Friday night videos – episode 64

Sponsored by…well, no one just yet. But I’m working on it.

In the meantime, I’ll bring you some of the highlights of the local and regional music scene. I’m seeing a lot more bands out and about now, which can only mean one thing: summer is coming.

How about beginning with a duo who will be part of next weekend’s Salisbury Festival: alex&shiloh. This was their appearance on Ocean 98’s Live Lixx back in October.

Another band playing around the area frequently is Not My Own, which has become a staple of FNV. Here they check in with ‘Believer.’

Man, did they crunch that one out. Maybe you can see why they’re played here so often.

I also played this group last week, but here Gravitate performs an original called ’40 Hours.’ It’s from the same Spring Luau performance I used before.

Today would make its debut since I uploaded the clip specifically for this edition of FNV.

One of my favorite new discoveries is the ReverbNation website, simply because it’s a clearinghouse I can use to find local bands and more video for this fun-filled weekly excursion into local music.

I’ve become familiar with this band through a different song that gets heavy rotation on 93.5’s ‘Local Produce’ show. (That’s must-listen radio around here on Sunday nights.) I didn’t know until last week that this band is from Pocomoke way, called 14-5. It’s definitely a raw version of ‘Another Chance.’

While David Andrew Smith isn’t from here, the Baltimore-based singer-songwriter is familiar with the area. This comes from an event called the New York City Songwriter Circle.

I’ll wrap up by digging into my archives to find another band who’s become quite popular around these parts. It’s not hard to come across a Petting Hendrix show, and here they do a version of Hendrix (Jimi, that is) which they truly made their own.

As long as I can keep finding good stuff, I’ll keep doing this. These videos are much more fun than that political you-know-what.

Author: Michael

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