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Visit Devyn’s Official Website by clicking HERE.

The combination of beauty, talent, and brains is rarely personified in an individual as young and poised as singer/songwriter Devyn Rose, but in this case there is simply no denying it. 

Born in Mt. Vernon, NY, she began her love of music at a very young age singing in a church choir. By the time she was 16, she moved to Bridgeport, CT and began taking dance lessons at Broadway Dance Center, where she studied all forms of dance including hip-hop, house, jazz, and ballet. (Read Devyn’s full bio here)

Stream the new “D.E.V.Y.N. EP” by clicking HERE.

Ohhh!!! Last but not least: this wouldn’t be a complete feature without Devyn’s music video for “Pieces”!! ..check it out by clicking HERE.

I think that Devyn is on to something really great!  It was my pleasure to feature her new EP on my blog, as well as a personal interview with the superstar!  Here’s the Q/A:

Please introduce yourself, and tell us where you’re from!

My name is Devyn Rose and I am a singer songwriter! I grew up and currently live in NYC! 

In no particular order, list your top ten inspirations, even if they’re not musical. 

Bone Thugs N Harmony 
Whitney Houston 
Oprah 
Beyonce 
Jay Z 
Barack Obama 
Michelle Obama 
Lisa Vanderpump 
My Team 
My Dad 

How long has your project been around? 

I’ve been doing music forever, but up until 3 years ago,

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Pale Fox Records presents:  EP by London-based electro-pop-rock trio: BalloonMan.  Listen to the four new tracks on soundcloud here.

Auteurs / Velvet Underground / Sonic Youth inspired North Londoners, BalloonMan eschew hype in favour of gigging solidly and perfecting their craft so they already blow most better-known bands out of the water.

If you prefer watching videos, there are short films for each of the EP songs here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/BalloonManMusic

On his bandcamp page, you can download his new EP ‘The Boy That Changed Time’ for FREE! Frank Franklin is from the United Kingdom, and you can find him on Facebook here.

My rating: 8.0/10

Here’s my Q/A with Frank Franklin himself:

Briefly introduce yourself, and your band if you play with one. 
I’m Frank Franklin, and I play folk/acoustic, sometimes bluesy kind of music. I was born in London and I now live in sunny Cornwall in the UK, I’ve lived there around 12 years (half of my life) now and I wouldn’t change it for the world!

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Jerrod Harlan is a 20-year old solo artist from Pittsburgh, who goes by the name Hello Ontario.  Listen to SEVEN of his new songs on Soundcloud. His music reminds me of a lofi version of The Format, or a less-produced Death Cab for Cutie.

While I was listening again to his six-song, Self-titled EP, I researched a bit more in hopes to understand why this is the ONE PERSON, out of the 62 reviews I’ve done this month, who responded negatively to my review. So, I took more time to dig back in.. 

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Long Beach, California-based ‘aggressive pop-rock’ quartet Bethpage Black independently released their EP Black Music last month.  Combining the sounds of The Used, All-Time Low, and Foo Fighters, I gotta admit- I just listened to this EP several times, and shitsbueno :)

I had coffee with the drummer today (Steve Coy), who is also the business-man in the band.  We discussed the benefits of remaining independent these days (and how our bands probably wouldn’t be together had we been ‘signed’ in the past).  

It was interesting talking about the direction that both of our bands were headed in, as we were breaking down our 3-month plans.. I quickly realized that this guy has

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Mr. Jitters is the musical brain child of Nashville-based recording artist, Dylan Rowe. 

I met Dylan a few years ago when he was playing bass for The Matches (one of my personal favorites) and he has never ceased to impress, most recently with his debut effort that reminds me of Mike Patton-meets-The Urge (remember them?) and a taste of Jimmy’s Chicken Shack. Clever songwriting structures and unique melodies are just a couple of things that make these five-tracks stick out from the pack. 

This EP is guaranteed to make you dance along. Needless to say, Mr. Jitters has now made my list of shows to catch.

Dylan recently joined onto the Maniac and Foxy Shazam tour, which will be trekking nationwide through April.

Tour dates can be seen here: http://foxyshazam.com/tabernacle2012tour

The debut EP, Multiplicity, drops this Tuesday, March 27th!  Order it here: http://nvy.gd/zjtsIH

My rating: 8.5/10

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