GRETA VAN FLEET 3 DAY BAY AREA ROCK N ROLL TAKEOVER September 2018
There is no denying it. Rock n Roll is alive and thriving, just ask last night’s sold out crowd at the Fox Theater in Oakland. Rockers Greta Van Fleet kicked off night 1 of 3 Bay Area shows that we have dubbed, “Rock n Roll Bay Area Takeover”. The young fast rising Michigan band has caught the attention of rock n roll fans of all ages, as the crowd was diverse and included a range of young fans on up to seasoned rockers. The band features, brothers Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka, bassist Sam Kiszka, and long time family friend Danny Wagner on drums. Their music is a resurrection of the classic 70’s riff-heavy rock dipped in soulful blues.
September 17, 2018 Fox Theatre Oakland, CA
September 18, 2018 City National Civic – San Jose, CA
September 19, 2018 The Masonic – San Francisco, CA
One of our BottleRock Napa highlights was singer – songwriter Sophia Zamani performing on the Prudential stage. We wanted to bring you an interview with Sophia. * * * * * MJP: “First we wanted to tell you how much we enjoyed your set at BottleRock. It was great to see the crowds coming in and gravitating to your stage. How was it for you performing at the festival? Sophia: Thank you so much! It was a really exciting experience, especially because I grew up going to the festival and have now played it! It’s such a magical feeling to connect with an audience through my music, and I feel so grateful to have had a good turnout Saturday and Sunday. I had a ton of fun. MJP: BottleRock brought so many different genres together, who were you most excited to see? Sophia: I was most excited to see Cold War Kids! I love their music and actually got the chance to meet them and connect with one of their members! MJP: So [Read More]
Singer, songwriter, guitarist extraordinaire and Gibson brand ambassador, Jared James Nichols released his self titled album on January 13th and it is one that is a DO-NOT-MISS! The album which was produced, engineered, and mixed by Eddie Spear (Zach Bryan, Slash, Rival Sons) and recorded live in the studio at Blackbird Studios and Sienna Studios, truly captures the energy of Nichols live performances. We had the chance to chat a bit with Jared about his new album. * * * * * Thank you so much Jared for taking the time out to talk with us here at Music Junkie Press. From the first time interviewing you at NAMM 2016, we knew you were on to such a bright future. With your self-titled album set to release on January 13th, what can you share with your fans about what to expect with this new album? I am SO excited for fans to hear this new record! It is raw, high energy, and undeniably ME. I feel like I have finally captured my sound [Read More]
We recently had the opportunity chat with solo artist Austin John Winkler (former Hinder vocalist) and we are excited for his return to music. He had returned to music by releasing Superjaded earlier this year and it truly rocked! The stage is bright for Winkler and the music scene welcomes his return. Check out our interview below: * * * * * * * We wanted to thank you for your time to talk with us. American Dreams is now out and it is a stellar anthemic track. You blew us away. Can you tell us about that song and how it came about? Yes, absolutely. I wrote that song, to begin with I had that little acoustic guitar reverb thing, that guitar riff in my head so I put it out on guitar and then you know, I like to think the best song is kind of just like “spit” out of me. To be honest, it is more or less kind of like my homage of how much I love the [Read More]
