The Gable Verse, the first ever Gable Music Ventures blog, is here to bring you the newest and freshest news from the music scene in Delaware and the surrounding area. Our goal is to highlight the artistic diversity and talent in and around the area while encouraging community and support for the arts.
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What’s your favorite local artist up to? New Release? Big tour coming up? Keep up to speed with The Music in The Gable Verse.
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THE SCENE
Get to the Gig! Find out what our local venues are up to and all other kind of music-related news right here in The Scene.
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LATEST FROM THE GABLE VERSE
Keep your soul warmed with music as the weather cools this fall. #TheGableVerse has a list of upcoming live music events nearby to add to your November social calendars!
Featured Artists: Rubber Uglies, Davy Knowels, Sugar Maples, Madison Mcferrin, Olivia Rubini, Ellis Paul, Kathleen Edwards, Arden Gild Hall
Local musical creativity is still in full bloom despite autumn’s closing time rituals. Here’s this month’s #BandcampFriday Roundup on #TheGableVerse - reminding you to support local musicians on Bandcamp Fridays, when they get a bigger cut of the earnings. Check them out!
Wilmington-based rock band What Are The Odds? placed first in the Karnival Of The Arts Battle Of The Bands and the Summer Band Jam Music Competition and are collecting fans at an impressively extreme pace. #TheGableVerse ‘s own Sug Daniel has all the deets from their origins to their upcoming projects right here!
Looking to spice up your library of multicultural, multi-genre live music experiences without going too far? #TheGableVerse has a list of 8 upcoming shows for this month, to help check that box off your fall to-do list!
This month’s #BandcampFriday Roundup on #TheGableVerse is ready for the change in season, with the fall breeze and the colors changing, as brand new local music lands on the web for your listening pleasure. There’s one special day each month where you can show love to artists who sell online by purchasing from their Bandcamp pages (and bandcamp doesn’t keep the fees!) - and today is it! Check out this month’s list!
Featured Bands: The Reverand Horton Heat, Cypher Clique, Grant Claytor, Ninth Cage, J.P. Reali, Sandy Shalk
“After being in a number of bands, local musician Julio Triado has finally set sail on his latest solo adventure under the moniker ‘Weesho’. We sat down with him to discuss his new independence, forthcoming debut EP, and latest single “COASTIN’” on #TheGableVerse!”
#GetToTheGig! The rest of this summer’s gigs of course, because there are no signs of them slowing down! From hometown favorites Jonathan Whitney and Tyler Green to international Afrobeat stars Kaleta 7 Super Yamba band -there’s something for everyone - check out September’s list here on #TheGableVerse
Cherry Park is a 6-piece indie pop band from Delaware formed in 2023 and making the music hustle look easy. They’ve released 2 EPs in their first year and produced great turnout at shows. We review their latest release, a 7- song EP titled Until We Find Our Way Back, on #TheGableVerse!
Valendina, a 4-piece pop-punk band hailing from Philadelphia and 2023 Homey Awards winners, dropped their latest single “Sweeten the Deal” on September 20. Our own Sug Daniels reviews it for ya right here on #TheGableVerse!
Another music review from #TheGableVerse here! Find out more about rock favorites Treewalker and their newest release ‘Stockholm Syndrome’, and when and where they will be performing live next!
“Rising from the Philadelphia underground, Eastern Elk gives a refreshing facelift to an old genre in their latest single “Happy Trails (To You)”...Self-released on July 26 along with an official music video, this song is sure to be echoing through every brewery and beer hall in the region soon.” Read more about it on right here on #TheGableVerse!
“Our slow descent into madness in New Castle rock band Von Holden’s music video for recent single “Sorry Kid” starts with three guys getting out of a smokey van in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.” Check out what happens next in Sug Daniel’s music video review on #TheGableVerse !
Delaware-born country singer Carly Simmons is award-winning, fashion-forward, sexy, country, AND cool in the latest music video for her single “Harley T Shirt”. Your music video review is up now on #TheGableVerse!
Lexxie Mathis, a Delaware-born, New York-based bass player and composer is celebrating the March release of their meditative ambient tune “Live In This Moment Forever”. Mathis has toured with Jared Mattson of the Mattson 2 and lends her bass skills as a session player in NYC. @Sug Daniels has the rest of this music review available for your reading pleasure on #TheGableVerse!
Well-known multi-talented local bass-player, composer and performer, Samuel Nobles, recently released an impressive 14- song piano album charmingly titled, How Sweet You Are. #TheGableVerse has an album review already waiting for you!
#TheGableVerse has another local music review for ya! This time, featuring Philadelphia natives and Wilmington Ladybug Music Festival faves, The Side Chicks, and Philadelphia singer-songwriter and rapper Honeychile. @Sug Daniels reviews the groovy, flirty tune, “Blacked Out” - read up for the review!
Songbird The Goddess is coming out swinging with a new single and music video.This Smyrna-based rapper and singer is expressing her divine energy and femininity in her latest single “Dollar And A Dream”. We chatted with her in our most recent #TheGableVerse music interview.