John Alagia

  • Madi Diaz and PHILTHY MAG, A History (10/27 and 10/28 at The Met w/ My Morning Jacket)

    There are still tickets remaining for My Morning Jacket’s shows this Friday (10/27) and Saturday (10/28) at The Met, the band’s most intimate area appearances since they played the Tower Theatre in 2015.  And while it is a rare opportunity to see the psychedelic Southern rockers indoors (in an...
  • Madi Diaz: “Came back to Nashville, got a fuckin’ bar job, and wrote a record…”

    “I think I’ve learned a lot and grown a lot.  I’ve never gotten so personal, and maybe blunt.  I’ve never allowed things to feel this raw and vulnerable,” says Nashville-based singer/songwriter Madi Diaz of her forthcoming album, History of a Feeling, out August 27th on ANTI-.  The LP, which...
  • “The songwriting remains the same”: Catching up with Madi Diaz

    About three and half years ago I was falling in love hard with the music of Madi Diaz, a singer/songwriter — who grew up in Bucks County and went on to be a star pupil of Paul Green’s School of Rock – who had recently shifted her aesthetic from...
  • Madi Diaz: This Winter’s Warmest Entity

    Madi Diaz’s Plastic Moon is semi-officially my first favorite album of 2012.  The album is out January 24th on Small Horse Records, and Madi herself will be previewing the new material this coming Thursday, January 19th, at Johnny Brenda’s.  I recently chatted with the singer/songwriter about what she was...