Featuring Austin Charles, Katie Hargrove, Dos Pochos, Spiel, Barry Conley, Michael Jost and more
Monthly Archives: July 2018
Austin Charles
Austin Charles is a soulful singer-songwriter with influences ranging from 70s rock to R&B from the past four decades.
His storytelling is accompanied by his expressive guitar playing and wide vocal range.
With strong original material and intriguing takes on cover songs, he has caught the attention of many.
Austin Charles on Radio Venice
Radio Venice S07.E08 – January 28, 2018
Radio Venice S07.E03 – November 26, 2017
Katie Hargrove
This young, blue-eyed-soul singer is a sultrier kind of pop star. Katie Hargrove’s new self-titled debut EP, released on Transoceanic Records, is “everything I have–rolled into a few bars: it’s real, it’s painful, it’s empowering and it’s true.”
Music was always an important part of Katie’s youth. The native of Knoxville, TN, began performing at age 10. She was classically trained and competed nationally in piano, but began to favor the guitar once she hit her teens. Her early influences were Carole King, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Dixie Chicks, and Tupac.
She continued to sing and write songs through high school and college, especially when things got rocky in her life. “Music is my outlet…during the ups and downs…I knew no matter how silenced I felt, my music would always give me a voice.” After graduating from the University of Florida, she moved to Washington, DC, where she now calls home. After briefly touring and playing at national charitable and community events, she was chosen by the US Dept of the Interior to perform in the Christmas Music Program at the White House this past December.
She has performed alongside Aaron Carter, “American Idol’ Kris Allen, Jason Lancaster, and Death of Paris. But when 21-year old Katie Hargrove stepped into the studio for the first time in Philadelphia, at Morningstar Studios, she almost cried she was so nervous. “I think singer-songwriters wait their whole lives hoping and dreaming of a day when their music will be more than a project,” Katie says.
Together with multi-Grammy award winning producer Glenn Barratt (Elton John, Diana Ross, Shirley Caesar, Melody Gardot), producer and industry veteran Jock Wanamaker, and Morningstar engineer Dave Schonauer, Katie sought to “create something bigger than just ‘a song’ or ‘an album’ ” and to let the work resonate on its own merit. From the hundreds Katie had written, the final songs chosen for the EP were the ones that “kept her up at night”, whose deep, forthright lyrics spoke to the subjects of love, seduction and bargaining with loss.
Arranger John Conahan (The Crossing, National Cathedral Choir, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center) and the producers employed a team of luminary musicians to play on the record: strings from the Philly Pops; Grammy-winning trumpet player for Michael Jackson, Matt Cappy; guitarist for R&B legends (the Sound of Philadelphia, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Gladys Knight, Regina Bell) Ron Jennings, and touring guitarist for Elvis Costello and Amos Lee, Ross Bellenoit. The collaboration generated just the right balance of soul and punch, vulnerability and swagger.
And now, with this debut album, Katie delights in her greatest passion: sharing her music with the world. Her music embodies the new generation of strong outspoken female pop singers, and has earned her comparisons to both Adele and to Alanis Morissette.
Katie Hargove on Radio Venice
Radio Venice Season 8 Finale – July 22, 2018
Radio Venice S08.E17
Featuring three/\sides, Mark Steggell, Hazard, Barry Conley, Michael Jost and more
three/\sides
With a passion for psychedelic surf rock and funky disco, three/\sides delivers a unique blend of soundscape and songwriting. Four friends decided to follow their passions and create original rock music by taking a polysemic approach, leaving the listener with more than one meaning to mull over. This tight-knit quartet gigs frequently and spends countless hours creating unique sounds and songs in their studio with friends and other musicians.
Mark Cross – Guitar/Vocals
PJ Lombardo – Keyboard
Matt Villa – Bass
Alex Nelson – Drums/Percussion
three/\sides on Radio Venice
Radio Venice S08.E17 – July 15, 2018
Venice Stories: Skateboard Salvation – Tony ‘Tonan’ Ruiz
The wild Venice life of athlete, artist and local celebrity Tony ‘Tonan’ Ruiz as featured in The Argonaut / by Jason Hill Design
Radio Venice S08.E16
Featuring Alfred Johnson, The Darden Sisters, Michael Jost and more
Radio Venice S08.E15
Featuring Big Boss Bubeleh, Sean Oliu, Desi Ramone, Barry Conley, Michael Jost and more