Author Archives: Erica Colbenson

Vox and the Hound: Vox on the Run

Leo DeJesus can’t limit himself to the sidelines. Vox and the Hound started as yet another project for the former front man of the City Life and member of MyNameIsJohnMichael. He needed an outlet for the songs he was writing that weren’t right for MyNameIsJohnMichael but that were too good to pass up. He recruited [...]

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The Local Skank: Catch My Disease

Usually clad in costumes ranging from pirates to Japanese school girls (the male drummer excepted, of course), the Local Skank is determined to stand out. Guitarist Dani Maurice followed her musical intuition and left Ohio for New Orleans, where she found a singer and trombone player on Craigslist. “After that, I decided to put another [...]

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