“The Music Man” By Emily J Ramey Written for BMI: MusicWorld Robert Schwartzman is a man refreshingly fanatical about the art of making music. Despite, or perhaps as a result of, having seen rapid success with his California retro rock band Rooney, the 28-year-old singer/songwriter is absolutely bursting with new ideas, projects, and overall zeal for [...]
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Robert Schwartzman Article
Posted in Favorites, Feature Articles, tagged bmi, california, calling the world, emily j ramey, eureka, frontman, musicworld, pop, retro, robert schwartzman, rock, rooney, solo, songwriter on 1 September 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Adele’s “21″ Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Favorites, tagged 19, 21, adele, album review, blues, british, chasing pavements, columbia records, emily j ramey, jazz, one and only, r&b, rolling in the deep, rumour has it, set fire to the rain, singer-songwriter, soul, the cure, turning tables on 15 February 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Adele “21” February 2011; Columbia Records By Emily J Ramey Click Here to See the Published Version on American Music Channel So, full disclosure: I love Adele. She’s beautiful and sharp and unbelievably talented. The girl won two Grammys for an album that she recorded while still a teenager. “Chasing Pavements” and her debut album [...]
The Decemberists’ “The King is Dead” Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Favorites, tagged album review, calamity song, capitol records, chris walla, colin meloy, don't carry it all, down by the water, emily j ramey, folk rock, gillian welch, indie, peter buck, picaresque, r.e.m., rox in the box, the crane wife, the decemberists, the hazards of love, the king is dead, this is why we fight, tucker martine on 25 January 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Decemberists “The King is Dead” January 2011; Capitol Records By Emily J Ramey Click Here to See the Published Version on American Music Channel I’m pretty proud to be able to say I’ve been following The Decemberists and their musical endeavors for the majority of the band’s existence. Of the now six full-length albums [...]
Mumford & Sons Review
Posted in Favorites, Show Reviews, tagged American Music Channel, ben lovett, cadillac sky, country winston, emily j ramey, king charles, little lion man, live, marcus mumford, mumford and sons, nashville, old crow medicine show, roll away your stone, show review, sigh no more, ted dwane, wagon wheel, war memorial on 9 November 2010 | 1 Comment »
“Devils with Strings: Mumford & Sons at War Memorial” By Emily J Ramey Click Here to See the Published Version on American Music Channel It seems like the majority of the English-speaking world could at least tap a foot along to “Little Lion Man” these days. Beyond that, I’d be willing to wager that the [...]
Rooney’s “Eureka” Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Favorites, tagged blue side, california rock, calling the world, can't get enough, emily j ramey, eureka, i'm shakin, not in my house, power pop, robert schwartzman, rooney, sorry sorry, taylor locke on 24 June 2010 | 1 Comment »
Rooney “Eureka” June 2010; Rooney Records By Emily J Ramey The first time I heard of Rooney, my college roommate was dragging me to a concert in Manhattan in 2006. They were still touring on their debut album, and their live show blew me away. There’s just something about that California rock that captures and [...]
Creativity as an Entity
Posted in Favorites, tagged artist, creativity, eat pray love, elizabeth gilbert, enlightenment, genius, musician, ted, tom waits, writer on 22 June 2010 | 2 Comments »
Wow. I don’t normally use my portfolio to share something like this, but to be honest, Elizabeth Gilbert’s words are too uplifting and enlightening not to share with as many creative minds as possible. I am humbled and affected and inspired. – EJR TED Talk for Writers, Musicians, Actors, Artists. Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the [...]
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals’ Self-Titled Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Favorites, tagged album review, blues rock, emily j ramey, grace potter, grace potter & the nocturnals, hollywood records, hot summer night, medicine, only love, paris, this is somewhere, tiny light, vermont on 11 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals “Grace Potter & The Nocturnals” June 2010; Hollywood Records By Emily J Ramey Click Here to See the Published Version on American Music Channel I must admit that despite the fact that Grace Potter & The Nocturnals has been a name echoing in my subconscious for some time now, I [...]
Moon Taxi in the Studio
Posted in Favorites, Local Nashville, Photography, tagged 12th south records, album, emily j ramey, live ride, moon taxi, nashville, photos, recording, spencer thomson, studio, tommy putnam, trevor terndrup, tyler ritter, warner brothers, wes bailey on 15 February 2010 | 1 Comment »
Regionally successful rock band Moon Taxi (a band that I am close to and whose success I am invested in, if you haven’t noticed already) took a day out of their busy touring schedule to begin recording tracks for a third full length album (second studio album). The band generously allowed me to join them [...]
