May 14, 2008 by PT Rothschild.

WEEKEND PROMISES NEW MUSIC FOR ALL EARS & ALL AGES ONCE MORE

Temecula, CA – As the headlines reveal, new music shows are back again with a vengeance, as in ‘V For Vendetta’. Friday proves to be the busiest night with three different spots presenting ‘quick and lively’ aka cheerful music. First up is the annual Temecula Music Fest brought to by Bill Gould and all the happy faces at the Full Value Entertainment complex. Over the three days of May 16^th to May 18^th over 50 bands from the genres of Rock, Indie, and Acoustic will be presented, including Red Planet Records’ Cetas Aspire, Starving For Gravity, Phil Locash, On Being Human, Burke, Peachcake, and Valiant, just to name a few of the names local scenesters will recall. The three days will feature a different charity nightly so the Fest is bringing more than just music to benefit the hometown crowd. This is the available play list at press time, but early word has it that Friday, starting around 2PM the day and night will be dedicated to rock. Saturday will be Indie/Alternative and Sunday will feature both blues and bluegrass. Check here for any last minute info. All three days of the Fest will be at the Temecula CRC facilities (also called the Temecula Amphitheatre).


Across town on Friday at ‘The Merc’ will be appearing Foghat openers, Nice Day, with Soul Profit. Nice Day continues to be one of the most up and coming bands around town, playing shows where available here and showcasing their talents from San Diego to LA. “Break a leg” goes out to both bands.

And across town from both those music shows on the same night is the grand opening of Aromas, located in French Valley and the latest attempt to bring a non-alcohol intimate music venue to this valley. Staring in her 2^nd area music show is the latest talent endowment to come out of this valley, Murrieta this time, country sensation Skyler Day, who delighted and amazed fans at last week’s debut event, ‘Live at The Merc’, in Old Town Temecula.

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May 14, 2008 by PT Rothschild.

FVE SHOW INTRODUCES NEW COUNTRY TALENT TO VALLEY

Temecula, CA – “Live at The Merc”, which debuted a rock show series to run in conjunction with its Thursday series that features Jazz with Sherry Williams, reopened this valley to introducing excellent undiscovered talent with the set of one Skyler Day. Filling the room with her voice and handcrafted homespun songs about her mere 17 years on the planet. With her proud father looking on (“She sings around the house 24/7”), and an electric bass player plus an acoustic guitar player for accompanists, Skyler wove her way through her country songs, three of which are found on her pink self-titled demo CD. “5 years ago we moved out here from (Atlanta, GA) to further her singing career and be close to LA.,” a sentiment echoed in the song about leaving ‘friends and family’ and the same old thing of ‘east coast comfort’ to follow ‘West Coast Dreams’.
The one thing that stands out besides the original country songs and the innocent resonance of raw talent polished by home training is the artful arrangements found on the CD. The third song penned by Skyler titled, ‘Cheer Up The Moon’, is hit material in a very radio-friendly way. Skyler will be appearing next at the May 16^th grand opening of Aromas, the latest music & coffeehouse to open in French Valley; and at the Wednesday (May 21^st) fundraiser for the Mexican Mission Youth Group Trip presented at ‘The Merc’ in Old Town Temecula. This is a talent not to be missed.

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