The disconnected dance vignettes combined with Madonna playing Dance Dance Revolution at the end felt . . . weird . . . but in a good way . . . distinct, somehow . . . Click "More" to watch.
This video is silly, strange, catchy, and suburbo-surreal. Click "More" to watch.
Mayaeni is a writer, a singer, and a guitar player, all of them in the old-school style, from Detroit. Johnny Nevin caught two of her shows in Chicago, got these pictures, and talked to her all about what it is she sees, and how.
Usually, when you write your very first song and upload it to YouTube, you don't get five million views. Julia Sheer did. Julia Sheer can write a song.
When David Julien released a track called "You Dancing" last summer, it surprised a lot of people. It wasn't just that the production was so driving, or that Julien's vocal was so rich with carefully crafted power. It may have been the way that Julien can layer a vocal with emotional nuances, as only somebody who really cares what they say in a song can do.
