Category: Features
Musicians and Dancers Wanted for Hot New Act!
Earl Cohen Productions is seeking cutting edge musicians to accompany their latest emerging artist, DENA, at her NYC launch party. Earl Cohen has assembled a dream team of writers and producers to develop and shape DENA into the world’s next big pop star. This team is the same Grammy-award winning group of writers and producers [...]
NYC singer/songwriter Martin Rivas delivers rich, beautiful album
Martin Rivas’ sixth solo work, Reliquary, began while he was attending a religious artifacts exhibition during his last UK tour. He couldn’t stop thinking about how “we all carry a bit of each other within us,” a notion perfectly clear throughout the album- a summer must-buy to be released July 10th. Back in New York, the songwriter added [...]
A Must-See Kickstarter Project: Hope For the Flowers
About three years ago I was talking to a friend about some new writing endeavors, expressing a frustration in figuring out what my new path should be. He recommended checking out a book called, “Hope For the Flowers,” a beautiful story about two caterpillars who make there way through the world, separating, growing, transforming, and [...]
Video of the Week: “Rubble and the Dust”
“I knew he wasn’t right for me very early on. Little things he said or did made me uncomfortable and even irritated. I wanted so much to be in love that I ignored the signs and tried to “work on myself” rather than admit defeat. This song was written the night he dumped me. After [...]
Art in Real Life: The Puzzle Art Installation & Collaborative Project
More than one hundred unique 24″x 24″artistic puzzle pieces from six countries have been assembled and are on display at Chelsea Market (right under the High Line) in NYC throughout March. They are part of a world-wide collaborative art project called The Puzzle Installation & Collaborative Project. Check out the jigsaw art installation at Chelsea Market or join us [...]
Video of the Week: Bri Arden’s “Domino” Mash Up
Mash ups are all the rage in the current music scene, and Bri Arden’s cover of “Domino” is no exception. A unique and original hybrid of Jessie J’s hit song “Domino” and Van Morrison’s of the same name, this version will have you “dancing in the moonlight” all the way to the final notes. If [...]
Artist in Real Life: Joe Gaudet
My name is Joe Gaudet. I’m a 27 year old actor/voice actor from Boston. My biggest passion in life is acting. There’s nothing like the feeling of entertaining an audience whether it is on screen or live. When I was a little kid, I came to the dinner table dressed as a different character each [...]
Artist Spotlight: Beth Skillicorn
Beth Skillicorn is a self taught artist, writer and designer who has created works of art mostly for self expression. Her style is evident throughout all her works She has developed many of her own techniques and unique mediums, from bas-relief carved papers to thick plaster frescos, from charcoal and ink drawings to pastel rendering on distressed clay [...]
The Last Drop of Color: New York-based songwriter Matt Cranstoun brings inspiring album to life
A first listen to Matt Cranstoun´s new single “Tattoo” is somewhat surprising. Once you´re about to get used to its sticking initial beat, the song manages to reinvent itself into something even better and quite more amusing. As it should, “Tattoo” sets the tone for what it is to be expected of The Last Drop [...]
Friends of NYCAS: Pia Toscano Talks with Ring Fever
Pia Toscano, finalist in American Idol Season 10 and New York native, speaks with Robert Santa of Ring Fever. Toscano got her start singing in Robert’s brother, Richie Santa’s, band Current Affair. Here’s a clip of Pia reuniting with the band and a brief interview on life post-Idol.
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