PHOTOS by Kathleene Cochrane for Kathleene's Compass. Kathleene is a music industry insider, a music supervisor, manager, and film producer. She is also the wife of Canadian rocker/humanitarian Tom Cochrane. Kathleene's Compass is a featured section of AMFM Magazine. (Austin, TX) Smokin' hot off the success of their first studio album in 9 years (LaFutura) that “little ol’ … [Read more...]
LA VIDA BOHEME INTERVIEW – Let’s Talk About Jackson Pollock, shall we?
La Vida Boheme took the stage at ACL and played to a packed, enthralled multi-national crowd of 20 to 30 somethings. Their energetic set was punctuated by stylistic driving beats that took the audience away to Venezuela’s burgeoning expressionist art scene. Last year, La Vida Boheme received a GRAMMY nomination and two Latin Grammy nominations for their debut album, which … [Read more...]
ACL is LIVE
"Dry The River" is one to watch. They took the stage at 2 pm today and broke the sound barriers between folk and punk. PREDICTION: You will be seeing them on much larger stages very shortly. If you can't make it to the festival, you can watch live streaming coverage directly from ACL's official site, click HERE. Technology. Ain't it great. FRIDAY … [Read more...]
Shawn Pander New Video “WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LIFE”
Shawn Pander's new CD “Notes From Hoover Street” is out and the song "What a Beautiful Life" is getting airplay. Written on a shaky dining room table in his Hoover St. apartment in Los Angeles, Notes From Hoover Street reads like a collection of short stories, a series of impressions that represent the beginning of a new chapter in the Houston based singer/songwriter’s life. … [Read more...]
GRAYDON AND KYLE OF “SHIT GIRLS SAY”
Kathleene Cochrane for The Compass I recently had the opportunity to sit down with two of my favorite people (actually three if you count "her") and chat about "Shit Girls Say," the out of the box smash youtube and twitter sensation. At the time of this meeting the three episodes of "Shit Girls Say" had already … [Read more...]
Shawn Pander Ponders Pandora
Shawn Pander, who learned to play guitar from a homeless man he befriended near his father's used-car lot talks to AMFM about his latest project and Pandora too. What's that you say? Who is Shawn Pander? Shawn won the Grand Prize in the folk category for the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. He's also had a A 30-minute documentary, BEHIND THE LYRICS, which aired on National … [Read more...]
Albanie Falletta
The burgeoning jazz scene in Austin - Young Albanie is channeling something here … [Read more...]
Andrew Cole – new video
"All You Need" is a brilliant new single from emerging artist Andrew Cole. With soaring vocals reminiscent of Coldplay's Chris Martin, The video has a poignant message - "All You Need is Who You Are." … [Read more...]
Tom Cochrane – what’s next
"Life Is A Highway" when you're on the "Lunatic Fringe." Canadian rocker/humanitarian Tom Cochrane tells us about his upcoming projects. … [Read more...]
