I See Hawk’s in L.A.’s frontman, Robert Rex Waller Jr. is one of California’s most prolific and profound songwriters. He is putting his writer’s pen aside and releasing an album of covers, “Fancy Free” (Available July 1st, 2016). The new […]
In addition to being a music publicist at KG Music Press, Kim Grant alongside Liz Garo and Pam Moore founded the Los Angeles, weekly roots music series, The Grand Ole Echo held at the Echo nightclub and now in its 13th year. The Grand Ole Echo won the LA Magazine award for "Best of LA-Urban Honky Tonk" in both 2008 and 2012. Also with Garo,Grant helped to curate the Roots Roadhouse American-roots music festival in 2013 and 2014--Another is planned for 2018.
2014 brought an offer of a weekly column called "TJ West" in much-frequented Americana website Turnstyled Junkpiled. Her love of American roots music and the music community is what helps her as an advocate for the Southern California roots music scene and the Americana music scene as a whole.
I See Hawk’s in L.A.’s frontman, Robert Rex Waller Jr. is one of California’s most prolific and profound songwriters. He is putting his writer’s pen aside and releasing an album of covers, “Fancy Free” (Available July 1st, 2016). The new […]
Blackgrass, a dark sub genre of Bluegrass, creates an ominous cinematic soundscape that blends instrumental and storytelling influences from bluegrass traditions with virtuosic strings, alternative old world instrumentation and raw gritty vocalizations seeped in desperation and pain. Deconstructing traditional song […]
Taken at the Los Angeles weekly roots music show, The Grand Ole Echo
From the upcoming record “The Howl and The Growl” from Americana punk band, The Surreal McCoys. Record to be released September 18, 2015 CREDITS: Tom Inskeep– director, DP, location scout.Dave Gibbs–editor and DP. –Words & Music: Clint Feddersen http://thesurrealmccoys.com/
The former frontman for the band Gypsy River Haunts, Andrew Sheppard has gone solo with a new album titled Far From Here — an honest and soulful country rock album. Once an Angeleno, and now living in Idaho, he talks about the changes […]
Susie Glaze, Herb Pedersen, Chris Hillman, Mark Indictor and Fred Sanders perform John David Souther’s “Prisoner in Disguise.” From the new album “Not That Kind of Girl” releasing on Hilonesome Music, June 2015. www.susieglaze.com
As co-creator of the Americana music series in Los Angeles, The Grand Ole Echo, I’ve been lucky enough to meet and befriend hundreds of musicians over the past 10 years. One of those artists is Phoebe Bridgers whom I met […]
Steel Derrick music presented the record release party for “Boardman” in Los Angeles
Steel Derrick Music presented the record release of “Boardman” by Kip Boardman in Los Angeles
Kip Boardman isn’t given nearly enough credit for the amazing body of work that he has produced. Adept at creating imagery with his lyrics, he also has a gift for melody and a unique tenor voice that quietly separates him […]