By bandweblogs on Apr 4, 2009 in Press Releases | Tags: Art, Artists, Banksy, Blek Le Rat, Broken Crow, Logan Hicks, New York City, Shepard Fairey, Shows | 0 Comments

Renowned stencil artist Logan Hicks, who has been busy stenciling his way around the world for the past 10 years, will be teaming up with the two-man painting team known as Broken Crow for the Broken Horse exhibit running May 1 – 3 at the former Hamilton Savings and Loan Bank in Brooklyn, NY (498 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231) …
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By bandweblogs on Mar 18, 2009 in New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: Artists, Badly Drawn Boy, Books, Devendra Banhart, Imogen Heap, Kanye West, Kylie Minogue, Mario Testino, Roisin Murphy, Simon Henwood, Vanilla | 0 Comments

Kanye West boasts, “If Yoda was an artist he’d be Simon Henwood.” Mario Testino exclaims, “Simon’s characters are ordinary people, yet presented on canvas through paintings – a formal medium – these people in painting appear elevated to a permanent document of their character” …
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By bandweblogs on Jun 13, 2008 in Free Mp3s, Music, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: Artists, EPs, Joseph Arthur, Music, Tour Dates, Track Listings | 0 Comments

Joseph Arthur and his label Lonely Astronaut Records have unveiled ‘Vagabond Skies’, the third EP in the four-EP prelude to his September 16 full-length, ‘Temporary People’ …
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By Jenny May on Apr 30, 2008 in Featured, Interviews, Music, New Releases, Reviews and Commentary, Videos | Tags: Artists, Bonnaroo, David Letterman, Live Reviews, London, Music, New Jersey, Nicole Atkins, Raymond Review Bar, Soho Review Bar, youtube | 0 Comments

Nicole Atkins is one to watch – and I’ve found out why first hand. The singer/songwriter New Jersey native has been on tour in Europe with her band, the Sea, and I was lucky enough to catch her show while she was in London …
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By bandweblogs on Feb 14, 2008 in Albums, Music, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: Artists, Beatles, Cds, Creation Records, Franz Ferdinand, Hoorgi House Records, Ivor Cutler, Jeremy Cutler, John Lennon, John Peel, Music, Musicians, Poets, Record Companies | 1 Comment

Two years after the death of iconic poet and musician Ivor Cutler, his family have announced a new release of ‘A Flat Man’, Ivor’s final album. This much-sought-after album has been unavailable since 1999 …
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By Jenny May on Nov 7, 2007 in Music, Reviews and Commentary | Tags: Art, Artists, Fashion, Jimi Beach, Magic, Music, Musicians, Networking, Newsfeeds, Photography, Social Networks, Talent, TalentDatabase | 0 Comments
I’ve been spending some time looking around TalentDatabase.com, which launched earlier this year. The website is a free talent search engine and artist directory, similar to a global Yellow Pages for talent and creativity.
TalentDatase.com was founded by Jimi Beach, an entrepreneurial artist from Orlando, Florida and also a fellow musician, who played in the surf [...]
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