_{Jesse and Noah Leave Love Alone}

_{Macartney Reinhardt - Rising Star}

Describing the song as, “a pretty ballad type song and slower than the ones I have put out recently,” she says,  “It outlines when you are getting near the end of a relationship and what it starts to look like. The first verse talks about the memories you have with that person. (It is when) you feel like you don’t even know who these people are. You are getting near the end of the relationship and it’s falling apart.  You know what is coming and you don’t want to accept it. You are thinking about when there were better times. By the bridge it talks about when you are at the point of just passing and you have nothing left to say to that person. It is not knowing who they are anymore. They went from being your best friend and your favorite person in the world to beingRead More

Kerri Powers

Speaking to Riveting Riffs Magazine from her home nestled into the northwest corner of Connecticut, Canton, to be more specific, singer and songwriter Kerri Powers took time out to talk to us about her career and her new album, shortly after returning from her European tour.  

Chuckling she says, “Not too many people can find me. It is more private, which is really nice. We have been here twenty-two or twenty-three years now. I am originally from East Taunton, Massachusetts.”

Ah that is the accent that everyone once in a while visits this conversation.

So, tell us about your European tour in support of your album, Love Is Why.

“I must say I am really on a high from that. It usually goes very well, and I certainly didn’t expect to play to sold out venues.  I went as a soloist this time and usually I play with a good guitarist from over there. I won’t say I was apprehensive, but you never know what to expect. The audiences over there were quite receptive and I couldn’t have asked for a better run of dates. 

The one thing I like about (being in Europe) to tour is you have very appreciative audiences. They are down to earth good people. Every time I am there I learn more about what is going on and the culture. I just like the fact that we are learning every day if we are open to it. When you are Read More

Florence Dore

It is difficult to know where to begin a conversation with Florence Dore, as her creative and scholastic achievements are plentiful. She has taught creative writing and American literature (fiction) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill since 2010, during which time she authored three books, raised a daughter with her husband Will Rigby and most recently released a splendid album Highways and Rocketships. Florence Dore received her doctorate in English from the University of California at Berkley. Her life began in Nashville, and among the places along the way that became home for a time, was New York City, before finally settling in North Carolina.

After spending an hour and one-half in conversation with Florence you come away with deep respect for her insightfulness, smile at her quick wit and due to her warmth and generosity you come away ninety minutes later convinced that you must have been friends in another life.

We decided to begin with digging into the roots for her passions for literature, writing and music. Where did this all begin?

She thoughtfully says, “I think it was the music. I would say the two things are similar parts of me. It is my love of literary beauty related to whatever that kernel of joy is when you are really small and your enjoyment of music and your response to beauty that maybe is irrational beauty and artistic beauty. I think they are similar.

In terms of the chronology of my life, music happened first, I grew up in Nashville and I was around music all of the time. My uncle was a guitar player, but (nobody else) in my family really was musical). We ended up singing Johnny Cash (songs) when I was small. I made up songs all of the time when I was really small, before I even (played) the guitar.Read More