Perhaps what I love best about writing “Un-Block The Music,” is meeting people! Not just any people, but amazingly talented people. Musical Director/Orchestrator, Will Van Dyke (Pretty Woman, Kinky Boots) is one of those talented people, and what I love about actually speaking to people instead of emailing and texting them is…I find all of... Continue Reading →
Today, while we honor those we lost on September 11, 2001, we also celebrate our American spirit. On September 12, 2001, we all forgot that we were Democrats or Republications, we just became Americans. One of the people who helped us deal with our grief and feel stronger again was “The Voice That Healed A... Continue Reading →
What happened to summer? “Un-Block The Music” seems to ask that question every year! I certainly had a busy one going to shows and meeting people who really seem to love what I am doing! I admit it. My Social Media learning has been a little slow, but I am getting there! I still need... Continue Reading →
Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill! How many of you can remember what that album meant to a generation? You can relive that again this fall on Broadway! Or you can discover it for the first time. “Un-Block The Music” has already interviewed Neal Avron, the soundtrack producer about this. In 1995, Jagged Little Pill topped the... Continue Reading →
I don’t know about you, but “Un-Block The Music” has always felt left-out of the “cool” group being too young to really remember much of the 1960s. How can I be a music writer and not have experienced the Woodstock Festival in 1969 in upstate New York? I watched the documentary and I’ve listened to... Continue Reading →
“Un-Block The Music” certainly has a fascination with up and coming musicals, and reporting on Ramona is my next pleasure. This show is premiering August 24 and 25. And, in the midst of it all, Kayla Friend, who wrote the book and the lyrics, took a few minutes to talk to me about how she... Continue Reading →
“Un-Block The Music” remembers the first time Reggae was on Top 40 radio, or at the least the first time I heard it. It was the song, “Roxanne” by the Police. I was instantly in love. Rock music was king at the time, with punk on the rise in the U.S., but I was curious.... Continue Reading →
How lucky for “Un-Block The Music,” to interview one of the newer members to the Joe Iconis Family of artists, that is Geoffrey Ko, the musical director for off-Broadway’s Bounty Hunter. After having made its world premiere in 2017 at Barrington Stage Company, the show, Bounty Hunter, hit Off-Broadway at the Greenwich House Theater in... Continue Reading →
The Highland Divas! Not the type of music you are accustomed to reading about on “Un-Block The Music.” However, as you know, my mantra is…listen to every kind of music at least once in your life. I listened to the Highland Divas…and I want more! The trio of Georgia, Margaret and Marla have diverse musical... Continue Reading →
As a writer, a journalist and a mother, my motto is….don’t wait for the interview. Don’t wait for people to choose you. Make it happen! Anthony Caporale, producer and writer of the off-Broadway hit series, “The Imbible, A Spirited History of Drinking” has done just that. “Un-Block The Music” had the pleasure of seeing “A... Continue Reading →
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