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Catch Undermine on their Western States Tour for some alternative metal/fraggle rawk!

May 9, 2014

Just last week we brought you Patrick O’Heffernan’s interview with Southern California fraggle rawkers, Undermine. You can read the interview here. Now it is time for you to get ready and experience Undermine live as they announce their Western States Tour. The tour will kick off on May 29th at The Britsher in Lancaster andthey will be hitting the road with fellow band Order 66. Undermine is on tour to support their debut EP Shh, It’s Too Quiet released in March 2013. So make sure to check out the tour dates for their “We Need A Place To Sleep Tour” and find out where you will be seeing Undermine at a venue near you! 05/29 – The Britisher. Lancaster, CA 05/31 – Rooney’s Irish Pub. Orcutt, CA* 06/01 – Back Bar Original. San Jose, CA 06/02 – Club 66. Ashland, OR 06/03 – Boogie’s Burgers ‘N Brew. Portland, OR* 06/04 – Club 412. Spokane, WA 06/05 – Barbs Tavern. Nampa ID* 06/06 – The Dawg Pound Tavern. Salt Lake City w/ special guest Mandy [Read More]

An Interview with Michael Addison: luminous lyrics and a smoother side in the new album.

April 5, 2014

An Interview with Michael Addison: luminous lyrics and a smoother side in the new album. By Patrick O’Heffernan Actor, singer, songwriter Michael Addison will release a new album, Resisting Fate, April 15 and a new single, “We’ll Be Coming Home”, April 8 as part of a major shift to music. Music FridayLive! host Patrick O’Heffernan interviewed him on air April 4, 2014. Listening to Michael Addison’s soon to be released album, Resisting Fate, is like laying in the grass on a summer day and watching the clouds slide by while you think of childhood and ice cream and former lovers. And then, there is lightening. The guitar wails, the tempo accelerates and you are hooked. Alt rocker Addison shows us a deep, melodious side that merges euphoria, melancholy and electricity in a harmonious stream that sometimes floats you gently and sometimes carries you over emotional rapids. But in the end, when the music fades and leaves on the shore of your consciousness, your first inclination is to get back in the boat, hit replay on [Read More]

Music Friday Live interview with country star Billy Kay

January 10, 2014

We are pleased to share with you Patrick O’Heffernan’s interview with country star Billy Kay from his Music Friday Live show on musicfriday.nationbuilder.com. INTERVIEW: COUNTRY STAR BILLY KAY (conducted on air 1.10.14. download at www.blogtalkradio.com/musicfriday) Of all the country singers – no, of all the singers – we have had on Music Friday Live!, none has a story as interesting as our next guest. And few write and sing music as well as he does. And very, very few link their music to their life and their values as tightly as he does. Billy Kay is a Long Island-born country western singer songwriter who arrived in Tennessee by way of Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the Veterans Administration. (More on that later.) Billy Kay’s music is solid country – it tells stories of hurt and joy and women and life while it moves your feet, tickles your brain and stabs your heart. Whether he is singing about the excitement of being embraced by a beautiful woman or the pain of being left by her, his songs [Read More]