music

Dontique's new album "Cymatics" maintains high bar whole way through

Chilltown rapper's album is versatile, polished

Jul 18

Sofia Carrasco's "Alma Escondida" a soundtrack of evolving jazz/introspection

NJCU jazz performance grad's album is top tier

Jul 2

Karl Jonas of Blood Music on the hope in "There is hope"

Swedish singer-songwriter also talks U.S. folk singer Malvina Reynolds

Jun 11

"Scream into the void until it screams back": Jodie Reid on new album "Absent Again Managing Me"

And South African musicianship

Apr 27

Mr Billy Fitzgerald has “A Grand Romantic Gesture” for you with debut solo album

Talks journey so far, plight of musicians in increasingly-expensive Dublin, Ireland

Mar 5

"So you won't be lonely": Grief at "Tha Crossroads" and "Last Stop: This Town"

The song doesn’t hinge so much on faith; there’s a very palpable sense of people just trying to make sense of an unfair world shining through.

Feb 14

Thoughts on JC's “Chilltown Era” and new album “Surus” from rapper Constant Flow

“These stories…go by the wayside because it happens in urban areas where brown and Black folks live and...they're like, ‘Whatever, you guys can handle…

Dec 11, 2024

A late Secret Santa gift: How Color for Colors made album "Heartache" through grief

For the Chicago-resident, the directness of his album’s subject matter belied the way he might have looked on the outside like he was, or wasn’t…

Sep 6, 2024

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