brooklyn Bowl March 12, 2015 As many of you who follow JOVM will know by […]
Gil Scott-Heron is best known for his work in the 70s and 80s as a spoken word artists, whose work was a fusion of jazz, blues, soul with lyrical content, which focused on the sociopolitical […]
Comprised of Daniel Stoyanov (vocals) and Michael Vajna (producer, pianist), the Leipzig, Germany-based duo of MALKY have a backstory that feels profoundly familiar to me – Daniel Stoyanov and his parents emigrated with his parents […]
The South London-based vocalist Ego Ella May has developed a reputation for an effortlessly and easy-going vocal style that uncannily channels Erykah Badu. Her latest single, “How Far” produced by Wu-Lu and Reiss G features a […]