I'll admit it. Sometimes when I'm forced to talk to new people at a party or at a gig, I can feel myself turning into some kind of autopilot robot, mindlessly carrying on as if the human experience can be easily boiled down to a series of decisions a person makes: how to make a… Continue reading Sara Finkle — SINK or SWIM
Catcher in the Rye, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird. These classic coming of age novels are often chosen as required reading in schools across the country because regardless of how old you are, the process of growing up and growing older can be a particularly hard pill to swallow. Whether it's… Continue reading Lizzi Trumbore– Lifelines
A lot of the material written about Anna Wise has been largely focused on her involvement with Kendrick Lamar and his most recent albums Good kid, m.A.A.d city, Grammy-winning To Pimp A Butterfly, and Untitled Unmastered. Her sweet 'n sour vocal contributions to these albums and the creative process that lead to their success is often mentioned*, but today, we will… Continue reading Anna Wise – The Feminine: Act I and II
Something BADBADNOTGOOD (BBNG) fans will say about this group is that their approach to the fusion of jazz with other genres is undeniably fresh and unique. Artists like Robert Glasper, Kendrick Lamar, Flying Lotus, The Internet, and (arguably) BBNG have helped usher us into an era where jazz music is becoming more relevant to the younger generation again. Their success… Continue reading BadBadNotGood- IV
This week's byrdcall is that of a group very near and dear to my heart: AMP Trio. At first glance it might be easy to notice that their names Addison Frei (piano), Matt Young (drums), and Perrin Grace (bass) generate the acronym "AMP", but at first listen one realizes that their union of names… Continue reading AMP Trio- m(y)our world
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