LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Music by Kaz Hawkins“ Feelin’ Good”
It’ s a New Year … It’ s a New Day! Happy 2017 from the entire staff of ION Indie Magazine! We begin the New Year with new resolve to continue this path of phenomenal growth that this publication has been traveling since our launch in June 2014. Thank you— our readers— for supporting this“ little engine that could” and making ION Indie Magazine the fastest growing all genre independent music magazine today. And it’ s hard to stop a train, you know!
Kicking off this first edition of 2017 is a little rock band with a big sound that is blasting out of Florida— the dynamic duo that is 100 WATT VIPERS! Journalist BRUCE LENZI conducts the interview with the band in this New Year issue of ION Indie Magazine. Check it out, in these pages.
And there are some BIG names that are bringing in the New Year with a BANG and helping us celebrate another year of music--STEVE VAI( by Senior Photojournalist TIMOTHY SCHUMANN), TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, EVANESCENCE( both presented by Senior Photojournalist GARY CAROTA), FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, SIXX: A. M.( both presented by Senior Photojournalist MARK MYERS), and GOO GOO DOLLS( by Senior Photojournalist LISA BOEHM)— all of these giants are joining in this January edition. Check out the exceptional live concert photography in this issue!
And speaking of Lisa Boehm … congratulations are in order! Lisa is nominated for a prestigious award--she is in the running as“ Outstanding Photographer of the Year” by the Lehigh Valley Music Awards! The whole ION team is proud of you, Lisa! Also receiving recognition, is our broadcast partner THE FYRE AND ICE SHOW( TRACIE LOVETT / AMY DANNER). Congrats to all of these deserving ladies!
Let’ s raise our glasses to another year of music! Here’ s to the readers of ION for supporting this publication. And a huge shout of gratitude to the absolute BEST staff anywhere— who, without their efforts, ION Indie Magazine would not be the driving force it is in the industry today! They are: JB BRIDGES, JAY PETSKO, JERE PERRY, MARK MYERS, SHAWN PETERS, DANIEL JOHNSON, TIMOTHY SCHUMANN, LISA BOEHM, GARY CAROTA, KATARZYNA ZAKOLSKA, TIMOTHY CAMPBELL, THOMAS R. JENNEY PH. D, PAUL BORDENKIRCHER, LEE HOFFMAN and BRUCE LENZI. Although ION covers ALL genres … you ROCK!
Kiki Plesha
CEO / Editor-in-Chief The Fairy Rock Mother ION Indie Magazine
“ Music isn’ t what I do, it’ s who I am. Music is a life force that beats within. It permeates the senses and encompasses the spirit. Music transcends. It heals the heart, purges the soul and provides refuge from pain. Music is immortal.” ~ The Fairy Rock Mother
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