Lift Your Head Up
New YouTube video today! The Repressions cover “Island Song,” also known as “Adventure Time: Come Along With Me,” live at Espresso 77 in Jackson Heights NYC.
Island Song was written by Ashley Eriksson of the band Lake. We love the song and the show!
New YouTube video today! The Repressions cover Simon and Garfunkel’s “Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall,” live, by request on Twitch.
Enjoy the lovely song, the fun emotes from the Twitch community, and Barbara occasionally seeing their cat offstage and grinning.
Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall, written by Simon and Garfunkel. From their 1966 album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme.
New song and YouTube video today!
Miguel Hernandez is the founder and solo art machine behind Astoria Music Collective. Miguel has fallen ill and the community is coming together to help him and his family come through. Like the song says, Miguel loves everybody, genuinely, and is just the coolest, sweetest person, aside from all of the support and hard work he does on behalf of artists. We all love Miguel, and we all have a story about something wonderful he did for us. Give at this link if you can, GO FUNDE ME for Miguel or attend one of the live fundraising shows all month. There are cool raffles and great performances awaiting you.
The Repressions will be dedicating their Tuesday March 12 Twitch show to Miguel. Follow Astoria Music Collective for the details on amazing music, community, and support. We all love that guy.
Join The Repressions on Friday February 9th show at The Organic Grill, with the multitalented Riley Burke!
Enjoy sweet songs while feasting on amazing food and drinks at Organic Grill. This cozy, welcoming atmosphere will feed your soul in many ways. All ages, No cover.
Riley Burke is a NYC-based writer, producer, and performer who bridges light and dark spaces while exploring bound and untethered states, female power, and liberation.
The episode is out! What a fantastic time we had taping with Plant Powered Disruptors ! Be certain to follow them on YouTube and Instagram for more of their colorful, fun, and meaningful conversation and shows!
This is a fun, colorful, in depth interview with many love songs. Thanks so much to the amazing hosts Philly and Dashita, and the crew at Manhattan News Network!
The Repressions were very honored to be featured on the SO YEA Podcast, hosted by hip-hop artist AGO! It was a pleasant conversation, with an affable host, in a cool setting, with a giant giraffe named Esperanza. Check it out here, and give AGO a follow for more!
New YouTube video today! The Repressions cover “Shelter From the Storm” by Bob Dylan, live on Twitch, with a faster tempo and some keyboard improvisation. Requests can really keep a musician on the job! You can make requests twice a week on Twitch.
Shelter From the Storm can be found on Bob Dylan’s tremendous 1975 album, “Blood On The Tracks.” Both Nate and Barbara were big fans of this album long before they met. 😊
New YouTube video today! The Repressions cover “True Love Waits” by Radiohead, live, at their October 20th show at Organic Grill in New York City.
New YouTube video today! The Repressions love theme songs, and this one is a favorite! Filmed live at the October 14th Astoria Music Collective show at Shillelagh Tavern.
Join The Repressions on Friday September 20th show at The Organic Grill, with the fantastic singing violinist Scott Tran!
Enjoy sweet songs while feasting on amazing food and drinks at Organic Grill. This cozy, welcoming atmosphere will feed your soul in many ways. All ages, No cover.
Scott Tran is a Brooklyn based violinist-singer-songwriter who has a diverse range of inspirations from Brahms, to the Beatles, to Ben Folds Five. Scott has performed his music as far east as the historic Bitter End and as far west as the Tempe Arts Center. In addition to performing his own music, he has accompanied and shared the stage with many other talented singer songwriters and as well as recording on their songs including Katelyn Richards, Petra Jasmiina, Johanna Telander, Nicole Nadine, and many others.
Having over 30 years of music education and performance experience, Scott has delved into multiple genres from classical to country to rock to pop, bluegrass and Irish fiddle, and even jazz. He studied classical music growing up in Nebraska and graduated with a Bachelor’s in Music. He became a fiddler in Phoenix, Arizona while continuing to play in symphonies locally and teaching privately. In 2010, he moved to New York to hone his skills as a singer-songwriter and was a three time featured artist in the Songwriters Circle Masterclass Showcase.
From playing fiddle in a band at the Revolution Lounge in the famous Las Vegas Mirage Hotel, singing in an a capella choir at Radio City to open for the Rockettes, or performing original music with just his violin and his voice at the historic Bitter End, Scott Tran is nothing if not diverse.
