Carina Round: Live Footage and Video Interview from The Living Room, NYC 6/24/09

I've been to a handful of shows at The Living Room this past year but I hadn't seen one that was standing-room only until Carina Round's show last month. Carina has played some high-profile shows in the area these past couple years and has obviously earned a strong following.

I had the opportunity to sit down with Carina before she went on-stage to talk with her about the current tour, her new digital EP "Things You Should Know", her re-location from England to Los Angeles, working with Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard and more.



"Things You Should Know" is available through Carina Round's website in all sorts of nifty packages which range from a straight digital download to physical copies of "Things You Should Know" that come with bonus material that ranges from handwritten song lyrics to a handmade, hand-decorated limited edition bonus EP. The top package includes a live private concert with Carina. Given the size of the crowd for her show at The Living Room, offers like this won't around for too long.

Carina is currently touring in England and the final night of her current tour is Thursday night (July 23rd) at Monto Water Rats Theatre in London. Tickets are £9.00.

Links:
Carina Round's MySpace profile

Carina Round Plays The Living Room on Wednesday, June 24th

DOWNLOAD: Carina Round - "Backseat" (Remix)

English-born singer-songwriter Carina Round is playing two shows in NYC this week. The first is Wednesday night (June 24th) at The Living Room and the second is Sunday night (June 28th) at Pete's Candy Store. Round is touring behind a new self-released digital EP, "Things You Should Know", which featuring collaborations with UK artist Gary Go and Vega4's Johnny McDaid. With this new disc, there is an obvious comparison to artists like PJ Harvey, Bjork and Annie Lennox as Round's vocals range from a soft confessional to jagged primitive wails.

For Wednesday's show at The Living Room, Carina goes on at 9PM and tickets are $10. For Sunday night's show at Pete's Candy Store, Carina is playing at 10:30PM.

Links:
Carina Round's MySpace Profile

Alexa Wilkinson Plays 3 Shows in Town This Week

Alexa Wilkinson has been around for a while but I just got turned on to her over the summer. I caught her show at Mo Pitkins in June and thought she had a great stage presence. Not that age is necessarily a limiting factor but I haven't seen too many musicians this early in their career conect as well as Wilkinson did with the crowd.


In terms of sound, I would compare Alexa Wilkinson to the best side of Shawn Colvin. Wilkinson has lately been on some high profile tours which have ranged from touring with Josh Kelley to this summer's Camplified tour (with The Kin and others). After this week in NYC, Alexa will be going on tour later this year with The Samples and Shannon McNally, from Oct. 20 – Nov. 7, hitting 14 cities along the east coast.

Monday Night's Show is at Mo Pitkins (East Village). Tickets are $8 and Alexa is playing at 10:30PM.

Wednesday Night's Show is at Rockwood Music Hall (LES). The show is at 7PM and admission is free.

Thursday Night's Show is at The Living Room. Alexa plays at 11PM and admission is free.

Alexa was recently featured on NY’s CW11 (WPIX-TV) on their “Spotlight On” series last Monday, Sept. 17th. If you missed it, the clip should be posted on CW11’s website in the next week or so.

Links:
Alexa Wilkinson's Website
Alexa Wilkinson's MySpace Page