Writing Samples

Walking down a shadowy blue hallway toward Angela Frazier’s music classroom feels like approaching light at the end of a tunnel. The room, filled with a plethora of colors from costumes and posters, welcomes you as the laughter and singing of children fill the air. The rhythm and blues embrace every listener's soul. Dressed in a bold pantsuit of black and white with large, pink Happy Face emoji earrings framing her face, her infectious smile immediately telegraphs her intent.

Rylie Riddle entered stage left to prepare for Slurp the World: Live at Empire Control Room and Garage. She set down a wooden children’s toy, the placeholder of the pedals for her tie-dye, orange-red, Rickenbacker bass. Her bright red pants accentuated her fiery lipstick, contrasting off the blue strands in her hair. Behind Riddle, Jackson C. Cox, lead guitarist, entered in his green grandma sweater, followed by Jackson T. Cox carrying a retro microphone and his Epiphone gu

“Hi, music?” Colleen Dow timidly squeaked through a smile, approaching the microphone. Behind the bandleader followed Andy Costello (guitar), Jake Barrow (bass) and Sage Livergood (drums), the rest of Thank you, I’m Sorry. The indie-rock group opened up for Bears in Trees at The Ballroom at Spiderhouse, Oct. 22, 2024 with a too-short 30-minute set. The drums kicked off, upbeat guitar chords wrapped around the 30-person audience as the midwest quartet started off their eight

The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland (Reprise Records) A harmonious galaxy finally rests in Jimi Hendrix’s hand. After two albums of reaching for stars of sinfonia and transcendental tides, Electric Ladyland pushes further, pulling reality to dreams, loneliness to love, war to peace, ‘til a sonic wave of eerie comfort engulfs the ear. This is the true Jimi Hendrix Experience. More polished than ever, the American-led UK-trio proves its refinement with crystal-clear

The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold as Love (Reprise Records) Awakening the stardust in every being, Jimi Hendrix forms constellations out of the complex humanity found on Earth. Listeners spinning on Axis: Bold as Love, The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s sophomore album, are met with existential ideals (“If 6 was 9”) exhaled so sweetly into the mind. The American-led UK trio is back with ballads and boisterous blues that harmoniously melt on the tongue, more tasteful than the