Music FridayLive!

Polaris Rose, the dynamic Los Angeles indie rock band made up of Peter Anthony and Madelynn Elyse return to Music Friday with their new EP, Oceansongs. Peter and Madelynn combine luminous songwriting with effortlessly eccentric sound characterized by intricate harmonies in an electrifying atmospheric style.  The result is a unique collection of diverse, energetic, pop-infused melodies. They released their newest EP,  OceanSongs following the success of their debut offering,  The Moon & It’s Secrets, which we previewed on Music Friday, and we are delighted to have them back again.

Justin Dzuban, makes great music!.  He is no stranger to unique and classic pop and rock styles and his influences range from Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones to Johnny Cash and Bing Crosby.  His style of embracing his natural tones and influences has developed his New/ Old sound of Rock and Country kicked up a notch  by his baritone voice.He combines these varied music passions into an original yet familiar sound of Americana and Classic Rock influences on his second album, “Shakedown,” due out next month, and we get a preview!.

Doña Oxford, the "Queen of Boogie Woogie" will drop in for a minutes to preview her upcoming birthday bash show at Brennan's in Los Angeles.

Jill Jacks began her professional career singing backup with well known Detroit country and rock names The Forbes Brothers and Stewart Francke. By the late 90s she was writing constantly, fronting her own band and beginning to open for what would become a long list of prominent touring acts -- Bob Seger, John Waite, Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin, Dan Fogelberg, Marshall Crenshaw, Chris Issak, and Loretta Lynn. Her album Sunflower Girl shows us why she has won 37 Detroit Music Awards.

Born Faith Emontie Roach in Louisville, Ky. 15 year-old “Poopie” has been singing and performing since the age of 5. A member of  "Groovement" a local cause featuring artists, musicians, singers, dancers and community activists who bring people together and save lives through our music, her song “High School Love” in only 2 months has made it the most requested song in Kentuckiana (Louisville and Indiana) with 20,000 plays on SoundCloud and 12,000 views on Youtube. She is in the studio assembling her debut album, but takes time from recording - and high school - to talk wtih us.

Roses & Revolutions, the singer /songwriter duo of Alyssa Coco and Matt Merritt, came together through American Idol – Alyssa made it to the Hollywood round, and SUNY Purchase where Matt studied guitar. Their music has been on MTV, E!, Showtime and supported Sheryl Crow, Wynonna Judd and Ben Taylor. 

Michael Harris was born in Colorado and lived in Germany, Kansas, Maryland.  He now resides in Los Angeles but calls Japan his second home. He plays a vintage Ovation Big Body guitar along with his band in southern California venues.  Audiences love it when he asks them for five words and he builds a song from them on the spot. He wrote the songs on his new album Paradise himself, without audience help and it is pure poetry.

Maggie, who goes by the handle@allabout Maggie joins us this morning with her new hit song, Tidal Waves and Hurricanes and clues us in on a new album that she is very carefully assembling between gigs.  And outstanding rising star, she cut her teeth on songwriting in Nashville and then decided to take to the stage herself and is making waves on the West Coast.

BELLA GAIA is a live multimedia performance combining NASA visualizations of Earth from Space with live music and dance from around the world.  It  illuminates the connections between natural systems and human activities through an immersive storytelling with video from space and music from around the world.  We will talk with the creator and conductor, Kenji Williams and play cuts from the performance and tell you where you can see it.

Grayce is a rising young Soulful-Pop singer/songwriter well known for the emotion she brings to the stage and and how she wows  audiences with her arrangements and sultry blues additions. Grayce found her passion for music while growing up in Japan andHong Kong and brought it back home to California where she has shared the stage with Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan.  We will play cuts from her new EP, Golden Girl.

 Mocking Bird Hill, made up of David Batts, Willie Geiger, Mirada Joy and Terry Berkle is a blues infused, rock-oriented southern country band from Nashville that is emerging as a hot property in the country scene.  The quartet released its debut album last year,  "Crublin' Down" and is currently working on new songs for CMG Nashville and 4 music videos,  and we get a preview!

Undermine has been nominated for the Hollywood Music & Media best rock single 2013 and Los Angeles Music Award best rock song 2013 & best rock album 2013 and recognized by the Rockwell Unscene magazine for being one of the top 400 musicians of 2013, one of the ten bands to look out for in 2014. It is with pride tht we will welcome guitarist Chaz Kay to the program 11:00 am PT.

Billy Kay is a Long Island -born country western singer/songwriter who arrived in Tennessee by way of Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the Veterans Administration.  His music is solid country, with a strong, positive rock influence. Everything he does, from his own homeless lifestyle to his tours and cds, helps other people.   His new book, How to Double Your Music Sales Income: The Secret to Selling More Downloads And Making More Money from Each One  is now out.

This Friday I will on my to Ireland to interview bands. So today we will treat you to a classic Music FridayLive! with Irene Diaz and Karen Dezelle. There will be no show April 18.

Irene Diaz opens in Segment 1.  She is a twenty-six-year-old, LA –based singer- songwriter trained in classical piano and steeped in blues and jazz.  Inspired by artists such as Nina Simone, Ella , Fiona Apple,  with tones reminiscent of Eva Cassidy Irene just released her debut EP, I Love You Madly.   We will play cuts from it, including the stunning single, “Crazy Love” which will haunt your mind and hypnotize your ears in a riptide of emotion.    

In segment 2,  singer-songwriter Karen Dezelle combines honest narratives with soft, soothing vocals, creating vulnerability with wide appeal.  Karen has lived all over the world and it shows in her deft blending of beats and melodies. Inspired by artists such as Jewel and Joni Mitchell, Karen', emotionally-complex lyrics are offset by a minimalist song structure and  innocent vocals in a moving sound, both calming and exciting.

Michael Addison is a songwriter that fearlessly explores all aspects of human emotion and how it responds to music and the melodic human voice.  His  acoustic guitar carries  the ebb and flow of vocals that sometimes whisper and sometimes soar, but always make a connection.  Addison has four albums under his belt, including the critically acclaimed rock album “Blinding Shadows” that was released in late 2012. Michael will release his fifth EP, “Resisting Fate”  on April 15.  We welcome him to MusicFridayLive! this week.

Twenty-five year old Charlotte Sometimes has a resume that very few aritsts her age can beven approach.  She was a The Voice finalist, has released five albums and innovated a way for her fans to select songs for her latest EP, and plays "kick-ass" live concerts.  Her music ranges from angst-laden pop-blues to bare bones romantic  ballads.  Every song is precisely crafted, demonstrating the lessons she learned from her The Voice coach, country star Blake Shelton.  And she joins us on Music FridayLive!. 

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Doña Oxford  is one of my favorite high-powered female musicians.  In fact, she is one of my favorite musicians, male or female, of any power.  Her skill on the keyboard is unmatched.  Her songs and lyrics always on point, and her vocals energize audiences like no one else can.   Her live shows have been blowing the roof off of venues from Los Angeles to London and she is here on Music FridayLive! this Friday. If you don't know her, check out the video on the Music Friday website

Regular listeners to Music FridayLive! will recall last month when we tried to interview Claudia Schmidt and found her digging snow out from under a car that was trapped.  She was on a cell phone and not in a good place for the scheduled interview, both geographically and otherwise.  So we rescheduled for this Friday and, weather permitting, Claudia will join us, sans snow but with her songs from her latest album. She is talented, funny, opinionated and a greata guest!!.  Don't mss it.

Singer-songwriter Karen Dezelle combines honest narratives with soft, soothing vocals, creating vulnerability with wide appeal.  Karen has lived all over the world and it shows in her deft blending of beats and melodies. Inspired by artists such as Jewel and Joni Mitchell, Karen', emotionally-complex lyrics are offset by a minimalist song structure and  innocent vocals in a moving sound, both calming and exciting. Sshe has a new singel out and we will play it and lern where it came from. 2:05 pm ET

Los Angeles based indie-soul band Memoir fuses elements of rock, blues and jazz for a genre-defying sound that is equal parts vintage soul and contemporary pop. The band was formed was formed in 2013 by spouses Zed Kelley (guitar) and Dena Deadly (vocals),who joined with Garner to write hit singles for Cee-Lo Green, Will-I-Am and Jonas Brothers, among others. Their music has been featured in television shows and films like Failure to Launch, “The Lying Game” and the theme song for “Vanderpump Rules”. In spring 2013, the trio released their debut self-titled EP, "Memoir. ” Fire In Me, the band’s first full-length album, releases spring 2014. They call in from SXSW at 2:30 pm ET.. Program note: since the band will be on cellpones and standing on a corner outside their next gig, there will be distortion and background sounds, but the conversation is great.