Run-DMC’s rapper Darryl McDaniels launches

The newly minted comic company, Darryl Makes Comics, is ready to debut its first novel, ‘DMC’ at New York Comic Con in October. Darryl McDaniels portrays himself as a superhero instead of a rapper in the graphic novels. BY ETHAN SACKS Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC is going back to his childhood passion – comic books […]

Life-size Amy Winehouse statue unveiled in north London

  A life-size bronze statue of singer Amy Winehouse has been unveiled in Camden, north London. The event, three years after her death, fell on what would have been her 31st birthday. Her father, Mitch Winehouse, said she was “in love with Camden” and it is the place fans most associate with her. Created by […]

‘Bad Poetry’ becomes her

Santa Monica’s Rebecca Pidgeon segues from actress to singer-songwriter with ease By Michael Aushenker Rebecca Pidgeon is reluctant to discuss her upcoming TV series. “At the moment, I have my head in the music space,” she said. “I’m certainly feeling much more serious about music than I have in the past.” “Bad Poetry,” Pidgeon’s ninth […]

SOJA: Surprisingly Real Reggae from the DC Suburbs

Reggae’s unlikeliest continue to find worldwide popularity with new album Words by Saxon Baird SOJA is not your typical reggae band. They don’t hail from Kingston, London or even California and there isn’t a single Jamaican among them. Instead, the founding members — two white, dreadlocked best friends — hail from just outside Washington D.C. […]

Review: DMC #1

Chris Salce Legendary hip-hop pioneer Darryl “DMC” McDaniels has an all-new project coming out, but this time, it’s a comic! DMC has started a publishing company called Darryl Makes Comics, and has also launched the first graphic novel called “DMC.” DMC has been a fan of comics since he was a young kid in New […]

SOJA and the American Reggae Movement: D.C. Band Makes ‘Noise’ With Highest Debut

  By Patricia Meschino – September 04, 2014 “Conscious music needs to have a spotlight on it and Bob Marley did that bigger than anyone who ever lived,” explained Jacob Hemphill, lead singer/songwriter of the Washington D.C. based American reggae band SOJA, in a late July interview with Billboard following their performance at Manhattan’s Pier […]

Concert Review: Robert Cray — On from the downbeat

By David Blankenship   You could almost hear it as the band just looked at each other the second the lights hit them. Everyone absolutely was with the band on beat one. Within a few seconds it was clear that this night would be special. Bands, even great ones, usually need part of the first […]

88.1 WKNC FM Raleigh Interview: Laura Reed

While she may not be the most celebrated local artist in recent memory, Laura Reed may undoubtedly be one of the most successful. While she’s been recently calling Nashville her home, she recently returned to the Triangle and celebrated the release of her latest album The Awakening. But for the past three years, Reed has […]