The Devyl Nellys

Gentle rockers Noyes & Levon have americana voices with real texture and a warmth you just can't teach. "Airport" is quietly impressive, like a soliloquy in a play, and is built in a simple construction around a solid melody/vocal line. These two show real potential as artists and you won't be surprised to see them a decade or two down the road. While not flashy, they deliver solid, impressive performances. Thoughtful lyrics with the occasional twist of wit highlight arrangements that seem to write themselves. - Wildy's World

Gentle rockers Noyes & Levon have americana voices with real texture and a warmth you just can't teach. "Airport" is quietly impressive, like a soliloquy in a play, and is built in a simple construction around a solid melody/vocal line. These two show real potential as artists and you won't be surprised to see them a decade or two down the road. While not flashy, they deliver solid, impressive performances. Thoughtful lyrics with the occasional twist of wit highlight arrangements that seem to write themselves. - Wildy's World

The experience of working with Devito and Chapin is 100% about passion... Hearing the legendary collection of gear in play at Retrophonics when we are recording... Collaborating on all the angles of songwriting... Delving into the nitty gritty of the what we want to say, how we want to say it and the feeling we want to share out there... It all came together with these fellas. The passion each of them has for what they do respectively, is evident in the music we produced and where we took this album experience. - The Saint Augustine Record Art & Music

The Devyl Nellys have a female front lead with chops and knows how to rock. Glad they took to our stage. - Rachel Rocks Zeia for Musicians Friend Magazine - Musicians Friend Magazine

Kudos! Nice work. Look forward to working together. - Discovery Channel

Their recent EP Skyline is landing these boho rockers fast & hard on the radars of the indie folk scene, identifying dark, low points in American living and culture while offering lyrics and laughs to help us all cope through it. - CD Baby

Paradise delivers promise, talent and soul. Keep'em coming. - Tinderbox Music

I was all ready to come up with some clever sentence about one of the GROOviest of the Groove on Grove bands played the Final Groove on Grove when I found out that it’s next week that’s the grand finale, which will feature the great local band, Any Day Parade, who opened this year’s series.

For the Next-to-Final Groove on Grove, the Devyl Nellys played and in terms of laying down a groove, they just might take the Grove Street cake. I have to say, an exceptional bunch of cats. They have the touch of a Jam Band about them, in fact, I would describe them as a concise Jam Band. The Jams did not sprawl or wallow. They were purposeful without undermining the improvisational attitude. They sustained an infectious groove in nearly every song; I found my hands involuntarily clapping along. I had to suppress an urge to stand up and shimmy in time. Some bluesy soul inflected numbers opened the set which went on to include a straight out country rock song and a straight out reggae song, both pretty awesome. The female singer would strap on a guitar sometimes; what looked like the band leader played acoustic rhythm guitar, even strapping on the harmonica holder for some multi-music-tasking. They even played an instrumental bluegrass type ditty, where the aforementioned played the mandolin—during one instrumental break he plucked out a quote of The Flintstones theme song—witty, clever and revealing a refreshing musical adeptness. This band had all cylinders firing, with some particularly excellent lead guitar, a kind of wah wah noodling, accentuated by deliberate statements. Just damn entertaining and impressive playing & material.

The first day of autumn still felt like summer and I guess summer gets another week with the Final Groove on Grove. I chatted briefly with Anthony Susco (who has this blog featuring upcoming Jersey City events), curator of the series. He deserves congratulations. The sophomore year of this free summer music series I found fantastic. I don’t post on it every week, because that would be boring, but I usually stay for a while at least. It’s a tough gig for the musician; most folks are passing through, heading from or to NYC, waiting for a bus to the Heights. If they are hanging out, more often than not it’s for a reason other than the music. Yet, the music is consistently good. It’s a great way to sample the currency among our area’s young, unsigned musicians. My one complaint is that there should be more seating and more seating closer to the stage and maybe, a beverage vendor. But Groove on Grove is one of the things about J.C. that works as planned. The setting is perfect for enjoying the summer, the music is always entertaining. It’s just so damn pleasant. And, as with the Devyl Nellys, sometimes there are flashes of brilliance to behold. - Timothy Herrick for Huffington Dislocations

Onwards and Upwards. - Guitar Bar Hoboken

Onwards and Upwards. - Guitar Bar Hoboken

Live streaming here 24/7 www.musictogousa.com - Music To Go Featured Indie Artist

Live streaming here 24/7 www.musictogousa.com - Music To Go Featured Indie Artist

Levon is a diamond. Any way you catch her, she shines solidly and brightly. - De Moreno & Geoff Weiss of Business Development

Levon is a diamond. Any way you catch her, she shines solidly and brightly. - De Moreno & Geoff Weiss of Business Development

If only more indie artists were this bitterly honest and blissfully fun. - HBO

If only more indie artists were this bitterly honest and blissfully fun. - HBO

Featured Band Throughout New York Metro Region for 2008. - Original Sessions A&R

Featured Band Throughout New York Metro Region for 2008. - Original Sessions A&R