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  • Sammy Rae & The Friends: “Our audience has been waiting for an album forever.” (4/12 at The Fillmore)

    April 8, 2025
    Jazzy, folky, funky, soulful, classic rock-infused NYC indie pop outfit Sammy Rae & The Friends have been phriends of PHILTHY MAG for some time now.  I first met Sammy Rae in summer/fall of 2021, prior to a sold-out date at World Café Live; checked in with The Friends’ band...

  • Aubrey Haddard on Influences

    July 6, 2021
    “If I could ask something of any listeners, it’d just be to keep an open mind.  Leave your expectations at the door.  And I’d say that about any music, not just my own,” says Aubrey Haddard.  Haddard is not your everyday Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter.  “I do love movies.  Jean Cocteau,...