With only a couple days, we rushed in a submission to the NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest. We found out about it late but really enjoyed going to our beloved City Park to film our Submission. The Tiny Desk Concert series was started in 2008 by the NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson. It has over 6000 entries yearly, supporting the development of burgeoning acts. The series … Continue reading Vuzz performs, “Baltimore” for NPR Tiny Desk Contest
March 22, 2019 – Vuzz released their first EP, Pocketknife at Bar Redux in the Bywater, New Orleans. Scott MX Turner graciously photographed our show. Continue reading Vuzz EP release at Bar Redux, New Orleans, LA
March 9, 2019, Vuzz opened up for office flavored indie-pop, MOBILE STEAM UNIT who came all the way from NYC to appear one night only at The Howlin’ Wolf Den in New Orleans, LA. The evening ended with raucous kink-rock, THE DOMMES. Continue reading Vuzz Live at Howlin’ Wolf Den
Vuzz premiers new track, “Pocketknife” at Bar Redux in New Orleans Check out footage from the live show, “VUZZ comes home” at popular family-owned Bywater venue, Bar Redux. Our latest song, Pocket Knife utilizes the Op1, the Monster GoDJ, and vocals ran through a Kaoss Pad. Lyrics: “I walk, footsteps like a heartbeat down the hall.You’re breathing like the walls are breathing.I hear you muttering, … Continue reading Vuzz premiers new track, “Pocketknife” at Bar Redux
Rain didn’t stop New Orleans trip-pop duo, VUZZ! The duo closed out the day’s busking performances at the Mercat Stage during the 61st Edinburgh Festival Fringe early August 2018. Scotland’s Fringe Festival is the largest arts festival in the world hosting “53,232 performances of 3,398 shows in 300 venues” each year. #intotheunknown #thetravelingvuzz Continue reading Vuzz performs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland
Vinylux performed at Szimpla, the oldest ruins pub in Budapest, Hungary on July 8. She improvised a spoken word version of These are the Rooms to my Mother’s House from her poetry book of the same name and followed it up with “Voices.” Video by Mike Goetz #vinyluxury Continue reading Vinylux freestyles “Voices” at Szimpla in Budapest
Vinylux performed a sundown set at NOizeFest 2018: (No) Respect for RTP hosted by Michael Patrick Welch on May 6 at the Esplanade Arthouse. Her set included the spoken word poem, “These are the Rooms to my Mother’s House,” and the dark ballad, “Ice Scream Theater” from her theatrical play of the same name. She performed the instrumental song, “Baja” which featured a Theremin-based D-Beam … Continue reading Vinylux performs at NOizefest in New Orleans
C.M. Soto read an excerpt from her travel essay, “Bohemian Graveyard Shift” at The New Movement’s curated storytelling series, Unreliable on Oct 26, 2017. The monthly storytelling event presenting real people telling true stories with musical accompaniment featured Tami Nelson, C.m. Soto, Nick Detrich, Joseph Meissner, and Adam Karlin. The musical guest was singer/songwriter, Jack Donovan Unreliable was curated by David Hamilton and Franny Zooey. #cmsoto #cmsotostory Video credit: Mike … Continue reading C.M. Soto performs essay, “Bohemian Graveyard Shift” live at The New Movement
Special thanks to Dean Shapiro and Breakthru Media for this lovely expose’ in the September/October 2017 issue! Their attention to detail was so refreshing. Thanks to the photographers who contributed to the article: Sally Asher, Mike Goetz, Roy Guste! Click here to read the article! #cmsotostory #vinyluxury Continue reading C.M. Soto (Vinylux) featured in the September/October 2017 Issue of Breakthru
On June 30 and July 1, 2017, The Marigny Opera House presented Ice Scream Theater, a one-woman multi-media musical based on traumatic true events in the early life of the author/actor C.M. Soto (Vinylux). Built in 1853, The Marigny Opera House is a spiritual and artistic venue in the Bywater, New Orleans. THE STORY Brought up in a drug-house, 13-year-old Vinylux succumbs to the 80’s drug … Continue reading Ice Scream Theater production at Marigny Opera House, New Orleans
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