Pre-album release interview with La Santa Cecilia
Los Angeles-based La Santa Cecilia is building a national reputation for being the most fun band ever. They are a perfect example of the modern-day creative hybrid of Latin culture, rock, blues and world music. The group draws inspiration from all over the world, utilizing Pan-American rhythms like cumbia, bossa nova, rumba, bolero, tango, jazz, [...]
One of Those Guys by Robert Lane
My new single, One of Those Guys, was released last week. You can hear (and buy it) on my website. The initial writing, a bit like Lost But I Can’t Care, happened while I was in between teaching guitar lessons at a school. I didn’t have my guitar with me so I was playing on [...]
Interview with Mike Orlando of Adrenaline Mob
Adrenaline Mob is the unholy quartet of acclaimed Symphony X singer Russell Allen, former Dream Theater and Avenged Sevenfold drum virtuoso Mike Portnoy, Sonic Stomp guitarist Mike Orlando and bass player and back up singer John Moyer of Disturbed. On their full-length debut album, Omertà, the group blasts out stadium-scale hard rock anthems with their own [...]
Californ-i-a by Yulianna
Sometimes an artist comes along that completely confounds your mind. You expect one thing and something totally different and wonderful comes out. That is the experience I had with Yulianna’s new album, Californ-i-a. I was introduced to her by her agent…I had never listened to her music and when I learned that she was originally [...]
Talking with Bourke Amor, founder and leader of The Revolving Door.
The Revolving Door is controlled Cajun chaos – a musical carnival that electrifies a room and makes you dance. A big band that blasts out a wall of sound combining horns, deep funky guitar, complex drumming, the Dr. John-like voice of Burke Amor, the wild vocals of Elizabeth Hangan and her backup group – all [...]
Pete Townshend
Robert Lane is a Guitarist, Songwriter and Singer based in Birmingham, UK. He has supported performers including Nell Bryden, Alice Gold, Monument Valley, Cattle and Cane, Edwina Hayes, Steve Gibbons, Dan Whitehouse and Steve Ajao. www.robertlanemusic.co.uk Pete Townshend has been an inspiration to me for years. It really kicked in watched The Kids Are Alright [...]
Songs That Make Me Sick
Title: “Tapout” by Birdman ft. Lil Wayne, Future, Mack Maine & Nicki Minaj Say what you will about Birdman, but the man is a strategist. Being the founder of a label with some of the most well-known names in music gives him the opportunity few have. He is able to create some truly horrible shit [...]
On being a performer
Robert Lane is a Guitarist, Songwriter and Singer based in Birmingham, UK. He has supported performers including Nell Bryden, Alice Gold, Monument Valley, Cattle and Cane, Edwina Hayes, Steve Gibbons, Dan Whitehouse and Steve Ajao. www.robertlanemusic.co.uk At the end of the day, what you’re doing is asking people to be interested in you. You are [...]
Teresa King, a powerful emerging talent
As listeners to my radio show, Music Friday, know, I like to showcase emerging talent as well interview established stars. I am in LA, a very tough place for emerging artists because the talent pool here is better than the professional scene in most cities. But I have had my eye – and my ears [...]
Gazoota
From the town of Fullerton, CA four guys have come together to form an up-and-coming post-pop band called Gazoota. Taking over Sound Cloud, their songs released may be few but never underestimate the power of a solidly written and executed track to make you want more from a small-town band. In just the [...]