It’s tough to find many videos of Lady Day, but recently we found a movie starring these two giants of Jazz. Satchmo and Billie do their acting thing as well as give some great performances in New Orleans. Check out a clip below… Times have definitely changed.
I just got this in an email from Abby Laurel who is one member of CAB K*POPT NYC; that’s Chelly and Abby Bring K*Pop to NYC. 1) Who are Chelly and Abby? – NYU students heading this globalization project 2) What is K*Pop? – Korean Pop Music 3) What the hell? We’re students at NYU [...]
252 is by far my favorite song from Gem Club. I’ve been consistently listening to their music lately and it’s served as the soundtrack to much soul-searching and problem solving for me. The band consists of Christopher Barnes on piano and vocals; Kristen Drymala on cello; and Ieva Berberian providing additional vocals. Together they have experienced much [...]
Iggy Azalea is a Female Hip Hop artist who’s new to the scene repping Australia. Iggy has been pursuing a rap career since ’06 when she came to the states. She’s lived in Miami, Houston, Atlanta and now LA where she’s found a home with her crew D.R.U.G.S. Her buzz started with the music video for [...]
What you are about to see is an excellent pairing of the audio and the visual. A really great concept. The song is by Gem Club, a duo consisting of two classically trained musicians: singer, writer, and pianist Christopher Barnes, and cellist Kristen Drymala. They have experienced much success since meeting in 2009; and it [...]
Last week’s video of the week came from French artist Kadavre Exquis. Graphic designer by day, music composer by night; all around dope artist if you ask me. Check out some of his work… Directed and animated by KADAVRE EXQUIS Song by NANCY ADAMS “somebody in my orchard. Sound effect by Kadavre exquis Theodore is [...]
Elm&Oak is an independent company that consitsts of a design firm, clothing line, blog, and record label with inspired artists who simply want to create. None better than this group of individuals who I could best describe as “liberated”. Check out Cherub, and their first official project release since forming in late 2010 called Man [...]
Hello readers of IVYBetty. Sorry we havent been posting regularly lately, but I can assure you we’re working on getting things situated for the site and will begin posting again in the near future. In the meantime I’d like to inform all of those who haven’t ‘liked’ our fan page (http://www.facebook.com/IVYBetty1) We’ll be posting photos, [...]
It’s a fine line between commercial music and good music that never sees the light of day on a Hot 100 chart. I try to stay up on both as much as I can; so when I recently checked out Billboard, I saw the announcement that Lady Gaga grabbed the spot for the 1000th number [...]
I’ve been chilling for the past three hours playing, replaying, and reading all about Adele’s new album 21, which drops today in the states. “Absolutely great” just about sums it up, but for the sake of the music heads, I’ll go into more detail. I was first introduced to Adele in early 2009 at the [...]
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