John Poveromo is the next guest on the Anne Leighton
Inclusion Interview Show. Which goes live Tuesday evening 6 pm ET/3 pm
PT/midnight (Wed. morning Cape Town time.
I fell in love with the range of musicians, comedians, and
health experts that John has on his podcast, "Dystopia Tonight.” John's a working comedian with a wide range of
talent including cartoon art, writing, filmmaking, organizing, and creating
projects.
We talk about personal experiences with depression, mental
health, and the challenges of navigating the current political and social
climate. The interview also shares our experiences with social media,
creativity, and travel, with a focus on the importance of empathy,
understanding different perspectives, and supporting those who are struggling. He
created an indie movie, "Duppet," a short that visualizes depression.
Two other deep topics were our love for the TV show,
"Supernatural" and John's hair care routine!
Everyone should tune in to John's M.S. Telethon happening
this March 26-27. Type up this link for
the Telethon broadcast page:bit.ly/dystopiaallnight25
Love We Need You Here Tony Mooreslow, acoustic with ambient sound, keyboards,
electric guitar build up, like a Pink Floyd ballad, It's a prayer to a higher
power, "love remove the fear... don't leave us lost and alone."
Love Will Blind a Woman Suzahn Fieringgentle acoustic song, sort of young Joni
Mitchell tones, "Love will blind a woman though she knows it ain't
right" about a gal smitten by a charming guy, 'even tho' she knows it
ain't right" https://open.spotify.com/track/3SPPgUVPHOGOoCSC2l9ahE?si=ae6bb27a0f4b43a4
Tell Me, Elliott Murphy rock, song, electric guitar, male vocals
like Lou Reed, "tell me" is the hook. The guy is fighting not to end
a relationship, and find ways to stay close to his soon-to-be- ex lover
Made for You Phoebe Legereupbeat female vocal, made for you, can't you see I was made for you. From "Toxic Avenger"
Chasing Leaves Joe Materainstrumental, guitars and keys
including synthesizer, treated guitar, ambient, midtempo, repeated themes with
a little variation.
Fallin’ In
Love Jenn Cristy seductive female vocals, R&B, funky bass
& drums, has majestic piano solo, similar rhythms to "Tighten Up"
foreplay, losing myself in the music of love, "baby we could fall in
love"
A Rose for Your Stone The Kingsmale vocals, Americana with horns and
accordion, spaghetti western sounding, a winning gunslinger returns home to
find his true love is dead, all he can give her is a rose for her (tomb) stone
Love Killer Jaclyn Bradleylush, slow tempo, dream pop alto female vocals, ambient, Madonna tones, theme of loving and losing, love killer, let it all hang out, I'm here for the dream of love.
Love the Bodies We’re InJaclyn Bradley female vocals, acoustic guitar, gentle tempo, intimacy, song on self-love and intimate connection
"love the bodies we're in" "crawl into my bones, give me your
skin"
The Kings’ “The Longest Story Ever Told” continues to
build.After months on regional radio
stations and finding support even internationally, the group’s song “A Rose for
Your Stone” is finding support on AAA/Americana radio. The music video features
Western imagery and lead singer David Diamond performing solo on acoustic
guitar. The idea behind the song is about a gunfighter returning home after
hearing his former girlfriend has died.He
left her because he wanted to seek fame with his gun, but he never forgot her. He’s chosen to not regret the choice he made,
despite the tragedy.All he can give her
is a rose to put on her headstone.
Mixed by Michael Vail Blum, who has worked with Madonna
and Prince the western inspired song has found
support on podcasts, blogs, and magazines.
Michaels Record Collection is intrigued by the song, “It pays tribute
to old country story-songs, such as ‘El
Paso’ by Marty Robbins." Americana
Highways raves about the song’s musicality, including its Spanish-flavored
horns, and more, David Diamond’s voice is still as powerful as when he sang
‘This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide’ on their first album.” Rave and Roll
hears its cinematic quality, "How about some spaghetti western
atmospherics? A Rose For Your Stone produces that vibe, underscored by an
accordion and playful mariachi horns."
The Kings, originally formed in Vancouver, British
Columbia, and Oakville, Ontario, are a Canadian rock band. The original lineup
was David Diamond (lead vocals, bass, songwriter), Sonny Keyes (vocals,
keyboards, songwriter), Max Styles (currently Todd Reynolds) (drums), and
Mister Zero (guitar, songwriter).
Before their breakthrough, they spent over three years as WhistleKing, refining
their skills through rehearsals, club gigs, and songwriting, always with
recording as the goal. Their journey led them to Nimbus 9 Studio in Toronto,
where renowned producer Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, KISS) joined the
story.
Ezrin's involvement led to a worldwide major label deal with Elektra Records in
Los Angeles. Their debut project, "The Kings Are Here," featured the
smash hit 'This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide,' which received extensive
major market airplay all over the USA and Canada, spending 23 weeks in the
Billboard Hot 100, earning them a Canadian Juno Award nomination, Platinum
album and Gold single status and induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall
of Fame.
The Kings continued their musical journey with the albums "Amazon
Beach," "RSVP," "Unstoppable," "Party Live in
'85", "The Lost Tapes of a Seventies Bar Band" and "Because
of You," all of which showcase their energy and songwriting prowess. They
also released a captivating documentary titled "Anatomy of a One-Hit
Wonder”, as well as the incredible concert film "Live at Heatwave".
Now, in 2024, "The Longest Story Ever Told," reaffirms the Kings’
status as a rock band with songwriting depth. With a history of hits, over 2000
North American shows and a devoted fan base, The Kings remain a hungry band
with something to prove.
Los Angeles’ Days Between Stations have released their
fourth album, “Perpetual Motion Machines (Music For A Film).”
“Perpetual Motion Machines” is the result of
DBS founding members keyboardist Oscar Fuentes Bills and guitarist Sepand
Samzadeh working on the music for a documentary film about Jean-Paul Bourdier in
the mid-2010s. As the music reached completion, the group was offered the
opportunity to release their music as a “proper” album. Sepand says, “Jean
Paul’s artwork was our muse, and we scored the music to pictures and to
existing films.” Ultimately the changing roster of film producers developed new
goals for their project, and the band focused on turning “Perpetual Motion
Machines” into an album now available digitally, on CD, and vinyl.
There are two music videos for the album. The latest (was
released on November 29) is a performance video “Being” which features the band
and vocalist Durga McBroom (Pink Floyd, Flashdance).
"Being" felt unfinished when the group
decided to release this music as an album. Oscar had written a melody that
lent itself to vocals, and “we based them around the general concept of
existence and trying to inject Jean Paul’s poetic philosophy.” Ultimately, the
lyrics came from a more personal place, “this is what Jean-Paul’s art inspired
us to do, and we let the music speak for itself. Pink Floyd backup
vocalist Durga McBroom sings on “Being,” which will be released as a video on
November 29, the same day as the album.
The first video “Seeds” features artist Jean-Paul
Bourdier at work, painting models, was a favorite on prog radio and won “Track
of the Week” by Prog Magazine when it was released this past September.
Produced by Navon Weisberg, who helmed the project “as
a fan. I removed the technical hurdles and allowed Sepand and Oscar to focus
their energy on the music, allowing their emotions to be captured.”
The album is dedicated to the memory of
"Big" Bill Kaylor who engineered early sessions of “Perpetual
Motion Machines” and worked on the group’s second album, “In Extremis.”
Formed exactly 20 years ago in Los Angeles, Sepand and
Oscar named the band after Steve Erickson’s novel “Days Between
Stations.” The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord inspired the band to work on
their music after he used some of Sepand and Oscar’s musical experiments as the
basis for “Saturday” on The Pineapple Thief’s “12 Stories Down” album.
The duo continued to work with a range of musicians on what became their
first release, “Days Between Stations,” in 2007. Their 2012
recording “In Extremis” was produced by Yes’ Billy Sherwood. In 2020
they released “Giants,” which included vocals from Durga McBroom on
“Witness the End of the World” and voted as Prog Magazine’s Track of the Week.
The band has a history of music in films-dating back
to “Radio Song” (from the debut album) licensed in the independent film
“Young, Single & Angry” in 2006 and then in 2023 in “Paul & Trisha: The
Art of Fluidity,” now featured on Apple Movies. They created the score for a
short Mexican movie, “Y Recibir Tu Aliento” in 2017.
Perpetual Motion Machines (Music For A Film)
1. Waltz for the Dead (1:53)
2. Proof of Life (2:49)
3. Seeds (2:39)
4. Unearth (4:21)
5. Intermission 3 (0:52)
6. Stone Faces (3:15)
7. Paradigm Lost (6:24)
8. Ascend (3:14)
9. Being (featuring Durga McBroom) (9:00)
I'm thrilled that Richard.Skipper will be joining my #YouTube #podcast, The Anne Leighton Inclusion Interview show, broadcasting starting 6 pm ET/3 pm #PalmSprings time/11 pm UK time on Tuesday, December 3, and the two became friends. She encouraged him to work on creating his "Hello Dolly" show.
I discovered Richard in 2023 from a friend Princess Wow, who still leads a podcast on #Facebook. Richard used to run a podcast on YouTube. He interviewed two of my artists (Elliott Murphy and Sharon Katz). All of us were blown away by how well he prepared for their interviews.
Enjoy this interview. We talk about preparation, his work as a Carol Channing imitator, inclusion, and--of course-- Dolly. here's a lot I've learned from him; you will too!
The Light
Elliott Murphy acoustic, Christmas
sounds melding with chime-y guitars, male vocalist kindred to Tom Waits,
"seeing the light at the end of the tunnel" living in hope,
"break from the news" "this world is so transitional,"
"metaphysical." "cross over that mystical boundary."
I Ruined Christmas Refestramus Contemporary art-rock band, female
fronted-vocals like Miley Cyrus, bells, "I ruined Christmas this
year...It's like I told you before, it won't happen again, my dear." This is a list of things she's done to
reindeer, family members, and the eggnog!
Today and All The New Year Dan Berggren “Greensleeves,” acoustic guitar and tambourine,
sung by a tenor and backup voices with updated lyrics for the New Year, “may we
all of humanity live in harmony and find strength in diversity….”, aiming for
good deeds Today and All the New Year | Dan Berggren
Joy to The World Rachael Sage gentle soprano like a young Olivia Newton John’s
delivery, music like Regina Spektor’s “Joy to the world” with pulse, cello is
rhythm instrument and strings, guitar, light accordion “Joy!Joy!”
Joy to the World I Guess Rebecca Loebe and Findlay Napier This song is about
people’s arguments through during the holiday season, and the resolutions we
make to fight less, “Joy to the world I guess….
There are friends we no longer will see in the holidays, because they’re
shadows in the moonlight on the lawn.”
Happy Merry Everything John Roy Zat talking country folk w/ bells and guitar,
conversational male vocals, "we're all a little different,we're all a lot
alike" benediction for Happy Merry Everything, "I wish the best for
you." joyful attitude w/ Christmas bells! soundcloud.com/roy-zat/happy-merry-everything
Christmas in My Pocket Lillias White, vocalstheatrical
pop, declarative female vocals (proclaiming and belting) that all the gems of
Christmas in her pocket. "Fill your pockets""dig in dig in, what do you see? Santa
wants what's in her pocket! "A Christmas wish for all mankind!"
One Wish Michael Veitch w/ Kirsti Gholsonmale & female
duet, midtempo, light pop, one wish for Christmas day is peace.
In these crazy times there’s still so much to be thankful for…
Where do I Begin?
I am thankful for so many things: my wonderful wife and children and to be blessed to share music. I have been so honored to have been part of ProgStock every year and to have so many wonderful music collaborations.
I’m thankful to be able to support the wonderful Bob Moog Foundation with giving them 100% of my music income. I’m thankful for the contributions people are giving this Asheville-based organization that teaches music and math to children.
Here are a few of the wonderful musicians that I have been so honored to be able to play with at a number of Progressive rock festivals that have supported my work since the release of my Robeone albums: Dave Bainbridge, Martin Schnella, Rachel Flowers, Erik Norlander, Ronald Bienstock, Matthew Parmenter, Mike Visaggio, Christina Burbano-Jeffrey, Joe Deninzon, Dyanne Potter Voegtlin, Mike Keneally, Gregg Bendian, Lee Sebel, Mark Truey Trueack, Andrew Colyer, Fernando Perdomo, & Dave Kerzner.
I’m incredibly thankful for being able to be part of a wonderful music project called Red 32 with my great friends Tony Romero, Steve Bonino, & Eric Confer.
For this holiday season please help me support the Bob Moog Foundation
They have the wonderful Bob Moog school, the Moogseum and the Bob Moog archives keeping the legacy of Bob Moog alive. This is done with an innovative, experiential 10-week curriculum that teaches second-grade students the physics of sound using both acoustic and electronic musical instruments.
I also give the Foundation, what little there is of any streaming income. All my music is available on all streaming services so please add me to your playlists. It would be greatly appreciated “Robeone”
Have an absolutely wonderful holiday season and a wonderful new year.
My interview with Jaclyn Bradley on leadership and education for the Anne Leighton Inclusion Interview show premieres on YouTube this Tuesday evening at 6:00 pm ET/ 3 pm LA time / and Wednesday morning at midnight in Amsterdam.
Bronx
Historical Society is presenting "The Kindness Session," a poetry
workshop on recognizing the difference between kindness and cruelty to channel
that in our writing on November 18 at 6 PM till approximately 7:45. The Poetry
Workshop takes place at the Poe Visitors Center, 2640 Grand Concourse, in
the Bronx. Subways near the Visitors Center are the 4, B, and D train at
the Kingsbridge stop. Buses to the Center are Bx9, Bx22, Bx28, Bx38,
and BxM4 (Express bus). The Poe Visitors Center is up the Hill
from the Fordham Metro North train stop.
Led by
area poets Elisabeth von Uhl and Anne Leighton, the Kindness Session
will include sharing works from classic and contemporary including Edgar
Allen Poe, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ross Gaye, Maya Angelou, as well as
selected poems from attendees.
Once the
attendees discuss poems, they’ll be encouraged to think of incidents where they
recognize kindness from life experiences, friends and acquaintances, and
how it affected their lives. From there, writers will be encouraged to create a
first draft of poetry. Writers will read their poems, and be encouraged to
revise a first draft by the first week of December. We’ll have a Zoom
get-together with feedback from each other. By Christmas we’ll have created the
first part of an online anthology on blogspot, which poets will
study, and make “final” corrections. The anthology will go live in
2025. Over the next few years, we’ll be adding more poems to the anthology from
other workshops.
Elisabeth
von Uhl earned an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has been published
in Lunch Ticket, The Cortland Review, SHIFT, cream city
Review, The Watershed Review, and other journals and anthologies. She
won a 2021 "Bronx Recognizes Its Own" Award, Her chapbook Ocean
Sea, and was published by Finishing Line Press. She’s won
scholarships and fellowships to Vermont College's Postgraduate Writing
Conference, Prague Summer Writer's Seminar, and Greenwich Village Writing
workshop. Visit www.elisabethvonuhl.com.
Anne
Leighton appears on the Grammy-nominated album, Healthy Food for Thought:
Good Enough to Eat, (Audio & Video Labs) reading her poem “Feed Your
Parents Well.” She’s contributed to The Indie Collaborative, The
Literary Parrot, Elephant Journal. Her poetry book The
Leighton Explosion made enough of a profit to use her earnings to
record an original song, “Got My Eye on You, Santa,” which found her a
publishing deal with Sheer Music South Africa/Downtown Music, USA.
Visit workinggalrockandroll.blogspot.com.
One of the songs I'm plugging this week is #GentleGiant's Freedom's Child (Steven Wilson Mix) https://youtu.be/xZD-iNK-L74?si=d5j4EjVY2IUdd7hy via @YouTube#firsttime#Summer#Love
Renaissance,
the legendary symphonic rock band featuring Annie Haslam, will be back in the
US playing select dates from October 17th through October 31st. This will mark
54 years since the formation of the band and its 16th consecutive year of
touring since its reactivation in 2009.
Renaissance leader and vocalist Annie Haslam remarked that “We are very proud
but sad to announce our ‘In Gratitude’ Farewell Tour. Where did the time go?
Looking back over the years, I believe we have made history in the worlds of
Progressive and Symphonic Rock.”
The upcoming shows will include stunning arrangements of “Ocean
Gypsy,” “Northern Lights,” “Forever Changing,” “Mother
Russia,” “Carpet of the Sun,” “Ashes are Burning” and other favorite
classics. Ms. Haslam will be joined on stage by long-time musical associate
Rave Tesar on piano, along with Mark Lambert on guitars/vocals, Geoffrey
Langley on keyboards/vocals, Frank Pagano on drums, percussion/vocals, and John
Galgano on bass.
Annie Haslam noted that “Performing with Renaissance since 1971 has been my
whole life. I still love singing these unique, surreal, dramatic and romantic
songs and pairing up with some of the finest orchestras in the world. All of
this was born from the music of Michael Dunford, John Tout, Terry Sullivan and
Jon Camp combined with the emotional and poetic words of Betty Thatcher. Our
music has filled the hearts and minds of many thousands of fans around the
world. It started for me, with a dream from my childhood that ended in this
miracle called Renaissance! Rave Tesar, is an extraordinary man and musician I
have worked with in my solo band since 1989 and with Renaissance since 2009. He
has also been a very big help in keeping the band 'alive'! Some very talented
musicians have stepped into our band, and their devotion and hard work have
added to the band’s touring longevity and personality.”
Renaissance is a band with a rich history unique unto themselves as progressive
rock pioneers who rose from the ashes of the seminal UK rock band, The
Yardbirds. Acclaimed for their unique blending of progressive rock with
classical and symphonic influences, the band's career has spanned fifty plus
years spearheaded by the 5-octave voice of Annie Haslam and the masterful
songwriting skills of Michael Dunford, John Tout, Jon Camp and Terry Sullivan.
They are widely considered to be the band that most successfully and routinely
utilized the sound of a full orchestra in their recordings.
The band has toured throughout the world and has performed at Carnegie Hall
with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and at the Royal Albert Hall with the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Chorale Society. Renaissance had a top
ten hit in the UK with their song “Northern Lights” that still
demands airplay to this day.
Renaissance:
In Gratitude Farewell Tour Dates 2024
Thursday
October 17, 2024 – The Town Hall, New York, NY
Friday
October 18, 2024 – Lewis A. Swyer Theatre at the Egg, Albany, NY
Saturday
October 19, 2024 – The Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT
Sunday
October 20, 2024 – City Winery Boston, Boston,
MA
Wednesday
October 23, 2024 – The Theater at Innovation Square, Rochester, NY
Thursday
October 24, 2024 – Center for the Arts of Homer, Homer, NY
Friday
October 25, 2024 – The Newton Theatre, Newton, NJ
Saturday
October 26, 2024 – Lansdowne Theater, Lansdowne, PA
Tuesday
October 29 & 30, 2024 - Edwardsville, IL, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville IL (St.
Louis, MO)
Jaclyn Bradley performed her newest song, “Hometown” at Rockin’ On the River in Lorain, Friday, August 30.“Hometown,” penned by Bradley and co-writer Derek Connell, is about returning to Lorain after several years away. Bradley sang the song to thousands at Black River Landing over the weekend, opening for headliner Vegas McGraw.
Accompanied by Dougie Manross on guitar, Bradley introduced the song, stating “I am a proud Lorain girl and it’s an honor for us to share this song with you tonight. It’s for
anyone who has ever left home and found everything they were searching for back where they started.” Both Bradley and Manross teach voice and guitar at Rock Town Music Academy in downtown Lorain. Bradley shared a heartfelt rendition of the song as many members of the audience sang along.
“The crowd went wild” stated Miriam Lugo Kunda via Facebook.
The music video for “Hometown,” which appears exclusively on Jaclyn’s Facebook page, features many local Lorain businesses, personalities and landmarks, has reached nearly 90 thousand views within the first week of its release and has received an abundance of positive feedback:
Chere Mason Cook stated via Facebook, “With all the negative people always talk, THIS video brings a lot of pride for our great city and its people.”
Ann Duchess shared, “I have tears. Lorain is not my hometown but I worked there long enough to keep it in my heart.”
Rachel Cruz commented, “ I moved away from Ohio when I was 19 and moved back when I was 32 and this hit home to me.”
Jaclyn Bradley, along with Mike Neff, will open for Deana Carter, singer of the hit country ballad “Strawberry Wine,” on Nov 16th at The Lorain Palace Theater. Bradley plans to share “Hometown” and its b-side “Burn for You” at the concert. Both songs were released in July and available on music streaming platforms such as iTunes, YouTube Music, and Spotify.
“I am happy people are connecting to their roots through this song,” says Bradley, “Music is so powerful. It is a privilege to make music that has the potential of making a positive impact."
