As I've said before, WERS programming is easy to peg. Mid to mainstream indie artists with a penchant for accessible pop are always a sure bet. That's not to say WERS does not have its place because it does. It just so happens that music for the independent mind happens to be completely predictable. Madi Diaz [...]
With a staggering voice and a gift for poignant melodies and innovative arrangements, Madi Diaz is folding her roots, pop and indie influences into her own paper airplane. The sound of her new EP, Ten Gun Salute, might surprise those who have heard... Click above to continue
...that's a quote from my brother to the singer we went to see on Friday night. He wasn't kidding, and I can't half blame him.With little to do, and less desire to actually find something to do, my brother and I allowed our friend Nick decide our fate and make plans for us. Typically, this isn't a wise decision because Nick isn't, how you say, a very "responsible" person. If he makes the pla...
Piano popster Madi Diaz has a new EP out. Ten Gun Salute is the 7-track follow-up to her debut album.Her bright and playful melodies have the potential to become real internet favorites.You can grab an MP3 of her song "Nothing At All" here: DOWNLOADMadi Diaz's websiteMadi Diaz's Myspace
As I've said before, WERS programming is easy to peg. Mid to mainstream indie artists with a penchant for accessible pop are always a sure bet. That's not to say WERS does not have its place because it does. It just so happens that music for the independent mind happens to be completely predictable. Madi Diaz [...]
Madi Diaz is Kyle Ryan and Madi Diaz. Kyle grew up in Nebraska. Madi grew up in western Pennsylvania. They were friends with fields and cows and ponies and corn and tobacco barns. They both tried to go cow tipping at one point or another. They both found their way to the big cities. Madi's first city love was Philadelphia. Two years later she found love again with Boston. Kyle and Madi ran ci...
...that's a quote from my brother to the singer we went to see on Friday night. He wasn't kidding, and I can't half blame him.With little to do, and less desire to actually find something to do, my brother and I allowed our friend Nick decide our fate and make plans for us. Typically, this isn't a wise decision because Nick isn't, how you say, a very "responsible" person. If he makes the pla...
Ten Gun Salute , the new EP from Madi Diaz has gone from being a pleasurable EP with one or two great songs on it to one that I truly enjoy from beginning to end as a solid half hour of music. It's her second release (the first was 2006's Skin and Bone ), but the first that I've experienced of her music. It carries subtle traces which remind me of a handful of artists that I enjoy, when put t...