Vida Moxy is a pop/alt group out of Los Angeles, CA. It’s four core members are comprised of lead vox/guitarist Giovanni Simone, drummer Jojo Ortiz, bassist Jordan Chastain, and lead guitarist Reggie Villaveza. With a love for Classic Rock, Soul, Latin, and Alternative the band blends those influences with pop sensibilities. VM is a musical melting pot that reflects the culture of LA.
Radio Venice S11.E05 – June 2, 2019
Based in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, Sankaran is a 4-piece led by Indian-Vietnamese songwriter Jasmine Sankaran. Jasmine began writing songs in her bedroom, shrouded in the obscurity of Ventura County’s suburban labyrinth. After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in Creative Writing, she realized she had written more songs in college than short stories…
The band emerged from the bowels of the LA River in late-2016 and includes Tristan “Trashbag” Starr (bass), Aviel “Mann Balls” Ballo (drums), and Kevin “Nashcan” Nash. Now in their second year and playing under more inclusive band name, the four friends pull from their diverse musical backgrounds in indie, punk, prog rock, shoegaze, and disco to create their mysterious melodic arrangements. They have graced stages all across LA and played as part of moonroom’s #APAHM festival and Echo Park Rising 2018. The band dreams of one day playing #Coachella2012 and hopes to fund their first tour via Tecate sponsorship.
Their debut LP, Interesting Times, is an anti-corporate feminist manifesto recorded entirely DIY by the band members out of their practice space, living rooms, and home offices on borrowed equipment.
Radio Venice S11.E05 – June 2, 2019
Featuring Runson Willis with Tim Hui, Paul Allen and Casey Malone, Christina Apostolopoulos, Voodoo Daddyo, Barry Conley, Michael Jost and more Continue reading Radio Venice S11.E04
He never misses a note. With over 10 years of experience with the guitar combined with his extensive performing and touring record, Runson Willis is finally ready to embark on his solo career. The Los Angeles based artist, calls on his idols, Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin, Willie Guthrie and Willie Nelson as constant reminder of the level of greatness he is working toward. With roots in the deep south, you can hear the soul in every lyric he sings and note he plays.
Runson is geared up and ready to bring his music to the world! From his own words:
“this guitar is noisy, beat up and it may have a lot of scratches on it. But it’s true, it’s lasted a long time and it hasn’t gone anywhere. And I think it’s like me.”
Radio Venice S11.E04 – May 26, 2019
Radio Venice S09.E12 with George Karpasitis – November 25, 2018
Radio Venice 100th Episode with George Karpasitis and Tim Hui – May 6, 2018
Radio Venice S08.E05 with Juliana Riccardi – April 22, 2018
Radio Venice S08.E02 with George Karpasitis – April 1, 2018
Radio Venice 2 Year Anniversary S06.E08 – September 24, 2017
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Radio Venice S05.E03 – February 26, 2017
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Ronn Overby AKA Voodoo Daddyo plays the lowdown blues.
Photo by Valerie Huffman Herring
Radio Venice S11.E04 – May 26, 2019
Featuring The Aliens That Ate Hollywood, Chris Nash, Barry Conley, Michael Jost and more Continue reading Radio Venice S11.E03
Chris Nash is a prolific songwriter with deep rooted history in Hollywood and the music industry. Music has always been his passion. His lifting melodies and moving messages come from life lessons, loss and love.
Chris Nash has a signature blues style with complex finger-picking and slide guitar. Nash’s vocal resonation is far reaching, emphasized by fine-tuned, melodic tones. Nash was originally discovered by John Hammond Sr., at the age of fourteen. He hitchhiked across country one year later, busking on Venice beach and Westwood Village, being discovered by Barry Josephson and represented by Gallin Morey Associates, as well as CAA. Chris has had several publishing deals, was in popular film and TV, and his band was featured in Rolling Stone magazines, as well as other national publications.
Radio Venice S11.E03 – May 19, 2019
Radio Venice S10.E12 with Mercy Jones – March 31, 2019
Radio Venice S08.E09 with Allison Whitfield – May 20, 2018
Featuring Paracosmic, Evan Hatfield, Kristian Kaposta, Stanley Behrens, Barry Conley, Michael Jost and more
Continue reading Radio Venice S11.E02
Paracosmic is a collaborative project of musicians from various parts of California and the United States. The band’s sound can be described as a funk-based improv flow, incorporating rock and blues with a keen taste for the psychedelic soundscape.
Forming through the deep seeded dreams of 4 individuals, Paracosmic began in 2015 in Los Angeles through mutual friends in the southern California music scene and festival circuits. Since then, the band has grown to a 6 piece and along with playing several staple venues in Los Angeles, are making their way onto Festival line-ups with their favorite artists.
So what does the name mean? Paracosmic is the adjective of the word Paracosm, which is a detailed, imaginary world. Within that concept the 6 musicians aim to take you on a very lucid yet imaginary funk voyage through your mind and reality simultaneously for a rockin good time!
Keep your ears peeled for PARACOSMIC.
Radio Venice S08.E11 – June 3, 2018
Evan Hatfield is a multi-instrumentalist born and raised in Visalia, California. Evan started studying classical Indian music and the raga system at the age of 19 years old in the lineage of Ravi Shankar. His unique blend of western and eastern flavors create an incredible array of sounds and textures that have wowed audience throughout the west coast of the United States. Evan Hatfield’s mission is to create peace in the hearts and minds of all who hear the beautiful sounds of his sitar and energetic vibrations of his music.
Radio Venice S06.E11 – October 15, 2017
