INTERVIEW
Samantha Sidley chats with Forbes: “It’s beautiful that lesbians and gay people can listen to my songs and say, I needed this,” she says. Sam's debut album Interior Person is out now from Release Me Records. Listen to “I Like Girls” below.
Chance Emerson chats with American Songwriter about upcoming "Annabelle" single.
INTERVIEW
Chance Emerson chats with American Songwriter today, which says, "When Chance Emerson sings 'Everything will be alright in time' at the close of his new single, 'Annabelle,' it’s easy to believe him. The Providence, Rhode Island-based singer-songwriter delivers the line with wisdom and assuredness that belie his age."
Samantha Sidley discusses life and "Interior Person" with Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times
INTERVIEW
“Samantha Sidley's bubbly, LGBTQ-friendly jazz-pop belies a traumatic journey,” says the Los Angeles Times today in its interview with Sam about her life and debut album Interior Person. Sam speaks with Mikael Wood about the ‘quietly radical” record and the life that led up to it. It's a powerful read. Sam plays The Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles tomorrow evening at 7PM PST.
Samantha Sidley chats with Jerry Nunn of Windy City Times
INTERVIEW
Windy City Times has posted writer Jerry Nunn's chat with Samantha Sidley! Her debut album Interior Person is out now on Release Me Records featuring Sam singing songs written for her by some of the most important women in her life: Inara George, Alex Lllly, and Barbara Gruska (Sam’s wife!).
Samantha Sidley talks with Bay Area Reporter in advance of her show at Rickshaw Stop
INTERVIEW
Samantha Sidley chatted with The Bay Area Reporter ahead of tonight's performance in San Francisco at Rickshaw Stop with Alex Lilly and The Bird and the Bee!
"Sidley assumes that most of her audiences are LGBTQ, but says that she would welcome straight audiences because love is universal,” The Reporter reports. “She notes that gay people have had to listen to music from a straight perspective for a long time and have been able to relate to the music. Why then, couldn't straights relate to a song from a lesbian perspective?"
Matt Micucci of JAZZIZ conducts a Q & A with Samantha Sidley, whose Interior Person LP comes out soon
INTERVIEW
"Samantha Sidley’s Interior Person (out via Release Me Records on September 13) feels like a breath of fresh air. But it is also its meticulously crafted sound, which blends vintage jazz with more modern pop elements, that makes it such an outstanding debut."
Matt Micucci spent some time chatting with Sam for JAZZIZ. Enjoy!