The Gable Verse, the first ever Gable Music Ventures blog, is here to bring you the newest and freshest news from the music scene in Delaware and the surrounding area. Our goal is to highlight the artistic diversity and talent in and around the area while encouraging community and support for the arts.
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THE MUSIC
What’s your favorite local artist up to? New Release? Big tour coming up? Keep up to speed with The Music in The Gable Verse.
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THE SCENE
Get to the Gig! Find out what our local venues are up to and all other kind of music-related news right here in The Scene.
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LATEST FROM THE GABLE VERSE
One of Delaware’s premier original blues bands, The Blues Reincarnation Project (Jeffrey Attakorah, Charlie Graves, Dylan Walker, and Michael Macartney) have been hand-selected to represent The Central Delaware Blues Society in the The International Blues Competition, a multi-day event held in January in Memphis, Tennessee. #TheGableVerse sat down with Jeffrey to talk about their jazz and blues journey thus far - all of Delaware is rooting for you!
“Get that ugly Christmas sweater out of the closet and make your way down to your local music venue for some holiday cheer.” #TheGableVerse has a list of upcoming live music events nearby to add to your December live music calendars!
We’ve dedicated this #BandcampFriday Roundup to Holiday Music created by local and independent artists, and bands adding their own creative contributions to classic yuletide favorites.
PSA from #TheGableVerse - support local musicians on Bandcamp Fridays, when they get a bigger cut of the earnings! Check them out!
Featured Artists: The Avenu, The Honey Badgers, Dolphin Space Program, Year of the Comet, The Blues Reincarnation Project, King Lew Productions
The local music scene is built from the ground up and one major part of its growth over the years are our local radio shows, bringing your ears all the good fresh locally-made goodness - and usually, for free, in turn for your support. #TheGableVerse has your local radio station round-up right here!
Oftentimes overlooked, local music shops drive a large part of the area’s music scene. With mega companies monopolizing the markets, these mom and pop shops need our support more than ever. We’ve compiled a list of music shops in all three counties to check out the next time you need strings, sticks, or a good hang. #TheGableVerse
Keep your soul warmed with music as the weather cools this fall. #TheGableVerse has a list of upcoming live music events nearby to add to your November social calendars!
Featured Artists: Rubber Uglies, Davy Knowels, Sugar Maples, Madison Mcferrin, Olivia Rubini, Ellis Paul, Kathleen Edwards, Arden Gild Hall
Local musical creativity is still in full bloom despite autumn’s closing time rituals. Here’s this month’s #BandcampFriday Roundup on #TheGableVerse - reminding you to support local musicians on Bandcamp Fridays, when they get a bigger cut of the earnings. Check them out!
Cherry Park is a 6-piece indie pop band from Delaware formed in 2023 and making the music hustle look easy. They’ve released 2 EPs in their first year and produced great turnout at shows. We review their latest release, a 7- song EP titled Until We Find Our Way Back, on #TheGableVerse!
Valendina, a 4-piece pop-punk band hailing from Philadelphia and 2023 Homey Awards winners, dropped their latest single “Sweeten the Deal” on September 20. Our own Sug Daniels reviews it for ya right here on #TheGableVerse!
Another music review from #TheGableVerse here! Find out more about rock favorites Treewalker and their newest release ‘Stockholm Syndrome’, and when and where they will be performing live next!
“Rising from the Philadelphia underground, Eastern Elk gives a refreshing facelift to an old genre in their latest single “Happy Trails (To You)”...Self-released on July 26 along with an official music video, this song is sure to be echoing through every brewery and beer hall in the region soon.” Read more about it on right here on #TheGableVerse!
“Our slow descent into madness in New Castle rock band Von Holden’s music video for recent single “Sorry Kid” starts with three guys getting out of a smokey van in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.” Check out what happens next in Sug Daniel’s music video review on #TheGableVerse !
Delaware-born country singer Carly Simmons is award-winning, fashion-forward, sexy, country, AND cool in the latest music video for her single “Harley T Shirt”. Your music video review is up now on #TheGableVerse!
Lexxie Mathis, a Delaware-born, New York-based bass player and composer is celebrating the March release of their meditative ambient tune “Live In This Moment Forever”. Mathis has toured with Jared Mattson of the Mattson 2 and lends her bass skills as a session player in NYC. @Sug Daniels has the rest of this music review available for your reading pleasure on #TheGableVerse!
Well-known multi-talented local bass-player, composer and performer, Samuel Nobles, recently released an impressive 14- song piano album charmingly titled, How Sweet You Are. #TheGableVerse has an album review already waiting for you!
#TheGableVerse has another local music review for ya! This time, featuring Philadelphia natives and Wilmington Ladybug Music Festival faves, The Side Chicks, and Philadelphia singer-songwriter and rapper Honeychile. @Sug Daniels reviews the groovy, flirty tune, “Blacked Out” - read up for the review!
Songbird The Goddess is coming out swinging with a new single and music video.This Smyrna-based rapper and singer is expressing her divine energy and femininity in her latest single “Dollar And A Dream”. We chatted with her in our most recent #TheGableVerse music interview.