//player.theplatform.com/p/NnzsPC/widget/select/media/3aNSpuy_7d2L?carouselID=144391 With the release of her self-titled debut earlier this year, the Nashville, TN-based (by way of Cleveland, OH and Virginia Beach, VA) Natalie Prass has quickly become a blogosphere darling. “Why Don’t You Believe […]
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The Los Angeles-based quartet of Dorothy, named after their founder and lead vocalist have become blogosphere sensations for a sound that employs elements of riff-heavy 60s and 70s rock, the blues, glam rock, hip hop […]
Comprised of Nai Palm, Paul Bender, Perrin Moss and Simon Mavin, Hiatus Kaiyote are a Melbourne, Australia-based neb-soul quartet, who have quickly become something of an international sensation as “Nakamarra,” a single off the band’s […]
Live Music Photography: Take Me to the River Live at Brooklyn Bowl 2/11/15 feat. William Bell, Bobby Rush, Otis Clay, Frayser Boy, Al Kapone, Jerry Harrison, The Staxx Records Band and The Staxx Music Academy All-Star Broomfield Band
Live Music Photography: Take Me to the River Live at Brooklyn Bowl featuring William Bell, Bobby Rush, Otis Clay, Frayser Boy, Al Kapone, Jerry Harrison, The Staxx Records Band and The Staxx Music Academy All-Star […]
So if you’re a return follower to JOVM, you might remember a post from a few weeks ago about the Cameroonian Dutch singer/songwriter Ntjam Roise. Born in Cameroon, Roise spent the formative years of her […]
Born in Cleveland, singer/songwriter Natalie Prass and her family eventually relocated to Virginia Beach, VA where the young artist took intensive visual art and music classes throughout high school. Prass wound up enrolling into Berklee […]
Up-and-coming singer/songwriter Natalie Prass was born in Cleveland and grew up in Virginia Beach, VA, where she took intensive visual art and music courses throughout high school. Pass eventually wound enrolling into Berklee College of […]
Born in Cameroon, Ntjam Roise spent the formative years of her life in a small village – until her family relocated to The Netherlands when she was nine. Currently based in Rotterdam, the Cameroonian-Dutch singer/songwriter has […]
Halley DeVestern Band at Mercury Lounge 1/19/15
If you’ve been regularly following JOVM for the past year or so, you may remember that early last year I interviewed the members of the Halley DeVestern Band after the release of their most recent effort, Fabbo! Boffo! Smasho! And what […]
Afropunk Festival Day 2: 8/24/14
Afropunk Festival Commodore Barry Park, Fort Greene Brooklyn August 24, 2014 If you’ve been following JOVM for a while, you’d know that throughout the bulk of the site’s history, I’ve essentially ran the site full-time and as […]
Admittedly when I stared JOVM a little over four years ago, I never intended the site or its content to be overtly political; however, political and social issues frequently influences the artists and art that […]
If you’ve been following JOVM since the beginning, you may remember that I’ve written about Mayer Hawthorne, one of this era’s best soul vocalists; in fact, his Impressions: The Covers EP, which featured the singer/songwriter covering some sadly underrated […]
Although this particular site isn’t overly political, political and social issues always influences and informs the art that we respond to and love; after all, political and social issues influence every aspect of our lives […]
As a singer/songwriter Nick Hakim has crafted an aesthetic and sound that effortlessly meshes a variety of genres including blues and soul to create something that’s arrestingly spectral and dusty, thanks to extremely sparse arrangements […]
Comprised of Nick Williams (vocals), Sarik Kumar (guitar), Maxx Berkowitz (guitar), Andrew Ockenden (bass) and Vishnu Anatha (drums), the Brooklyn-based quintet of Twin Wave formed last year. And with a sound that possesses elements of […]