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 orchestras, [...]
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 [...]
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 and vocals. Vigoda’s amazing talent on the [...]
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 in Herkimer.
“Our music has folk, rock [...]
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 an electric violin fill the missing hole.
“The absence of a [...]
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 excellent 1996 CD, “Jungle and [...]
September 1, 1997 – 9:30 pm
Campus Activities Today Magazine
December 1997
Nomination for Best Music Act of 1997
…(GrooveLily is) one of the best “finds” of this decade. They simply “blew away” the 1997 APCA National Convention. Valerie Vigoda has to be one of the most amazing musicians of our time and with Brendan and Mac, the [...]
Rhythm and News Magazine
March 1997
The jazz/rock grooves of NYC’s GrooveLily
by
Lisa Fairbanks
Perhaps the best word to describe New York City-based GrooveLily is ‘classy’.
The group, headed by vocalist/violinist Valerie Vigoda and keyboardist Brendan Milburn — accompanied by an assortment of drummers and other musical assistants — plays a tasteful, yet emotionally charged, mixture of pop/jazz.
Milburn says the [...]
December 6, 1996 – 10:41 pm
The Boston Herald
Friday, December 6, 1996
GrooveLily, a New York rock-pop trio, is centered around Valerie Vigoda’s voice and violin. She plays a newly developed plastic fiddle that looks like a space weapon and allows her to sing and play at once. The approach is a ’90s rarity: guitar-less rock infused with [...]
November 1, 1996 – 10:38 pm
The Music Paper, November 1996
I’ll tell you right up front that this is not my style at all. But whether I like the style or not, I will admit one thing: You can’t hide talent and this band is full of it! A melodic rock trio featuring violin, keyboards [...]