Backstage at Diane Birch's first show in six months at NYC's Joe's Pub, New York S-Curve Records CEO/President Steve Greenberg congratulated the young singer on her evolution as a performer who happened to be dreaming about Michael McDonald.

Recommended Show: MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 STEVE EARLE @ CITY WINERY 155 Varick Street New York, NY 10013 $45, 7PM Steve Earle has been at City Winery for a few consecutive Monday nights now. He probably won't be there for much longer! Go see him while you can! New Look @ Cake Shop Diane Birch @ Joe's Pub Liam Finn @ The Rock Shop Rev Vince Anderson @ Union Pool Laura Gibson & Alexa Wilding @ Mercury Lounge Dry The River, White Birds, & Papertwin @ Glasslands Bugs in the Dark, Steer, Bambara, & Shark? @ Brooklyn Bowl Abadabad, Slow Magic, Otem Rellick, & Vensaire @ Cameo Gallery Mansions, A Great ...

West coast transplant Robin Bacior finds a place in the New York music scene with her sleepy melodies and sweet vocals. Listening to Robin Bacior’s first full-length album, Rest Our Wings, one can’t help but be transported back to a time when Regina Spektor and Fiona Apple (and currently Adele, Diane Birch, and other new [...]

Recommended Show: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 HIGH CASTLE @ DEATH BY AUDIO 49 S 2nd St Brooklyn, NY 11211 $7, 8PM Many of the best west coast bands don't make it to the east coast all that often, so it's a treat when they do. Oaklad-based High Castle are one such band, and they play at Death by Audio tonight. Diane Birch @ City Winery Peter Bjorn and John @ Brooklyn Bowl Ganglians & The Mumlers @ The Rock Shop Gordon Lightfoot @ B.B. Kings Blues Club Highlife, Rings, & Arch M @ Cameo Gallery Youth Lagoon & Young Magic @ Mercury Lounge Blondie & Lissy Trullie @ Highline ...

If you haven't heard of Diane Birch yet, you're about to be enlightened. Discovered by Prince in a lowly piano club in Los Angeles, the stars have since aligned for this soulful songbird. The daughter of a preacher-man, Birch incorporates gospel and blues elements into her soft poppy renderings. Her powerful pipes even landed her a slot opening for Stevie Wonder, and she has since traveled the world touring nonstop. Born in Michigan, Birch lived in Zimbabwe, Australia and South Africa by the age of ten with her missionary parents, before settling back in the states via Oregon ...

Tokyo Photographer 'Levitates' Check out the blog yowayowa camera woman diary "Sometimes I need to jump more than 300 times to get the perfect shot," What do you think? is it time for Jumping Jo Jacotey levitating photos? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WhoWhatWear is just teasing me now! Their latest blog is Stylish Musicians There is Diane Birch, we know her from Muzik Elles. ...and then there is Uffie Wikipedia Uffie is a Paris-based underground electronic artist, fashion designer and socialite signed to French dance record label, Ed Banger Records. She has been described as a muse for French DJs,She is perhaps best ...

“What is Love” by Haddaway is an iconic and classic song! The song, for most people, is best known as the song in A Night at the Roxbury, and it’s iconic dance. One of my favorite versions of the song is sung and arranged by singer-songwriter Diane Birch. She puts her own spin on the [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive Mark Baptiste Indie songstress Diane Birch 's love life hasn't been all sunshine and roses. Spinner caught up with her recently to talk about her past Valentine's Day misfires and what she'll be doing this year. Tell us about your best/worst/craziest V-day moment? One really pitiful Valentine's Day, my loser boyfriend at the time had promised to take me to a romantic dinner and do the whole thing right. Well, around 5PM he called me moaning about how he'd just gambled all his money away on a poker machine ...

Filed under: News , Exclusive Mark Baptiste It comes as a big surprise to hear indie-pop songstress Diane Birch describe herself as "really clumsy." The woman behind last year's buzz clip, 'Valentino,' oozes confidence and cute in equal doses but admits that when it comes to dancing, she's a "klutz." "When I was growing up it was forbidden in my parent's religion to dance," says the Brooklyn-based singer, whose father was a Seventh-day Adventist minister. That didn't stop her from dreaming of being a dancer, though. "I always wanted to be a ballerina, but it was not ...

LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, CBS   Mon   1/10:  The Black Keys Tues   1/11:  Cage the Elephant Wed   1/12:  Blake Shelton Thurs 1/13:  Gregg Allman Fri      1/14:  Wintersleep THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, NBC   Mon    1/10:  Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler,  Diane Birch Tues   1/11:   The Duke Spirit Wed   1/12:   Bettye Lavette Thurs 1/13:   30 Seconds To Mars JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, ABC   Mon   1/10:  The Wombats Tues   1/11:  A Day To Remember Wed   1/12:  Fitz & the Tantrums Thurs 1/13:  The Damned Things LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY ...

Diane Birch and the Phenomenal Handclap Band releases ‘The Velveteen Age,’ their stellar EP of cover songs via S-Curve Records. Listen to Diane’s takes of Siouxie and the Banshees hit “Kiss Them For Me” and Echo & The Bunnymen’s “Bring On The Dancing Horses” at the links below and read on to hear Diane’s personal [...]

Diane Birch performed “This Corrosion” on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno . Check out the video below and pick up the song on iTunes . Social Bookmarking

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Diane Birch & The Phenomenal Handclap Band – The Velveteen Age [buy iTunes] we gave you Diane’s brill Sisters of Mercy cover now here is a stunning Peter Murphy piece the original is one of my fave songs ever so I’m more than picky when I hear any new version of it Diane’s EP is out now, go and get it [...]

Diane Birch is paying tribute to some of her favorite artists on The Velveteen Age, recorded with help from the Phenomenal Handclap Band. They will be covering songs from heavyweights like the Cure, Joy Division, and Peter Murphy, with Birch putting her own spin on each track. “During my teenage years as a Goth these [...]