Frank Piombo talks with UpPhront Host Warren mIchaels

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Recording and performing his  music has been his life long dream. Frank hopes that everyone enjoys his songs and finds a connection to each and everyone of them. Frank's first introduction to music came at the age of three. He remembers sneaking into his grandfather's closet to strum his old acoustic guitar. Later, at the age of six, his family relocated from North Africa to Rome where he was able to enjoy the romantic sounds produced by his father's accordion. Next, at the age of eight he found himself, along with his family, relocating to the good old USA.
 Finally, at the age of thirteen, Frank was introduced to the great sounds of, a well known band known as, the "Beatles". After that, life as he knew it would never be the same.


his new CD entitled “Sleepwalk” was released and available since October 1, 2011. It is a combination of jazz, smooth jazz, and easy listening

Lou Pietosi Talks with UpPhront Radio Host Warren Michaels

Lou Pietosi

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Thursday Night Oct 6th 2011 

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Lou Pietosi has been playing music since he was old enough to hold drumsticks or blow a horn!  Now 51 years old,  Lou’s first love was music as he first watched Mitch Miller and Andy Williams back in the early to mid 60’s.  At age 10 he began playing trumpet in school, later teaching himself a little keyboards, guitar and his main instrument,  drums.   He has always loved singing and writing music as well. His influences over the years have included artists such as Chicago, CSN, Kansas, Dan Fogelberg, Loggins and Messina, Bon Jovi, styx and many more.

In 1977 he began playing with friends Billy and Nick Nardozi  in The Nardozi Brothers Oldies Band and in 1986, along with his brother Al and another set of brothers, Mark and Jake Zucco, formed SILENT PARTNER, the Classic Rock band which continues playing today in and around the Pittsburgh area.  In 1988 they added bass player Randy Van Hulten and these five guys have remained together ever since, with a period of time off as they each lived their lives and started families.  Reuniting in 2008, they now are recording both old and new originals and hope to complete a CD by mid 2012.  They JUST did a special benefit concert in their old hometown of Dormont Pennsylvania to raise money for the small local movie theater, which Lou hopes to turn into a theater for the performing arts.  Over 5,000.00 was raised at the event.  Married with two grown sons, Lou is also a Mortgage Banker by trade.

Warren Talks with Jon McAuliffe -His career as a Songwriter 10/03 by UpPhront Radio | Blog Talk Radio

 Jon McAuliffe
Warren Talks with Jon McAuliffe -His career as a Songwriter 10/03 by UpPhront Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Although first attracted to Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue and various classical composers (Rimsky-Korsakov; Ravel; Debussy) while still a toddler, country and pop music would also appeal to him in his formative years.  Then in the middle 1950s, after hearing Chuck Berry's "Wee Wee Hours," and "No Money Down," Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog," "Anyplace Is Paradise" and "So Glad You're Mine," Jon came to more clearly identify the sound he found most appealing:  Rhythm & Blues.




By his late teens, Jon had begun to investigate ethnic folk musics, urban and rural blues and various forms of jazz.  These all played into his own desire to create as he picked up a guitar for the first time and began writing his own songs, rudimentary though they were.

Major influences on Jon's songwriting and vocal style began in the 1950s and peaked in the 1960s and '70s.  They include Hank Williams, the early Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Gordon Lightfoot, Marty Robbins, the entire Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Tom Rush, Bob Dylan, Stephen Stills, Van Morrison, Tampa Red, Leroy Carr, Howlin' Wolf and a host of folk, blues and R&B musicians too numerous to note.

One of Jon's earliest attempts at songwriting was overheard in a Detroit folk music club called The Chessmate by a Canadian performer named Joan Anderson.  She encouraged Jon by telling him, "You stick with that, young man.  You've got something there."  Ms. Anderson later changed her name to Joni Mitchell and her encouragement has inspired Jon to this day.



Jon began performing professionally in 1965 at various coffee houses in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach areas while still in the U.S. Navy.  During his two years in Virginia, Jon performed and associated with Doug MacLeod, Emmylou Harris, John Pilla, Bryan Bowers, Jim Dawson and many other performers who helped form his tastes and influences.

Moving to New York in 1968, Jon formed the band Thirty Days Out with lead guitarist Jack Malken and bassist Monte Melnick in 1969.  Drummer Phil Lowe later joined the band after Jon stole him away from Charlotte, North Carolina rockers The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.  After leaving the band, Monte went on to become the tour manager for the Ramones.  Jack has been a well-known and respected recording engineer in New York City for decades.  Phil lives and works in Florida today with his wife and family.  Thirty Days Out recorded 2 albums with Warner Bros. Reprise (recently reissued by Wounded Bird Records in conjunction with Warner Bros. Reprise and available at Wounded Bird, Amazon.com and other sites) and opened for such acts as The Beach Boys, The J. Geils Band, George Carlin, Patti Labelle, Tom Rush, Captain Beefheart, Barbara Keith, Charlie Daniels & Jerry Corbett, among others.

Thirty Days Out disbanded in 1973 and by 1974 Jon was living and working in the Boston area.  With the help of artists like Robin Batteau, Ric Ocasek & Ben Orr (of The Cars) Jon began recording demos in the hopes of landing a solo recording contract.  Instead, his songwriting abilities caught the ear of United Artists who signed him as a staff songwriter in 1977 where he achieved limited success.

Tired of being chained to the commercial disciplines of a major publishing company, Jon formed a band called the Doubles with lead guitarist George Pratt in 1979.  By 1982 the band had run its course and McAuliffe and Pratt locked themselves up in various Boston area recording studios for the next four years where they recorded whatever suited their fancy. Jon & George issued a CD of this work in 2007.

By 1986 this creative explosion had reached its peak.  Exhausted and relatively uninspired, Jon hung up his guitar for 6 years before slowly coming out of a self-imposed shell, but only to write and perform Gospel music.  This lasted until 2007 when Jon once again began performing on local stages in the Northeast.  During the next 3 years Jon began performing publically to greater response than he'd ever received previously.  He would also begin writing the best songs he'd ever penned.

In 2009, with the help of producer Seth Connelly, Jon embarked upon a life long dream, recording a solo album.  His new songs echo the sum total of his musical influences and personal beliefs.  Audience response has been profoundly positive and Jon has enjoyed wide support and encouragement from a growing number of fellow musicians, performers and writers who he continues to share the journey and joy of creativity with.

On May 22nd Jon will release his new CD, "In This Present Form."


Warren Talks with Jon McAuliffe -His career as a Songwriter 10/03 by UpPhront Radio | Blog Talk Radio

The Jean Cabbie interview hosted by Warren Michaels 09/29 by UpPhront Radio | Blog Talk Radio

The Jean Cabbie interview hosted by Warren Michaels 09/29 by UpPhront Radio | Blog Talk Radio    

Thursday Sept 29 --  6pm edt

JEAN CABBIE & THE SECRET ADMIRER SOCIETY
Mobile: (787)562-2685
E-Mail: jeancabbie@gmail.com
www.myspace.com/jeancabbieiv


BIOGRAPHY

Jean Cabbie & The Secret Admirer Society is an alternative rock group based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. “After Hours”, the group’s second full length cd release, is the result of series of recording sessions done at Spellbound Studios, one of the new and upcoming independent music recording studios in the Island.  All songs were written by Jean Cabbie with arrangements done by The Secret Admirer Society.  “After Hours” was recorded and mixed by Jose Vila and mastered by Bob Katz from Digital Domain.

“After Hours” marks a new direction for the band as they capture its live sound on record which is shown in tracks such as “Red Blue Skies”, “A Certain Madness”, “Do” and “Ride On”. The album is comprised of fourteen songs which reflect musical influences ranging from alternative, classic rock up to power pop and roots rock.  As part of their promotional campaign, the group has promoted tracks from “After Hours” to a great variety of internet radio stations, radio shows and regional radio such as: Resolution Radio, I-SIS Radio Network, K94Rocks (U.S.A.),  Deuce Management & Promotion, European Klassic Rock (EKR) Radio, Jump Radio (U.K.), Radio Positive (Germany), Sancocho (Canary Islands), H.A.P.P.Y. Radio (Puerto Rico), Factoria de Musica (Spain), Radio Morbihan Plus (France), 95x Radio (El Salvador) and BeRock Online (Greece), amongst other radio airplay outlets. Jean Cabbie & The Secret Admirer Society have previously released two other recording projects titled: “Anthem” (EP) and “Good Things”,the group’s first full length cd release

Warren Michaels talks with Joel Diamond concerning his Music 09/20 by UpPhront Radio | Blog Talk Radio

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Warren Michaels talks with Joel Diamond concerning his Music 09/20 by UpPhront Radio | Blog Talk Radio

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JOEL DIAMOND , based in New York City, has long and diverse experience as a composer, arranger, producer, and performer of serious and contemporary music.

His varied career is noteworthy for an extraordinary array of eclectic choices and in?uences. Selected by Variety as one of 20 Creatives to Watch, Diamond wrote the score for the immensely powerful ?lm, The Believer, written and directed by Henry Bean. The ?lm won the Grand Jury Prize for Drama at Sundance, 2001, and Peter Travers of Rolling Stone singled out “Joel Diamond’s haunting score.” A review by Kirk Honeycutt in The Hollywood Reporter noted that “the craftsmanship is ?rst-rate, especially a moody and edgy score by Joel Diamond.”Diamond’s recent ?lm project, Milarepa (Shining Moon Productions, 2006), directed by Neten Chokling, won the award last month for Best Spiritual Fiction Film at the European Spiritual Film Festival in Paris. He scored the documentary Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, which Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly designated one of the “10 Best Films for 2007.


”He just completed composing the Music for "Kid Shamrock" a play which ran at the Atlantic Theater last month and just completed the short, "Black Box" which will be premiering at the Cannes Festival. Currently he is completing Three Films, "Love Thing" Directed (M. Manetta featuring Jack Smith, and a Comedy,

GARY KNOX LIVE INTERVIEW AND SHOWCASE -WARREN MICHAELS - HOST

“Rock-a-Folk-a-billy-Reggae-Pop” singer/songwriter Gary Knox has the edge of the street and the warmth of the heart with great players that are hard-rocking & gently rollin’! The newly released CD from Gary Knox and the Streethearts called “Big Dreams, Empty Pockets, Broken Heart,” features songs that are impressions of the many colors of Knox’s lifetime palette.

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Singer/songwriter from NYC a...nd Woodstock, Gary Knox has been keeping the dream alive in cabarets, cafés, and rock clubs for many years. He has had two recording contracts on subsidiaries of major labels Atlantic and RCA Records. He is also distributed on Revenge Records in Europe and Get Hip Records in America.
As owner, engineer/producer of Batcave Recording, Gary Knox has recorded and played on the CDs of some of the most famous and infamous musical characters of the music scene. He co-authored and performed on the recently published “The Everything Harmonica Book and CD” from Adams Media. He also recorded and performed for the “Songwriting Success” book and CD.
Along with Gary Knox on vocals, acoustic guitar, and harmonica, The Streethearts include, Nick Balaban on piano, organ, synth, and background vocals, Mike Guba on drums and some great guest musicians. This album was performed, produced, arranged, recorded and mixed by Gary, Nick, Mike along with Lou Holtzman of Eastside Sound and Peter Robbins.
In the course of their individual careers, the band members have played or recorded with artists such as Ray Charles, John Cale, Macy Gray, Patti LaBelle, The Persuasions, Culture, David Murray, Phoebe Snow, Percy Sledge, David Peel, Randy Travis, Toni Braxton, and others. (For this album, guest musicians are noted in each of the song’s notes.)
The album’s “You’re Not The First” is featured in the soundtrack of the new Bruce Beresford-directed film, “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding” starring Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener and premièring on the opening night at the 12th Annual Woodstock Film Festival in September, 2011.


ALBUM NOTES

“Big Dreams, Empty Pockets, Broken Heart” (title track)
This New Orleans-style modern American anthem is a reaction to Jiminy Cricket who told us that all we had to do was wish upon a star to make our dreams come true. In the great cosmic Chinese restaurant, I cracked open my fortune cookie and it read, “Big Dreams, Empty Pockets, Broken Heart.” It features electric guitar by Dan Hovey and standout piano from Streetheart Nick Balaban.

“You’re Not The First” (in the “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding” film soundtrack)
The dream reaction that every guy has to a romantic breakup: “They'll all come back once they realize what they've lost.” Streetheart Nick Balaban arranged the horn section, which includes Walter Hawkes on trombone, Dan Levinson on clarinet and Jon-Eric Kellso on trumpet. Walter Hawkes also plays ukelele, and John Wachter is on electric lead. This song has been included in the soundtrack of the movie “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding” starring Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener and directed by Bruce Beresford.

“Face To Face (With the Human Race)”
Every time we turn on the news we find ourselves constantly amazed at man's inhumanity to man. And yet, through all that alienation, in the end we come to see that we’re all connected and must make the best of it. All this, a rockabilly beat, and the killer guitar of Dan Hovey.

“Rockin’ On The Razor's Edge”
A little bit of anger and a little bit of hope... Harmony through the primal scream. Quite a balancing act, singing and playing on that razor blade.

“Fantasy Street”
Song of the mighty dreamers... Features the mandolin of Barry Mitterhoff.

“Ghost Train”
Come for a ride on the Rock ‘n’ Roll Railroad where you forever keep groovin’ along into the great beyond. Features the ghostly bass of Jay Spero, the phantasmic harmonica of Blake Brocksmith, and Jon Diamond’s electrifying guitar.

“Scufflin’”
Tells the story of the romantic love-hate relationship the artist has with choosing the musician’s life. We're cursed with the blessing and blessed with the curse—nothing could be better and nothing could be worse. I always open with it when I play live. It features Barry Mitterhoff on mandolin and John Putnam playing John Amato’s pedal-steel arrangement. Peter Robbins is on bass.

“Whoever Are You?”
I was all alone on a Wednesday in an abandoned loft on West Broadway when the shadows first showed themselves to me. This song was my question to them. They are still answering. All that and a reggae beat with Jay Spero’s bass and John Wachter’s electric guitar.

“Open Heart, Open Road, Open Hand”
This song is really about a state of mind that allowed my friends and I to hit the highway and learn the great lessons of the road. Every line tells of a true experience. And to think, I might have never left the Bronx! Featuring the pedal steel of John Putnam, and Mike Rubin on those baritone guitar fills.

“Night Vision”
Where our hero learns how to see in the dark and make friends with all its famous monsters. Jon Diamond plays monstrous guitar.

“Every Heart Needs A Home”
Obviously, the homeless problem grows in direct proportion to man’s lack of compassion for his common man and must be addressed now more than ever. I got the title from a potholder that read: “Home is Where The Heart Is.” In true John Lennon wordplay, I switched the words around and created something new. Dan Hovey plays swampy slide guitar.

“Night Café”
I wrote this one while having a magical connection with Vincent Van Gogh’s painting of the same name. My guitar and I sat down at one of the tables in the painting and didn't come out until I had this song. Its lyrics are also inspired by the years I spent playing as an opening act at “The Improvisation” with my pal Matthew Auerbach. Once again John Putnam is playing a John Amato pedal steel arrangement with Peter Robbins on bass.

“Let me call you Streetheart, I'm in love with you.”

Erik McCall Promo and Showcase with UpPhront Radio with Warren Michaels