Bob Leggett, LA Music Critic

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 28) It’s been a rough couple of weeks. Somebody forgot to renew the Blog’s website hosting (wonder who that was?) and then I got stuck working the entire Labor Day weekend. Yesterday my bod…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 27) Happy Monday! As we approach the Labor Day weekend, indie musicians are still hard at work creating great music. Check out these five new singles and music videos as further proof. NEW SINGLES Do y…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 26) Hard to believe that it’s the middle of August and there are only two weeks left of summer – say it isn’t so! It’s a good thing that indie musicians keep making great music …

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 25) Just when it was getting safe to get back in the water, along comes Delta and threatens to force us all back home. We have been anxiously awaiting a return to normal concerts and hope that we can g…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 24) Missed our deadline yesterday due to work, so up early today to post the article. We are so proud to share these new singles and music videos. Enjoy these great artists. LA MUSIC CRITIC AWARD WINNE…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 23) As we enter the final week of July, the Olympics are in full swing and indie music is flowing freely. We’ve got some great new songs and music videos for you this week, so let’s get the…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 22) Sorry we missed last week but there were issues at work and I never had the chance to write. However, we’re back today with some local indie news about Jason Adamo, plus we have five new sing…

Get it or forget it – KG Music Press Having a great PR firm is critical for indie artists, since they don’t have the power of a label behind them to promote their material. One of the better PR firms that we have worked with is …

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 20) Happy Monday – as we head for next weekend’s Fourth of July celebration, we are looking forward to celebrating the freedom we have achieved as new homeowners. Let’s also celebra…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 19) Hope you enjoyed this past weekend of Juneteenth and Father’s Day. Are you ready for a new Monday Mashup? We got some great new singles and music videos, so let’s get this party start…

Get it or forget it – Ponderosa Grove launches The Debut It’s New Music Friday, and we are pleased to bring you a new Get it or Forget it of an amazing new band that features one of our long time friends in the indie music world – Candace Dev…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 18) Happy Monday – we’re back with another edition of Monday Mashup and we have some very interesting tunes to share with you this week, including a new single from a baseball legend. Grab…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 17) We have officially moved to North Carolina and the renovations have begun on our new home. We just got our internet installed last Thursday, and I had a job interview as well. Going through the b…

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Monday mashup 2021 (vol 15) This will be our last Monday Mashup this month as we will be on the east coast next weekend finalizing a major deal. We can’t wait to share the news with you. In the meantime, here are some…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 14) Sorry for the late posting, but I was awakened yesterday to the news that I had to work a double shift because my boss had an adverse reaction to his second Moderna vaccine. We think this week& #82…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 13) We’ve got something in the works that has us pretty excited. We will reveal it in about three weeks. Needless to say, it will be a definite game changer. We can’t wait to share the n…

Katie Knipp shows her depth of talent with the release of The Well In recent years, there has been an increase in the visibility of indie music. Indie artists are being nominated for and winning major awards like the Grammys, as well as being exposed in televisio…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 12) Got my Pfizer #2 last Thursday, so I’m only 10 days away from being fully vaccinated. So glad that I can soon be out mingling again and dispensing hugs to worthy friends and family. While w…

The Imaginaries slay with their streaming CD release concert Oklahoma-based power couple Shane Henry and Maggie McClure aka The Imaginaries kicked off the release of their long-awaited debut album with a live streaming acoustic performance sponsored by Ameri…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 11) Glad to be back at home after a wonderful vacation with my family in North Carolina. We had a great time visiting with our family there, learning more about our ancestry and looking at homes for o…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 10) Sorry for the lateness but scheduling conflicts prevented us from publishing our weekly Monday Mashup column yesterday. We will be off-grid next week but back again on the 22nd with another editio…

DICI’s debut EP proves that age is not a reflection of talent While this past year of COVID-19 and its resulting quarantine has prompted some serious reshuffling in the lives of many artists and musicians, 17 year old emerging rapper DICI took the time to be …

Leni Black opens up her heart to let us know how she feels Leni Black is an emerging Nashville-based singer/songwriter with a no-holds-barred songwriting style that has sprung up from such diverse inspirations as the Grateful Dead, Carole King and Carly Si…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 9) Welcome to March and our weekly dose of new singles and music videos. Just got my first vaccine shot and not experiencing any side effects so far. Looking forward to this month as we finally get …

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 8) Well, the Great Freeze of 2021 is finally behind us, leaving a path of chaos, snow and ice. Good thing indie artists have been busy creating great art. We are fortunate to premiere some great new…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 7) Happy Presidents’ Day! Here in Oklahoma, we’re in the middle of an artic wave that has plunged our thermometers down as low as -10 degrees. We can’t wait for next week when the …

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 6) We hope you survived Super Bowl weekend and are happy with the results of the game. Since our favorite team couldn’t be there, we cared more about the halftime show. Music always seems to m…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 5) Welcome to a new month and the first Monday Mashup of February! Indie artists are continuing to be creative during these difficult times, and we think we have another great set of singles and musi…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 4) It’s our final Monday Mashup for January, and we think we have some powerful tunes for your listening pleasure. Let’s get the party going. NEW SINGLES First up is the latest from LA& #8…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 3) Happy MLK Day! Hope you had a great weekend and are ready for some great new music, including the latest video from multi-LA Music Critic Award winning band, The Spider Accomplice. Let’s ge…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 2) Hope you survived the NFL’s first six game wild card weekend. It was an interesting one, with plenty of football action as well as the arrival of Hawaii 5-0 on the Ion television network. R…

Best Music Videos of 2020 We’re back with our list of the best music videos as featured in our Monday Mashup column. Like our list of best singles, we are listed them in the order they were featured in our blog. Volu…

Best singles of 2020 This past year was a tough one for the majority of us. Thank goodness there was indie music. Looking back over the 19 Monday Mashup columns we compiled during the year, we have selected the 20 Be…

Monday mashup 2021 (vol 1) It’s a new year – welcome 2021. Here’s hoping that we will see a return to live music and much success for indie artists worldwide. Speaking of live music, we just learned of the…

Monday mashup 2020 (vol 18) Like you, we can’t wait for 2020 to be in our rearview mirror. Thankfully, change is coming in 2021. Our lead blogger finally pulled the plug and filed for Social Security. That means his …

Monday mashup 2020 (vol 17) Wow, what a week! Oklahoma got hit with a huge ice storm last week that knocked out power for a lot of people, and made work almost unbearable. We worked nearly 60 hours and our sales were up 150…

Monday mashup 2020 (vol 16) We hope you enjoyed our review of The Imaginaries’ live concert and are ready for some more great new singles and videos. Here are this week’s selections. NEW SINGLES First up is the l…

The Imaginaries wow hometown crowd with first full band show of 2020 Last Saturday we had the distinct pleasure of attending our first live music performance of 2020. We drove out to Chickasha, Oklahoma for the Third Annual Oklahoma Food Truck Championship to suppo…

Get it or forget it – 2020 vol 1 It’s been a while since our last edition of Get it or Forget it, and we wanted to ease back in with a few of our favorite artists who have all been busy during this pandemic. We hope you lik…