Hip Hop’s Redemption | A Profile on F.Stokes

Last Wednesday, JSD got a chance to catch up with F.Stokes before he took the stage at the Break’N Through concert series benefiting VH1’s Save the Music Foundation at the Red Bull Space. Stokes was one of the top five unsigned artists chosen to be featured in Season Two of the series in front of a live audience. He found it humbling to support an organization that restores instrumental music education in America’s public schools as music was one of the entities that has saved his own life. Read more

Revealed | Interview with Oceana

Summer is in full effect. Summer movies. Summer Reading. Summer Music. Time to load up that iPod with fresh music to accompany you to the beach or add to the playlist for the Bar-B-Q. Love Supply, the debut album from multi-talented Oceana, will spice up any summer soundtrack. Read more

Revealed | The Music of Dion Roy

Dion Roy is an emerging artist on the indie music scene, fusing his bass-inspired roots with his knack for writing an unforgettable pop/rock hook. Born in Namibia, raised in South Africa, later raised in New Jersey and now a true New Yorker at heart, Roy has lived and breathed the downtown Lower East Side music landscape for the past 9 years. Read more

Revealed | A Conversation with Emii

If you don’t know what YouTube is, you must be living under a rock! YouTube has become the main go to source for most user generate video, if not all. Not to mention, behind MySpace, it has become the go to place to discover new music talent or catch up on music videos that aren’t aired on TV. Read more

Exclusive Interview with Songstress Shontelle

When I was a little girl I used to stand in front of the mirror with a hairbrush in hand and a towel on my head and imitate Chaka Khan. Read more

Exclusive | Diane Birch at Highline Ballroom + Interview

Hallelujah, you’re a sinner, you’re a saint
You built me up to break, turned my lovin’ into hate
But honey when you left me in the darkness I saw the light
I picked the sorry’s up
I put the worries down
You’re love, no it just ain’t worth cursin’
You’re heart, you’re heart just ain’t worth hurtin’
~Diane Birch (Forgiveness)

When you read these lyrics, what comes to mind? Is it a past relationship? Is it a personal struggle with yourself? On the morning of June 1st, those where the questions I asked myself when I posted these lyrics on my Facebook status. Not only did these lyrics inspire me, more importantly the lyrics were a clever way of reflecting my anticipation of seeing an amazing musician later that evening. It had been almost a year since the release of Bible Belt and nearly nine months since I first sat down to interview Diane Birch at the Hudson Hotel. I was anxious to not only see her perform again, but also to sit down and catch up with what was new in her world. Read more

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