Number One Babe Finds a “Shaky Sense of Home” on Debut Ecstatic Function

Ecstatic Function cover by Will Jeffries by Ben Bonadies I first became aware of Number One Babe at a solo opening set at The Jungle. Alone on the stage, singer/songwriter Alex Cholewa’s delicate voice and reverbed guitar were a world unto themselves. Now with a full band behind them and a cache of new songs in tow, […]

Premiere: Timothy Stone & Damoyee Unveil Collab “Waiting For You”

Berklee classmates DAMOYEE and Timothy Stone met via a virtual songwriting workshop to create “Waiting For You,” a song about longing through sleepless nights, weighing the futility of staying up all night to see the sunrise alone.

SCRIBSCRUBZ: Dérive Celebrate Three Year Anniversary

Words and Illustrations by Louis Roe A few weeks ago, Dérive celebrated their third year of cohesive musicianship with an anniversary show at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst.  Except it wasn’t just a celebration of the band’s longevity.  Greg Nahabedian proclaimed the evening in homage to the Western Mass music scene, alive with the breath […]