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The Humming Challenge (Feat. Shelly Fairchild)
Today marks the first day Listen! It’s Vetrano is back on YouTube and I’m kicking it off with Nashville, female vocalist Shelly Fairchild in ‘The Humming Challenge’. If you missed my update video earlier this week breaking down where I’ve been, what you’ve missed and what’s to come, you can check that here. An as promised, I’m returning with all new content for the Listen! It’s Vetrano YouTube channel [Have you subscribed yet?]. I was so excited to finally have a chat with one of my favorite ladies in Nashville, the powerhouse vocalist and incredibly talented songwriter, Shelly Fairchild. A long time friend in the music community, Shelly and I have toured together, shared a…
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I’m Baaacckk on YouTube!
If you followed my first music blog Tragic Kingdom, you remember when I launched my YouTube channel (called ‘Listen! It’s Vetrano‘) back in 2013. To kick things off, I interviewed the then winner of The Voice, Cassadee Pope and Amanda Valentine fresh off the runway of Project Runway‘s 11th season. I had intentions to keep the videos a regular feature on the site, but knew they needed an overhaul (just look at the embarrassing production quality of the first one… you can laugh, I do), so I began to looking for my groove. (Where did Stella get hers?) Then I got busy with life, rebranding the website and taking on new projects, and the channel…
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The B is back! Bethenny Frankel makes her return to Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York (RHONY) this season, promising to bring the dramz. Her life –post divorce and failed talk show– will be documented as the Founder of the wildly successful Skinnygirl brand picks up the pieces of her crumbled, and broken, person life. For fans of the show, you’ll remember Frankel as the RHONY’s relatable comic relief delivering her quick-witted one-liners while struggling to build her brand and find love. Following her departure from the series, the Skinnygirl went on to sell her liquor brand for a rumored $100 million, launched a talk show with producer Ellen DeGeneres and released a number of New…
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First Listen: Five Knives “Savages”
If you’re a long time follower of my musical tastes, you’re likely already in-the-know about the electronic pop act Five Knives. I named them the top artist to watch in 2012, and watch I did. I watched as the band, who started as a hardcore punk-rock band with electronic driven beats, toured the U.S. with acts like Smashing Pumpkins, Twenty One Pilots and Icona Pop and I continued to watch when their singles slid up the Billboard Dance charts. And now, I’m watching again as the band prepares for the release of their first full-length album — out June 2nd — with the catchy lead single “Savages.” As a lead single, “Savages” redefines…
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Take 5: Shelly Fairchild
We all love to know what inspires our favorite stars and we want to know what – or who– is behind our favorite lyrics. But why is every interview so damn serious all the time? ‘Take 5’ is a regular feature on Listen! It’s Vetrano that gives readers insight into some of the lighter things in your favorite stars’ lives. And next up in the ‘Take 5’ hot seat, Nashville’s resident bad ass and super vocalist Shelly Fairchild. In an interview with Fairchild earlier in the month, we talked about her return to music with the PledgeMusic campaign she launched online (see: Shelly Fairchild Pledges Return to Music here). In no time at all, the campaign…
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Introducing: Anna M’Queen
As her name may suggest, Anna M’Queen is not your average girl. The Five Knives frontwoman is a force of nature. Dancing and jumping her way across a stage while delivering fiery, infectious hooks with her bandmates, M’Queen is primed to be one of the boldest new names in music. Nashville-based Five Knives debuted their punk rock, electronic sound in 2013 with the release of their EP The Rising. It wasn’t long after I saw my first glimpse –at a secret showcase that ultimately landed them a record deal with Red Bull Records– that I knew I was hooked. The fresh beats and unique take on electronic-punk was inspired. And with Anna at…
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Take 5: Trent Dabbs
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Shelly Fairchild Pledges Return To Music
Remember when country music was still country? Before the days of cross-genre, country-pop, tailgate hits? It was a fantastic time for music, especially in Nashville. It was also a time when Mississippi’s Shelly Fairchild was about to break out as the genre’s hottest new starlet. In 2005, Fairlchild released her debut album Ride on Columbia Records and toured with some of the biggest names, including Rascal Flatts and Blake Shelton. Her single “You Don’t Lie Here” was a Top 40 country hit on the Billboard chart and her voice was unlike any others. Following the success of her debut, Fairchild switched gears –both personally and professionally– and released the soul/rock record Ruby’s Money.…
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Trent Dabbs Makes Us Believe
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Take 5: Asher Monroe
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Cassadee Pope Sings “Let Me Go”
Cassadee Pope took the stage at the Girls of Winter event at Nashville’s City Winery tonight. And despite the choice of venue (see my note about my first unfortunate visit to City Winery here), Pope dazzled the crowd when she emerged among the group of Nashville based ladies to close the show. In addition to The Voice winner’s smash debut single “Wasting All These Tears,” which she performed with the song’s co-writer Caitlyn Smith, she debuted her rumored new single “Let Me Go.” A gorgeous ballad telling the story of a misunderstood girl tied down by “chains” controlled by someone who doesn’t understand her. Cassadee gave audiences a glimpse into…
