I'm a music junkie, internet geek and sometimes poet with a taste for indie girl-folk. I also host the Lyrical Venus Radio Hour every Tuesday from 9-10 on KRUU
Singer-Songwriter Jessie Frye
Singer-songwriter Jessie Frye hails from Texas, but don’t expect a lot of twang from her. There are touches of it here and there - like her song Empty Bones, but much of the music is lush, piano driven pop, infused with soul and a bit of blues. One description of her music [...]
Singer-Songwriter Wendy Wall
Back in November of ‘08 the ever amazing Milli pointed me in the direction of Wendy Wall. I was immediately enchanted with Wendy’s voice and especially the song February Thaw from her album Two Birds. (As of this posting you can listen to it on her MySpace and on her MySpace and on [...]
Well, seeing as it’s St. Patrick’s Day I just had to go with this post today, even though I just posted. It might not be what you’d consider traditional Irish music, but it’s by a real Irish lassie named Lisa Hannigan! The credit for finding Lisa actually goes to my husband - he’s [...]
Singer-songwriter Lori Diamond
A few months back I interviewed Carrie Rowan about the release of her album. I remember her mentioning something about Lori Diamond being at her CD release party, but at the time I didn’t have a chance to check her out properly. Well then a few weeks ago I got a note [...]
OK, this week we get a super double bonus, a blog AND radio interview from Austin-based singer-songwriter Kathleen Taylor!
If I had to pick just two words to describe Kathleen’s latest album Defy the World I would probably choose ‘adorable’ and ‘quirky’. It’s more than that of course. The bio on her website encourages you to [...]