We have had more than a dozen artists contribute more than 50 videos of interviews and exclusive performances since re-launching PE Live. Watch all of the PE Live performances.
Nathan Rivera and Shine Delphi perform for PE Live. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Have you seen the latest edition of PE Live? This week we’re featuring the music of Shine Delphi and Nathan Rivera, two friends who both write fantastic music.
Their last California show for a while is tonight, June 28, in Encinitas. They are heading off to Colorado and Montana on Saturday.
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Both musical travelers, both have ties to Murrieta, although Delphi has most recently been living in Pennsylvania.
We have had more than a dozen artists contribute more than 50 videos of interviews and exclusive performances since re-launching PE Live. Watch all of the PE Live performances.
The Paper Crowns perform on PE Live. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Since the PE Live video series keeps growing, I wanted to take a look back at some of the music that has come out of our video sessions and focus on individual songs.
I have been a fan of The Paper Crowns ever since Spiro Nicolopoulos sent me the new music he was working on with Nicole Pond after his former band, Rolling Reunion, called it quits. Their voices were made to sing together.
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I loved their 2012 release “See You Tonight” and with the addition of Dan Hazard on the upright bass and Jarrod Van Keuren on accordion and piano, The Paper Crowns continue to grow. I really like the versatility of the group.
Here’s the rambling train of awesome that is “Tehachapi.” Let the video play and you’ll see the other songs from the PE Live session with the band.
Catch them Saturday, June 29 at The Vault Martini Bar in Redlands.
They will start playing at 9:30 p.m. The Vault is at 14 E. Vine St. and is open to guests 21 and older.
Click below to learn more about The Paper Crowns and see more of the videos from PE Live.
Curtiss King performs on PE Live. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Since the PE Live video series keeps growing, I wanted to take a look back at some of the music that has come out of our video sessions and focus on individual songs.
The thing I love about PE Live is the intimacy of it and the totally different versions we get of the music. Usually it’s the artist, myself, the spectacular Angel Ortiz from our video team and the occasional friend/family member of the artist who see the performance.
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San Bernardino’s Curtiss King, along with all of the other artists on Black Cloud Music, is one of the hardest working artists in the Inland Empire.
Here’s one of the tracks from that record, “Ratchets Still Jockin,” in PE Live form. Let the video play to watch more performances, as well as an interview with King.
Click below to learn more about King and see more of the videos from PE Live.
Black Bear, of Black Bear and the Cheyenne Autumn Band, performs for PE Live. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Here’s one more song from our PE Live video series with Black Bear, of Corona’s Black Bear and the Cheyenne Autumn Band. This is the moving “Native Ground.”
The band just posted their brand new song, “They died with Their Boots On,” over at their website www.bbcab.org.
Black Bear, of Black Bear and the Cheyenne Autumn Band, performs for PE Live. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
I mentioned in yesterday’s blog that with the release of the videos of Corona’s Black Bear, of Black Bear and the Cheyenne Autumn Band, PE Live has hit 50 videos since our reboot in March.
I can’t thank everyone enough for supporting this project. It’s really important to me to get our Inland Empire talent out there. Thank you so much to our video team at The Press-Enterprise for putting these projects together, the performers for taking the time to come down and talk to me and play some music and everyone who has spent a few minutes watching.
Each video we’ve put together (including the original PE Live and later, Audio File Sessions) have been so rewarding in their own ways.
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I love the inspiration behind Black Bear and the Cheyenne Autumn Band’s music and lyrics. Here’s “Rollin’ Train” and the interview and other performances from Black Bear’s visit to the studio. Just let it keep playing and you’ll see them all.
If you want to know more about PE Live, you can email me at vfranko@pe.com. If you want to follow me on social media, I’m at @vanessafranko on Twitter, the Audio File on Facebook and on Google+.
Black Bear and the Cheyenne Autumn Band (Contributed Image)
This is a really exciting week for PE Live. Since we relaunched the series, we’ve had more than a dozen artists come in and perform and talk with us.
Now, with this week’s edition, we are up to 50 videos in the PE Live reboot. I am thrilled that the artist who made us hit number 50 is Black Bear, of Black Bear and the Cheyenne Autumn Band.
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Black Bear, a.k.a. Jonny Miller, crafts impeccable California folk music that has inspiration in everything from transcendentalism to Westerns.
Here’s “1850 Overture.”
Want to know more about Black Bear and see all of the performances and interviews from PE Live? Click the links below.
This week the guest on PE Live is Midnight Satellites, a rock group out of Temecula that is celebrating the release of its fantastic debut EP (produced by Finch drummer Alex Pappas) with a show at the Tilted Kilt in Temecula on Saturday, June 1. Continue reading →
