I write the news and things for Notes on Sounds: www.notesonsounds.com
Writer for NARC Magazine, FreedomSpark, Generator #Tipping Point and Queen Mob's Teahouse
Co-host of the #Undiscovered show, Spark FM
Previously worked at: The 405, The Crack, Faux, NE:MM


East Coast native rapper who goes by the stage name Casso DA DON aka THE LOOPA DON. Born in the 80s era of crack epidemic, beat boxing, and break dancing. Since day one this up and coming artist has been musically inclined since the age of 8 years old. The DON has always been a writer of some sort writing poems, short stories and broken raps.As time went on later discovering his love for the art of hip hop. He begin recording personal studio demos taking his craft more serious at the age of 12. Spending most of his time throughout the Tri-state but, kroning most of his raps in the gang crime ridden city of Asbury Park, NJ. With his catchy, melodic sound and choppy delivery which is sometimes compared to the incarcerated Legend rapper MAX-B but....The DON is in a lane of his own. Dropping his first official mixtape in 2010 titled ''LOOPY SEAZON'' hosted and produced by well known NJ producer BLACK PREZ. The world is interested in what the loop will bring fourth. CASSO DA DON is for sure 1 artist you should have in your favorites list. As he would say L.G.O.D.... LOOPYGANGORDIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Editor of 7digital
Staff writer at London In Stereo
Words for Crack Magazine and Loud and Quiet

"What?  The band's name is what?...POOR YORICK...the long dead jester to the now dead king,.. just a skull,.. from the play,..  'Hamlet'...you know,...by Shakespeare?....the writer?  Yes, he's dead too.
 
Sometime in 1987 in Austin, Texas, that which was to become POOR YORICK began to emerge from the primordial ooze.  Actually, the seminal members of PY met in a rather huge Psychiatic Hospital...(they we're the paid help if it must be told) and started playing their original song-oriented, rock tunes around the Austin music scene.  
 
POOR YORICK'S INFLUENCES are predictably rooted in the classic rock, pop, blues, folk, country, jazz of the '60s and 70's to be sure,...and as a result the original songs, though 'eclectic' (oh, that word), are still comfortable and accessible to anybody who appreciates such roots.  The band has been recording since the '80s and has an extended list of independent LP collections to their credit. (see discography below).  Most of the catalog is available at the POOR YORICK WEBSITE (http://pooryorickaustin.reverbnation.com).
 
Though there have been some transient members over the years (and we mean that in the nicest way), a consistent core has managed to cling together and crack on far into the 21st century.  The band is anchored by seminal member Ron Nottebart who contributes much of the band's current original repertoire as writer and lead singer.  James Johnson, another original member, handles much of the lead guitar work and backing vocals.  The hard-to-ignore  "Woody" Woodruff, yet another of the original 'Yoricks', holds down the bass-work and shines vocally on occasion with the "odd" ditty here and there (...and we mean "odd").  Keyboard/vocal duties are aptly handled by one-time-mentor-now-full-time member, "Lost" John Casner.  And on drums/percussion/vocals, with a the chops you could ever want, is the amazing Trisha Reis.
 
This band might be summed up (though it is to be doubted) by a fan who came up during a break at a local show to say how much he was enjoying the music and that "nobody is doing this anymore."  Doing what?...Exactly!  

So...come and marinate in the uber-dramatical pastiche! (yeah,..we had to look it up too).

POOR YORICK.

DISCOGRAPHY
2017 SINGLE 'Fair From Fair'
2017 SINGLE 'Guacamole'
2015 SINGLE  'Sociopath'
2013 SINGLE/EP  'Polka! Polka! Polka!'
2012 SINGLE/EP  'Another Horse Race'
2012 LP (CD)  'Jester Vault' 
2008 LP (CD) 'Yuletide Fool'
2007 LP (CD)  'A Fish Tale' 
2005 LP (CD)  'Aren't You Glad You Came' 
1995 (CD) LP 'Caucasia'
1992 (CD) LP 'What Fools'
1992 (Cassette) EP 'Let's All Be Normal'
1990 (Cassette) LP 'Comedies and Tragedies'
1988 (Cassette) LP 'Armchair Vacation'

Hi there, thanks for your interest in my vocal footprints in storytelling! I'm a Master of Journalism student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, as well as a freelance writer and journalist with a focus on audio and video storytelling. 

I report for CiTR 101.9 FM, my campus radio station, and cover Middle East & Africa and this allows me to chance upon super-interesting people from the Arab and African world. I've lived almost all my life in the Middle East, and as a product of an eclectic cultural mix, I want to explore stories that demonstrate everything that unites us at a time when so many narratives seem divisive. 

But beyond all the serious journalism stuff, I like to crack lame jokes and send WhatsApp voice notes long enough to freeze your phone. 

Welcome to my world -- feel free to drop a comment or get in touch on s.rehmatullah93@gmail.

Singer/Writer trying to crack out of her shell.

‘Moon Moth’ The long awaited debut album from Lola in Slacks is finally here and will be released on 22 October 2021 on Glasgow’s ‘Last Night from Glasgow’ label. 
All vinyl pre-orders will ship to eager fans in late august/early september with the worldwide digital release coming the weekend they headline Glasgow's CCA on 23 October 2021. 

https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com/products/lola-in-slacks-moon-moth-vinyl-lp-and-lossless-dl

There’s somewhat of a sense of mystery around this ambitious, literate outfit. Charismatic singer Louise Reid is the focal point, with songwriting partner and guitarist Brian McFie providing skilful garage grind and spiraling melody. Lesley McLaren has a growing reputation in her own right as a great rock 'n' roll drummer, and the band is fleshed out by Davy Irvin on bass and Fiona Shannon on piano and keys. 
‘Trocchi's Canal’ takes the beautifully crafted song-writing of Reid and McFie into another realm, a strand of romantic adventurism which is a precious rarity in these times. 
‘Gus Ironside - Louder Than War’

Epically Cracked is among the vanguard of new artists fusing jazz, funk, rock and electronic music in exhilarating and musically rewarding ways. April Fletcher's bass is deep in the pocket, hard-grooving and emotionally poignant by turns. Andre LaFosse marries his raw yet effortlessly melodic guitar with thrilling electronic interpolations for a boundary-breaking sound brushed with psychedelia. Lisa Edelman's trumpet and flugelhorn ground the music in its jazz roots while daringly incorporating unique mind-bending distortion effects. The whole sound is punched along by Chuck van Haecke's muscular yet intensely thought-through drumming. This is a crack unit with a fully realized musical conception, well worth your time to study, contemplate, and most of all, dig.
-Matt R. Lohr, Contributing Writer, JazzTimes Magazine

Andre LaFosse (Guitar and Electronics)
Lisa Edelman (Trumpet, Flugelhorn and More Effects)
April Fletcher (Bass)
Chuck van Haecke (Drums)

Tracks 1, 3, 5 and 6 composed by April Fletcher
Tracks 4 and 7 composed by Charles T. van Haecke
Track 2 composed by Andre LaFosse

All songs produced and arranged by Epically Cracked
Recorded by Scott Fraser at Architecture
Edited by Chuck van Haecke
Mixed and Mastered by Andre LaFosse
Art by Michael Candelori

Epically Cracked would like to thank all of you who took the time to listen.
We’d also like to thank the following  in no particular order:
Kai Kurosawa, Rico Simmons, Sarah Pigion, Goh Kurosawa, Pete and Sue Morris, Jody Beth LaFosse, Jessica Burks, Matt R. Lohr, Tom Bartolac, Kevin Briggs,  Daniel Anderson, Jim Gately and all at TRiP Santa Monica, Witzend, Bar Lubitch.

This page consists of moments of therapy..
I am not a musician or any real writer in any sense..
I am considered a crack baby/an acid casualty/a burn out..
Never do I try to set out to please one person.....
I only try to convey a certain emotion through art..



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