I just listened to the 2014 release Diconnect::Reconnect from start to finish twice. The first time I simply lost myself. The second time I became mesmerized by the intricacies of their artistic flight. Don’t waste your time getting a sense of this band on your cell phone speakers or you will miss all the nuances and...Continue Reading

Last week Balanced Breakfast proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that local (Bay Area) music, based on a community that supports SHOWS is alive and well… This week Balanced Breakfast does it again as four bands will take the stage to showcase what the Bay Area has to offer in the way of up...Continue Reading

What can I say about Friends w/o Benefits that hasn't already been said? Well, considering they are a local band in their first year of shows, quite a bit.Continue Reading

As a youth, Duncan ‘DonCat’ Nielsen’s grandma gave him an odd pile of European released Beach Boys tapes, which lead him to the record store searching for other oddities. Coming from a family of music enthusiasts, including a dad with a penchant for Cream and the blue shades of Jimi Hendrix, a brother with drum...Continue Reading

DAVID COLÓN'S NEW SHOW - Behind The Mynd Known for his work with Riptide Open Mic David and his working as a musician, David is branching out his endeavors in to radio. I had the pleasure of having him on my show a handful of times before he branched out and started his own show....Continue Reading

Me As An Island…these guys can really sing. This acoustic duo from Napa has the sickest harmonies. When they start to sing the room gets quiet. Mike and Alex were previously in a band called “Us As A Nation” and decided to get together to perform some acoustic music. Their voices fit extremely well together. They...Continue Reading

Check out this new Napa band, Oceans & Odysseys. They recently played at the DNA battle of the bands and did pretty good. They have some shows coming up in Napa and will be playing a lot more in the coming months! Keep an eye out! http://www.facebook.com/OceansAndOdysseys?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/samanthamadnickphotos/Continue Reading

A first generation Mexican-American, Emmanuel Pimentel (born January 22, 1991) is an American recording artist. He was born and raised into a Roman Catholic Mexican family in Napa, California. Emmanuel spent most of his teenage years growing up in Vallejo, California. With the pressures and responsibilities that he carried while growing up, as well as his...Continue Reading

Please hear this: Megan Slankard’s CD “A Token of the Wreckage,” is a most significant musical work. On the basis of this premiere CD, I have become Megan Slankard’s fan for life. The title song alone had done that, but it’s only the beginning of the wonders of this album. Throughout, she expresses her performer/writer/artist...Continue Reading

The band is called Yalls, but he’s a band of one?! From the other side of Rock Make, I speed walked past all the vendors to see what band was creating such an amazing collage of sounds. Upon arrival, I realized the sounds I had been enjoying were coming from one man and his digital...Continue Reading

Oakland hip hop artists D. Willz, is most famous for his song, and music video “Watermelon” on MTV! With his video reaching over 716,750 views on YouTube, his career continues to take off. Recording at Trinity Gold Media Studios in the Napa Valley, D.Willz gets his popular beats by Mark Kragen and together they creep...Continue Reading

It’s every young aspiring musician’s dream to get signed to a major label and make records for the rest of their life–at least it used to be. However, most will never get there. People give up hope, they get beaten down by the music business, their songs or haircut don’t fit the times, no one...Continue Reading