Dubbed “the next gay pop star” by AfterEllen, Jordan Alexander’s career has skyrocketed after only three years on the scene. After her girlfriend gave her a guitar and signed her…
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Allison lives in Los Angeles where she is a freelance music journalist, jug band enthusiast, and industry observer. She is also the editor of REBEAT magazine. Find her on Twitter.
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JahkR has always been an outsider. Bullied at a young age for thinking and speaking differently than his peers, he poured himself into the one thing that would never make…
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Every now and again, a track comes along that speaks to me personally. Cali De La Rosa’s “Summer Baby” is one of them, mostly because I was born in August…
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Some artists take their title literally. We all know that ethereal things happen when musicians merge their work with art, but the real magic lies when they’re still able to…
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Hailing from southern New Jersey, a region known as much for its musical pedigree as it is for its rough-and-tumble attitude, Camille Peruto is not your typical pop princess. Counting opening…
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If you secretly love yacht rock, or if you rock out to “Hotel California” when no one is looking, the Big East’s new single, “The Wild Life” isn’t for you….
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In the storied tradition of powerful female Americana artists from Roseanne Cash to Gillian Welch to Carole King comes April Martin, a New York City-based psychologist-turned singer/songwriter. For Martin, it…
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After a tumultuous few weeks in which women have spoken up, shouted out, and stood up in the face of a whole new level of adversity, music seems to be…
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Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Christina Rubino’s new music video begins with a quote from Cesar A. Cruz: “Art should comfort the disturbed… and disturb the comfortable.” The video, which accompanies her new…
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For Australian prog rocker Dan Webb, timeliness is everything. He set a self-imposed deadline to finish recording by Election Day and to release his new LP, Oedipus the King, on Inauguration…
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Although I’ve migrated between coasts for the better part of 10 years, I still represent my home state of Ohio whenever possible. That includes, of course, championing artists from the…
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An artist who’s wholly planted in 2017 but whose music sounds utterly timeless, Rhode Island’s own Emeline knows the value of technology in building her career. A social media sensation,…
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It’s no secret that the 1980s were music video’s heyday. With the advent of MTV and cable television, music was suddenly visual and artists wasted no time getting creative. Even…
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For awhile now, I’ve been intrigued by the burgeoning musical hotbed of Asheville, NC. I had a friend who worked in a coffee shop there who wanted to break into…
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Proving the power of social media in 2017, Los Angeles-based electronic pop artist Ramsey has garnered over 80,000 fans across her platforms. Of course, what inspires her loyal followers is…
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Hailing from Minneapolis, MN, Magnetic Ghost began as a side-project imprint for musician Andrew Larson. Their niche encompasses shoegaze, post-punk, kraut rock, and more to create a new sound that…
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Even though Thanksgiving was a few days ago, the holidays are a great time to reflect and truly appreciate what we have. We, by nature, take the simplest things for…
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Phil Gammage is a name long known to blues fans as a master of his craft. With eight albums under his belt and numerous accolades as an accompanist, Gammage’s career…
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For an artist whose name translates to “one that wakes into royalty,” King Ajibade’s music certainly exemplifies the regal and beautiful connotations of such a title. The Nigeria native’s new…
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I’ve heard it more times than I care to remember: where are the real blues these days? It seems like the only people still churning out the nitty-gritty, gut-wrenching, praise-the-Lord blues tunes…
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It’s safe to assume that not many up-and-coming songwriters-slash-hip-hop artists start out on the soccer field. Sure, maybe their parents encouraged them in their school days, but Australia’s Nick de…
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Most people are surprised to learn I like hip-hop. Let me clarify — I like certain kinds of hip-hop that appeal to my pop sensibilities. Growing up with artists like…
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Las Vegas. For many, it’s the solid-gold frame around the big picture. A residency there often guarantees not only something of stability in rough sailing waters but also a chance…
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In the past decade or so, music has seen a resurgence of empowered female artists. Voices like Hayley Williams of Paramore, the resilient Rihanna, and revered singer-songwriter Sia have ushered…
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In this day and age, there are lots of ways to form a band. Friends become bandmates, networking leads to collaboration, and so on. But one of the most interesting…
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Although I’m a fan and sometimes-student of music, I’m quick to leap at the chance to explore genres I’m not familiar with. When I heard about hip-hop artist WiseProof, I…
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I’ve been lucky enough to get the chance to write about artists with a social conscience that fit into the tradition of mid-’60s folkies by broadening the masses’ awareness of…
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It’s every rock band’s worst nightmare. No, not talking about the power cutting out just before doing a show in front of a room full of A&R reps. An accident…
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I love folk music. New folk, old folk, it doesn’t matter. But I will admit that there is good folk and great folk, the kind that steals the show at Newport and…
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“No, I won’t go with the flow, because if I do, I’ll end up where everybody else goes.” Those are probably the most descriptive and autobiographical words taken straight from…