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Concerts

Hana Kim at the Witzend in LA by Patrick O’Heffernan of Music Friday Live!

January 14, 2014

Hana Kim mesmerized a totally packed WitzendLive in Los Angeles Saturday night – even the bar was quiet. I have had Kim on my radio show, Music Friday Live!, and reviewed her new album, Exodo, which is a kind of minstrel tale of her life and international travels. She has steadily built a following in the very tough market of Los Angeles, releasing two EPS’ a single and now a full album so I was looking forward to the evening. The Witzend is an L.A. gem, a listening room designed with a beyond the state-of-the-art sound system for music lovers and emerging musicians with big futures.  A gig at the Witzend is a recognition of Kim’s growing popularity and bountiful talent. I knew that  her deep soulful voice would take full advantage of the club’s acoustics and that her deeply personal songs would go over very well with the discerning crowd that comes for only the best in live music. Although she has been playing almost constantly in the LA area for two years, this [Read More]

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Bands

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]