Posts by Darren Hearsch

Phoenix New Times Whichever ghastly gent did sultry songstress Bernadette Seacrest wrong has surely got a beatin’ a-comin’ to him, either by us or by someone else out to avenge the honor of the bluesy and ballsy siren. Whenever this tattooed temptress

Voted “Artist of the Month” Voted “Artist of the Month” for the second time by the New Mexico Music Commission for Sept. 2005… In the sultry world of Jazz, Albuquerque’s Bernadette Seacrest is royalty. Seacrest says her primary influences are Billy Holiday,

Voted Top Pick for The Month of August by Albuquerque the Magazine

When Fate Comes Around Going into this interview, I had few preconceptions. Like anyone who has picked up her album, or even seen the cover, I wondered to myself what Bernadette Seacrest is all about. Beautiful, jazzy, vintage; renowned for style, a sultry

Singers Revel in Punk Attitudes Punk rock-the music-hit in the 1970’s. But punk rock-the attitude-has been with us all along. Johnny Cash was punk rock in the 1950’s. And though you may not look to the 1940’s for examples of punk rock, there are many. Miles

Listen to Bernadette on Performance New Mexico with Spencer Beckwith! Click Here to Listen

“Buzz Clubs” … And speaking of jazz, mark your calendar for the arrival of tattooed chanteuse Bernadette Seacrest, who makes her way from New Mexico to perform at the Cinema Bar in Culver City on May 20 and Liquid Kitty on May 22….

This Happy Accident After a late start, Albuquerque’s Bernadette Seacrest is finding sudden success in the jazz world.Honestly, says up-and-coming chanteuse Bernadette Seacrest, happenstance led her into singing her torchy brand of vintage jazz.

High Desert Torch Songs When I travel, I stop in at indie record stores and ask for recommendations on local artists. Most often, the clerks point out the local version of the Killers, or whatever the current variety of buzz is. When I was in New Mexico recently,

Dirty Jazz Bernadette Seacrest and her Yesmen–No More Music By The Suckers…AND…Devil Doll–Queen of Pain I am having to write this for the BullFrog. Once he heard these two CDs, he got so excited that his little typing flipper thingies