One Broadway Collaborative Music and Arts

Taina is a Lawrence, Massachusetts native who recently performed here at One Broadway Collaborative for a CD release party. I had a very nice conversation with her about her music, growing up in Lawrence, singing from a young age and inspiration. Have a listen!

Terry Kitchenwas born in New Jersey, and grew up in Easton, PA on the music of the 1960s before moving to small town Findlay, Ohio in the '70s. He attended Occidental College in LA (with Barack Obama) and G.I.T. in Hollywood, then moved to Boston where he played in the '80s rock band Loose Ties (the basis for his novel NEXT BIG THING) before realizing that acoustic music was the most natural setting for his distinctive narrative songwriting.For the past twenty-five years he has performed on the New England and national folk scenes at clubs and coffeehouses including Club Passim and The Nameless Coffeehouse in Massachusetts, The Postcrypt Coffeehouse and Cafe Lena in New York, Godfrey Daniels in PA and The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, and at festivals including Falcon Ridge, the South Florida Folk Festival, VT Solarfest, and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. He's appeared in 20 states, including Texas, California and Alaska, and Canada. He's released twelve CDs, and his songs have appeared in numerous films. His songs have won the Mid- Atlantic and USA song contests and been runner-up in the John Lennon Song Contest and been recorded by Barbara Kessler, Mara Levine, Rebecca Lynch, Andrew Dunn, and Janet Feld. Terry also leads songwriting workshops and is the coordinator of the NSAI Boston workshop.

Linda MarksSongs from the heart touch the heart. And as we are touched we feel a full range of feelings, which move us to heal, connect and take meaningful action. Through her original songs and other songs that inspire her to cover them, piano playing singer-songwriter Linda Marks brings her whole heart to music, reaching the heart of the audience. Linda is a multi-genre artist anchored in contemporary folk, integrating elements of jazz, gospel, pop, and Latin in her songwriting arrangements. Over the past decade, she has played many of Boston’s top venues including Scullers Jazz Club, Club Passim, The Burren, City Winery, Club Cafe and Ryles, as well as participating in festivals and performing arts series like the Newton Festival of the Arts, the Rhode Island Folk Festival and the Boston Public Library. Linda has both performed at and written songs especially for fundraisers and non-profits such as Buddy Dog Humane Society, Upstage Lung Cancer, Charity Umbrella and the Cat Connection. She has been featured in the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine and Metrowest Daily News, and on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.” Linda has released ten albums, nine with award-winning Doug Hammer of DreamWorld Productions. Her first of two pandemic albums, Monuments Of Love was released at a triple album release concert at the Burren on 8/1/21. Her second pandemic album, Home, was released digitally on 11/25/21, and as a special CD mastered by Grammy award winning sound engineer Glenn Barratt of Morningstar Studios on 01/01/22. Linda is at work on her 2022 album Every Day Legends, and a special folk album in collaboration with Erik Balkey of Hudson Harding Music and Glenn Barratt. Building community through music and the arts has been a lifelong commitment. Linda co-founded artist-alliance group Women In Music Gathering, created the Music Salon as an intimate house concert series in 2014, and pivoted to grow it as an online community during the pandemic, and is a LadyLake Entertainment Artist. To provide upliftment during pandemic times, Linda has been playing a weekly lifestream, "Songs From The Heart, Meditations For The Heart" on her personal Facebook pages since March 2020.

Over a a period of 15 years EaseUp been writing music while balancing the struggles of living the street life and trying to go on the straight and narrow. Influenced by the 2002 film which is a film based on rap mogul “Eminem”, EaseUp picked up a pen and hasn't put it down since. While having minimal recorded material to show, he plans on taking the rap game by storm with a plethora of material he has loaded in his 100 round drum in his book of rhymes in which he refers to his Ak - 47. Stay tuned as he plans to air out the industry with his soul piercing lyrics and body dropping songs…

Maxwell Shultz is a stand-up comedian, Comedy Host, Writing student, Pizza delivery guy and so much more! Listen to find out what Max has been up to and see him at One Broadway Collaborative on December 17, 2021!

Lori sings with great bluesy gusto, lending her voice to the best tunes of Etta James, Susan Tedeschi, Norah Jones and Sharon Jones, Bonnie Raitt, Janis Joplin, Patsy Cline and many more.She has sung many songs including covering all the Kings (BB, Albert, etc), Ray Charles,Junior Wells, Little Walter, CCR, Chuck, Berry, Bo Diddley,The Beatles, Derek and The Dominos, The Grateful Dead,Jerry Garcia Band, Jimi Hendrix, The Band, NRBQ, Taj Mahal,Jimmy Cliff, Ike Turner, The Funky Meters, Gene Vincent, Elvis,The Paladins and many more. Lori has her own rock/roots band called Lola Sweet and the Burbanites. She also sings with the Midtown Horns, a 14 piece horn centric band that plays a lot of big rock and R&B numbers.Lori also has a sultry, smoky, swinging jazz repertoire that she uses when sitting in with various Boston area jazz bands and trios and quartets that she puts together.

Mass Wav & TM Cartel Records Lord NueveA 29-year-old Lawrence based artist with sights set on creating a more prominent music scene in the area . Now working on his 3rd and 4th studio albums which he believes will bridge a gap between the Lawrence underground music scene and mainstream media in various musical genres in both English and Spanish.

The Faith Ann Band is a spunky, indie-rock band based in southern New Hampshire. From the streets of Toronto to the writer's rounds of Nashville, Faith Ann’s unforgettable vocals and raw personality have left her audiences wanting more. This ‘one-woman’ traveling act with crafts and hobbies in tow, has assembled a diversely talented ‘fam’ band around her.Their upcoming album, “In Bloom” showcases the diverse jazz, blues and rock influences that have come together to create a sound they’ve claimed as their own. Drawing from diverse vocal influences ranging from Etta James to Maynard James Keenan; Faith’s vocals are a unique, but enticing love child of the two.

Andre X is a Rapper producer/singer/ song writer from Lawrence, MA. Touring Europe and USA with the likes of Reks, Shortfyuz, Suicide Squad Music Group, Termanology and Lucky Dice. Andre has stood out of the line up with his new wave sounds intertwining with boom Bap and trap music. Featuring on Reks' The Greatest X and Termanology's Term Brady, Andre also has featured with the likes of Rass Kass, Statik Selekta, and Born. Andre X has been leaving his mark with his energetic performance at every venue. You can follow up on Andre X via social media @WhoIsAndreX.

Felipe Collazo, Lawrence, MA native and community leader, speaks about music, Lawrence, and his band, Monkey Knife fight. Great time and great interview!

A natural born performer, 14 year old Boston-native pop artist Antonia has been performing since the age of 7. She is a vocalist, as well as a proficient guitarist and pianist. Antonia has performed in opera, musical theatre, and is currently a member of Voices Boston.On her debut single, “Not Over You,” her sweet voice softly delivers coming-of-age stories of first loves and heartbreaks. Antonia’s lyrics are the intense sincerity of adolescence, and also artfully written with beautiful imagery and easy rhyme schemes. The inspirations for Antonia’s emotional pop ballads are Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, and Adele. Antonia also sounds like a modern-day Carole King and takes after early Taylor Swift.​Antonia hopes that her music can be a space for people to find support in hardship and share joy in the good days to come.Website: https://www.antonia-music.comInstagram: @antonia_hotspur Facebook: @antoniahotspur

Chris LaVancher releases his third full-length album in November 2021 – “After The Flood” a collection of songs full of heart from a seasoned and skilled craftsman mining life’s subject matter – family, work, love and love lost, childhood memories, and finding one's place in the universe.Chris’s performance evokes a mini-movie festival in your head, complete with a full soundtrack. He writes cinematic, character-driven songs. His song Nostalgia from his second album, Big Fat Love, received an honorable mention in the 2018 Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Contest. In 2014 Chris was selected as a Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist and performed on the main stage. He was also selected for the Suzi Wollenberg Folk DJ showcase at the North East Regional Folk Alliance.Chris grew up in a small town in the hills of North Central Pennsylvania where he learned to observe the many wonderful characters that inhabited that little town. Today he lives just north of Boston Massachusetts, a Mecca for folk singers and songwriters, but much of his inspiration still goes back to that little town in Pennsylvania.

This interview was with Brandon Falls, a Bachata artist, but I also had the participation of Bread and Roses Festival Director, Felipe Collazzo. This was an amazing show with great performances from Brandon and even a bit from Felipe. Brandon's bio is:Growing up seeing my father rehearsing with José Manuel Calderón, I quickly fell in love with bachata. Bachata is music that makes you feel something. The energy is captivating but straightforward, with memorable melodies and unique rhythm combined with powerful lyrics about love and pain. The sound of the requinto alongside the passionate voice of José Manuel Calderón filled me with so many emotions and an eagerness to one day play like them. As a child, I would ask my teachers to be my backup dancers as I would pretend to be Anthony Santos as the rest of the kids would watch me and dance. From that moment, I knew what I wanted to be more than a bachatero, but also an entertainer. I discovered that I truly loved seeing everyone enjoy the music and dancing when I formed my first band, “Grupo Swag.” I have performed alongside José Manuel Calderón, Monchy y Nathalia, Ramón Cordero, Carlos y Alejandra, El Gringo de la Bachata, J.R., and the legend himself, Luis Vargas. Traveling in beautiful cities, including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Phoenix, Dallas, Milwaukee, Chicago, Atlanta, D.C., New York. I have released three singles, “La Amante”, “Mujeres de Hoy”, and “Te Venceré,” and “Señora” is set to be released by the end of August.​“BRANDON FALLS” was born this year alongside my band: drummer Saul Santos, tamborrero Adrian Parra, bass player Santiago ‘Chavy’ Infante, rhythm guitarist Julio Rosario, güerrero Elian ‘Musikito’ Rivera, and vocalist Lizbeth ‘Lissi’ Gomez. We are looking forward to this new journey, learning and growing together and impacting our community and our culture.

Kevin Kvein of the Band Bobbing for Apples is a fantastic musician and interesting guy, and was interviewed on today's podcast.Bobbing For Apples is an Alternative Rock Band based in Central Massachusetts and was voted in 2019 as one of the Worcester Music Awards Best Rock Acts! Compared to to psychedelic 60's to 90's grunge scenes, while blending sounds across genres to create a complete sound of their own.

Jam is a Lawrence, Massachusetts native who created music from a young age and has grown into a passionate and dynamic performer, producer of hip-hop beats fused with rock and rap. Tattooed on his chest, he wears the label, "Beat God."He will be featured at One Broadway on August 6 at Songwriters in the Round and again on August 13, 2021 with friends from Fl0vision Media.