by The Last City | May 22, 2014 | Broken Clocks
We’re Broken Clocks that are never right The blind hand in hand with the paralyzed But we’ll face the battle and bleed ’til we can bleed no more This song was the first iteration of the “Broken Clocks” idea*. It seems almost hopeless as...
by The Last City | Apr 22, 2014 | Modern Classical Music, Music Reviews
As much as I love watching Buckley lay into a band trying a little too hard to sound “classic” (R.I.P. Black Keys), more than that I love coming across a band or singer that pulls it off. And in this case, by “pulls it off”, I mean completely...
by The Last City | Jan 14, 2014 | Music Reviews
After our first interview, Mr. Washington was so kind as to answer a few follow up questions, more specifically geared towards the “business” side of things, and different aspects of social media. You talked about “building a brand”. What kind...
by The Last City | Jan 12, 2014 | Music Reviews
After writing a review of Mel Washington’s latest release (available here), I was very excited to have the further privilege of asking him a few questions about his life, his music, and what the future holds for him. Do you prefer writing, recording and...
by The Last City | Dec 26, 2013 | Modern Classical Music, Music Reviews
Marie Hines: classical pianist, Carolina native, songwriter extraordinaire. Having begun piano lessons at six, she was already writing songs by the age of 12. While Sara Bareilles chose to make her dreams come true in Vegas, Marie opted to test her luck in “Music...
by The Last City | Dec 3, 2013 | Modern Classical Music, Music Reviews
Zoë Keating lives on the edge between imperfection and perfection. It’s there where she says her music feels “alive and breathing.” It’s where she finds her danger and makes her music. It is there that she shows what is possible when we let our musicality run free....
by The Last City | Nov 12, 2013 | Modern Classical Music, Music Reviews
Lindsey Stirling: Dynamic, inspirational, passionate. She may be relatively new, but she’s bringing some killer music to the table. Lately, pop music has begun to feel more and more formulaic. As cliché as it is to say this (at least it fits with the subject matter,...
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