I’ve often wanted to get a time machine and at the very least, send a message to my former self. If I could, it would go something like this: Dear 16-year-old Brendan, Congratulations. You’ve written your first song for a musical. You’ve recognized that pop songs in and of themselves are too limiting for you, [...]
October 21, 2010 – 11:58 am
I started playing violin in the school orchestra when I was eight years old. (Not because I had been yearning to do so specifically, but because I was told I couldn’t play the trumpet without front teeth; I was in dental limbo between my baby and adult sets, and wouldn’t be able to make the [...]
Rob Bond, the leader of our Petal Pusher Program, has Gone. To. Town. He has ransacked his collection of old GrooveLily live videos, TV appearances, and now he’s even filmed and edited our recent Sleeping Beauty Wakes concert at McCarter. And he’s posted all of it here: Rob Bond’s collection of GrooveLily videos at Vimeo. [...]
September 14, 2008 – 2:21 pm
(Ancient History: anecdotes from pre-GrooveLily days, in no particular chronological order.) In the early ’90s, I was living in the Washington, DC area, and I played with an up-and-coming band called Big Black Nun. It was my first experience in an original rock band; I had played music all my life, but mostly in classical [...]
Band On The Web By Geary Yelton Electronic Musician, April 1, 2003 GrooveLily is not your average rock ‘n’ roll power trio. Two out of three members have graduate degrees in music; the third graduated from Princeton with honors. Individually, they’ve performed with such varied artists as Cindy Lauper, Joe Jackson, John Patitucci, Clarence Clemons, [...]
The Sou’Wester Georgia Southwestern State University March 1, 1999 GrooveLily Gives Passionate Performance For Homecoming by Andrew Havens Those who missed the phenomenal group, GrooveLily, on Thursday, February 18 passed up a truly great show. GrooveLily consists of Gene Lewin doing percussion, Valerie Vigoda on electric violin and vocals, and Brendan Milburn on piano, organ [...]
The Utica Observer-Dispatch Music Scene Friday, June 26, 1998 GrooveLily fusion of melodic rock by Dan Austin Melodic, not chaotic. That’s one way of describing the music of GrooveLily, an exciting pop-rock trio from Virginia that is making a rare appearance Friday, June 26 at one of the area’s most intimate venues, the Southside Pub [...]
The Lewiston Sun Journal Encore! Friday, June 19, 1998 Gettin’ in the GrooveLily by Steve Sherlock Princeton prodigy finds roots in rock with her electric violin, drums and a keyboard. The three-piece band GrooveLily may be different from all other rock bands in the ’90s. No one plays guitar. Nor bass. Keyboards, drums and [...]
October 9, 1997 – 9:29 pm
The Ithaca Journal (October 9, 1997) Music By JIM CATALANO Special to The Journal SOUNDOFF Sunday, GrooveLily performs at the Rongovian Embassy. Long one of my favorite bands, GrooveLily has been on hiatus this summer while singer-violinist Valerie Vigoda joined Cyndi Lauper’s touring band. However, the band has been working on a follow-up to its [...]