Michele Zipkin

by Michele Zipkin Few Philadelphia bands are as dynamic as Hezekiah Jones. So many players have come and gone from the group in its first few years of existence, that many of their early albums do not quite reflect the sound that they have come to hone when they perform as their Read More

by Michele Zipkin Josh Epstein and Daniel Zott are at the heart of the Michigan-born electro-pop band Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.  Their second full-length record, The Speed of Things, hit shelves, so to speak, in October of 2013.  The duo broadened their musical perspectives a bit Read More

by Michele Zipkin Matt Pond has been making music since 1998, and with every album he solidifies his belief in making artful and emotionally honest songs.  He and the band he formed, Matt Pond PA, initially gained some notoriety when their first album, Deer Apartments, was Read More

by Michele Zipkin The four sisters who compose the Irish band Screaming Orphans are unique in all the world.  No one else can quite create their pop, rock and Gaelic-influenced songs.  “As a band we’re very much the sum of parts.  If something happened to one of us, we’d cease to Read More

by Michele Zipkin If I had listened to Lady Lamb the Beekeeper’s performance with my eyes closed, I never would have imagined that such a petite young lady could generate such raw, powerful vocals.  Aly Spaltro, who plays under the above-mentioned moniker, has poise and musical Read More

Burnt Ones You’ll Never Walk Alone Reviewed by Michele Zipkin You’ll Never Walk Alone is San Francisco-based Burnt Ones’ second album, but the first they co-wrote as a three piece group.  Drummer Amy Crouch and bassist Brian Allen merely joined vocalist Mark Tester in Read More