Connie Diiamond Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/connie-diiamond/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:09:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png Connie Diiamond Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/connie-diiamond/ 32 32 Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite homegrown songs of 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/10/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-homegrown-songs-of-2025/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:54:47 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042791 Well, that happened. 2025 was definitely a year, a whole 12-month rollout of the most absurd political and economic developments in recent memory. (A presidential administration accidentally texting out military strike plans? Kim Kardashian hawking faux-hair thongs? The tsunami of AI slop rapidly overtaking the equally-vapid Internet ragebait made by actual humans? How can a loving god permit such lunacy?) But the end of the year is always ripe for counting blessings, and as 2025 comes to a close, we’re […]

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]]> Half-Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s 10 favorite homegrown songs of 2025 (so far) https://vanyaland.com/2025/07/03/half-year-in-review-vanyalands-10-favorite-homegrown-songs-of-2025-so-far/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:27:45 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041944 We’re at that point in 2025 when it’s time to say “what a year, huh?” To which you respond, “it’s July.” But whether the months have zipped by or moved like molasses, the homegrown tunes released over the last six months have provided a soundtrack for powering through whatever nonsense 2025 and its hellions hurls at us. From Western Massachusetts alt-county to pops of punk and shoegaze from Providence, here are 10 of Vanyaland’s favorite homegrown songs of the year […]

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]]> Oompa and Connie Diiamond shine on new collab ‘HO3 SH!T’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/02/17/oompa-and-connie-diiamond-shine-on-new-collab-ho3-sht/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:23:16 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10040802 Oompa doesn’t sparkle alongside Connie Diiamond — she shimmies. And according to the pair’s new tune “HO3 SH!T,” that’s absolutely the natural order of things. The two emcees link up to throw down some dance moves on their new collab, which arrived today (February 17) like a sultry extension of Galentine’s Day. The Rilla Force-produced song is a battle cry for the club, tailored to the bravado of its narrators: Roxbury rapper Oompa, and Diiamond, a rising Bronx artist. “HO3 […]

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