Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris

Listen in on episode 16, season 3 of Music Matters with our fun new chat with globally known Gaga tribute artist Tierney Allen from her home in Las Vegas! Tierney was recently featured in TIME magazine!

Darrell and Tierney talk about her beginnings, living and working in Las Vegas, her viral social media posts on TikTok, and more! Find her on TikTok @vegasladygaga - Music Matters is sponsored by Switcher Studio with support from Shure @Shure UK

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Singer songwriter Eric Hirshberg's path is anything but typical. He's a former CEO of Activision and Deutsch LA, where he led record-breaking launches for major franchises like Call of Duty and was named one of the 50 Most Creative People in Business by AdAge. Yet throughout his remarkable career, Eric has always remained deeply connected to music. His songs have been featured in major outlets like People Magazine, American Songwriter, and Relix, and his collaboration with Aloe Blacc on "I Love Not Drinking" earned a Grammy nomination this year.

'Second Hand Smoke' his new album (released Sept 13 2024) is a deeply personal and refreshingly unique album that explores themes rarely addressed in mainstream music, like sobriety, aging, meditation, and the complexities of modern relationships. It's filled with a rich blend of introspective lyrics, an Americana-tinged sound, and a mature perspective-songs that dig deep into universal truths while resonating with life experiences. The album's success is a testament to Eric's unique voice and perspective, making it a project well worth checking out!

https://www.instagram.com/erichirshberg

https://www.youtube.com/@erichirshbergmusic

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Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris is sponsored by Shure Microphones, Kathy Ireland, ZOOM Audio. Voice overs provided by Nigel John Farmer from his studio @VoiceWrapStudio.com in France.

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UK Jazz artist/producer/journalist Fiona Ross chats about her new album, women in jazz, and the London Jazz Fest! All on Episode 19, Season 3.

Fiona Ross is one of those people that I keep coming back to. Fiona is very inspirational and very much a role model of what is truly the meaning of success as a creative artist. I spoke with her from her London home the night after her 5th new album launch gig. I could see from all the build-up to the event, and the buzz all over social media that this new (5th) album titled: "Red Flags and High Heels" was a resounding success even after just 24 hours!

Fiona explained her motivation for this 5th album concept, and how it was clearly a progressive linear timeline as is weaved throughout all her albums to date. We also talked about her founding "Women In Jazz Media" It's simply birth to continued exponential growth, now with 16 team members and a UK parliamentary award for Jazz Media Excellence, and the promoting of equal rights for women in the UK jazz industry.

I highly recommend you check out the consummate musicianship of Fiona and the other musicians on this wonderful album. The production is super professional quality for an album that is totally self-funded.

Look out for more coming with Fiona and me as I head over to the London Jazz Festival - reporting live for Music Matters Podcast and playing my bass guitar as a guest at one of Fiona's London Jazz Festival gigs.
Website: Fiona Ross
Fiona Ross - YouTube Channel
Recent press article on "Red Flags and High Heels"
Fiona Ross - Social Media Channels & Music Outlets
https://www.instagram.com/fifi_ross/
https://twitter.com/fifross
https://www.facebook.com/fionarossmusic
https://open.spotify.com/artist/59lPcyDIZJxmRqatvAjct8?play=true
https://fionarossjazz.bandcamp.com/

Website: Women In Jazz Media
LinkTree - Women In Jazz Media

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We had such a lovely chat with artist, teacher, bandleader, Paola Vera coming to us from her home in France! Paola along with her artist career is also a highly respected music educator, who’s a professor of Jazz at the prestigious Conservatoire of Music in Bordeaux, France! Chatting about her inspirational life story - her arrival in France a decade ago, and the monumental achievements she's achieved in her musical, and music educational career, as a f/t working Mom, becoming a French citizen, learning a new language. Paola gives us the inside scoop on what was her motivation for her latest new single release ~ ''Jack Of All Trades' and YOU get to hear a clip as well ~ #WomensInternationalDay2022 You can check out ALL the links for Paola Vera - https://linktr.ee/PaolaVeraMusic Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris is sponsored by Kathy Ireland Worldwide with support from
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When you have a friend that's happy to pick you up from the airport at a moments notice and has been picked by Billy Joel as a protégé. It's time to ask him to chat on your new podcast. What a great podcast show this became. Lots of backstage sharing and a real treat to hear Michael play for us all live from his home studio in Las Vegas.
Read some short extracts from a resume that's like a mini-book - Michael Cavanaugh is the new voice of the American Rock & Roll Songbook and a charismatic performer and musician made famous for his piano/lead vocals in the Broadway musical Movin’ Out. Handpicked by Billy Joel to star in Movin’ Out, Cavanaugh evokes a style rivalling the Piano Man. In this lead role, he received both Tony and Grammy nominations.
After the end of the broadway show in late 2005. Michael started touring and soon became one of the hottest artists in the private events market, and he continues to perform worldwide for company and charity events as well as sporting events including many PGA tour events, the SuperBowl, and the Indy 500. His interpretation of the modern rock/pop songbook led to Billboard calling him “The New Voice of the American Rock and Roll Songbook,” and he was recognized by Reuters as Entertainer of the Year for the private events market.

Michael continues to tour all of his well-known four symphony productions along with performing with his band in performing arts centers and other public venues.

“The Way I Hear It”, his second commercial album, was released in April 2017, and it debuted at #17 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

In 2020, Michael Cavanaugh reached the POLLSTAR Live75. The top 75 active touring acts in the country.

Directly below are links to Michaels social media pages.

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