Rachel Platten – Fight Song EP (Columbia) I first ran across Rachel Platten back in 2008. She was opening a club show at New York’s Canal Room which also featured Lucy Woodward and Toby Lightman. While I was familiar with the other two artists’ work, I didn’t know anything about Platten. I sat in the … Continue reading
The first we ran across Toby Lightman was when we were asked to interview her in 2004. She was a young Philly-based artist who had been discovered by Wyclef Jean and producer Peter Zizzo, who was red hot from discovering Avril Lavigne and Vanessa Carlton. Lightman was targeted for the same heights, her label Atlantic … Continue reading
Toby Lightman – The Tin Angel – Philadelphia, PA – April 19, 2009 Photos by Jay S. Jacobs © 2009. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Lucy Woodward Is Gonna Get You by Jay S. Jacobs If you really want to get Lucy Woodward hot and bothered, all you have to do is bring her… cheese? “Love gets me hot and bothered. [And] I guess, cheese…,” Woodward laughs as we sit together in a Cosi coffee shop in the Olde City section … Continue reading
Toby Lightman Devils and an Angel by Jay S. Jacobs The music biz is always hungrily searching for the next big thing. They’re trying to find an artist that has the talent and the vibe and the chops to make a huge splash in the choppy waters of popular culture. It should be someone who has … Continue reading
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