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Jessie Ware, a songstress from South London, is gearing up for her debut album, Devotion, to hit stateside soon. The album, reminiscent of a 90s R&B flashback, is an album devoted to love. The twelve tracks sound like an ode to Sade, but Ware shines in her up-tempo songs (see Imagine It Was Us) as she does in her slow ones. Let’s hope she doesn’t get pigeonholed in either. Surprisingly the production on this album was not done by an R&B producer at all, but by Dave Okumu, of English alternative rock band, The Invisible. It seems Ware knew what…

Jukebox, aka Ronald Jackson, has quite the resume and it seems that he has not stopped adding to it. Since his days producing Will Smith’s Lost and Found album to the more recent “Everyday Birthday” single with Swizz Beatz, Ludacris, and Chris Brown—Jukebox does seem unstoppable. Now the producer behind your favorite hits is in the middle of making his very own album. Modern Frequency sat down with Ronald “Jukebox” Jackson to talk his first break and being in the business since a teenager. How did you get started in the music business? I played the drums since I was…

You will recognize her when you see her. That contestant from NBC’s singing reality competition, the Voice.  The big red hair and loud personality might get you talking but her voice and style will get you hooked. I’m talking about Chevonne and even before the Voice she was so lucky to tour with some big names—including Estelle and Lady Gaga. Modern Frequency recently sat down with Chevonne and this is what she had to say. How did you get on the Voice? There’s a blind audition first. There’s a huge pool of 50,000 people from around the country and…

Don’t let the masks fool you. Buffalo, NY rock band The Bunny the Bear don’t want you to read too much into their face gear, but instead want you to listen to their progressive, experimental taste of rock music that they have to offer instead. Born and bred in Buffalo, NY The Bunny The Bear’s eclectic sound has had everybody in Buffalo, NY talking. Talking to singer/writer Matthew Tybor, you could definitely tell that this band wants more. “Buffalo is a good starting market, but if we over saturate it, we would fall apart,” says Matthew Tybor. How did the…

The raspy voice. The bluesy rock and roll. The songs about heartbreak. No, I’m not talking about Adele, but about Brooklyn, New York newcomer Elle King.  Her debut song, “Playing For Keeps” is the theme song to VH1’s Mobwives Chicago series and gave her career a kick-start and is now the girl on the block everyone is starting to talk about. Modern Frequency sat down with Elle King while sitting pretty in her backyard in her hometown Brooklyn to talk about her career thus far.

I have been following the canadian rock band The Tea Party since the late 90s since their Triptych days. Jeff Martin was and has been very lucid about the Tea Party break up and reunion and although announced a mere few weeks ago, it is official the Tea Party are back together. After such a harsh, public break up, everything has to be taken with baby steps. With one stateside show here in Buffalo, NY this summer in Lockport this July as part of the Canal Concert series, this will hopefully prove to be an everlasting Tea Party.

Young Empires hail from Toronto and their ubiquitous dance energy took over the stage at Grasslands Friday night inBrooklyn. Their second time inNew York took the crowd by surprise as they launched and killed their way through a short, but hip set.  If anything they will remind you of The Killers, but instead of hailing from Nevada, they come from the great white North—home of the Hip, Arcade Fire, and many more who made the crossover more appealing than ever.