By Melissa Kucirek Grade: B East coasters The Bull Buckers package fun and witty lyrics in the high energy package ‘When Push Comes to Shove.’ “Otis” is an ode to man’s best friend. As the song starts with a warm horn section, and even warmer vocals, I was almost transported into the front yard...
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By Melissa Kucirek Grade: A Chicago’s The Diemakers make Windy City music have a slight bite when it hits your ears in the six-track album, Detroit Recordings. “Way” is full of hyper guitars and falls somewhere between The Strokes fused to Franz Ferdinand. At first the song feels disjointed and not fluid; it’s almost...
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By Melissa Kucirek Rating: A++ Something about this CD made me feel like I was floating in space, and Richard Tyler Epperson’s voice added to the enjoyable ride in his debut effort ‘Falling Between the Stars.’ Fans of Switchfoot, Owl City and Vega Boys will find something they like out of the 14 tracks....
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By Melissa Kucirek Rating: B+ Remember the days when an audio book involved flipping the vinyl to side two when both the pages and narration prompted you to change to side B? The moment when an actual voice connected to the drawing in the book? Taking cue from the magic of imagination and getting...
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By Melissa Kucirek Rating: A To be fair, I wanted to give this an A+ grade, but because they are cover songs, I decided these songs could possibly still be amazing no matter who sang them. Rick Devin chose some iconic songs for his album, and the resulting package is brilliant. He chose songs...
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By Melissa Kucirek Grade: B How do you define silence? Is it actually sitting outside and only hearing the birds, and almost witnessing grass grow? Is it shutting down your computer, turning off your phone, and being completely unplugged? Or maybe filling silence with strange and new sounds that flutter and buzz about like...
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By Spyder Darling You Gawkin’ At Me? The mere mention of Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese’s most famous pictures “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull” and “Goodfellas” inspires cinematic visions of a gritty, blood-spattered New York City; before the banks, nail salons and drug stores took over.  Scorsese’s NYC is a town haunted by loners,...
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By James Lane World Tai Chi and Qigong Day is an annual event independently organized by local Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong schools, groups, and associations on the last Saturday of April each year to promote the related disciplines of these practices around the world since 1999. The annual April event is open to...
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By Karen Jennings Written by Mike Van Graan Directed by Greg Homann Artscape Arena, 24 April 2013 – 11 May 2013 Grahamstown National Arts Festival, 27 June 2013 – 4 July 2013 Brothers in Blood, currently showing in Cape Town at the Artscape Arena, before  making its way up to the famous Grahamstown Festival,...
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By Karen Jennings Written by Mike van Graan Directed by Lara Bye Artscape Arena, 24 April 2013 – 11 May 2013 Grahamstown National Arts Festival, 27 June 2013 – 4 July 2013 Mike van Graan’s Rainbow Scars is a brave and insightful tour de force that will leave its audience reeling. Following the story...
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