ELLINGTON IS TAKING CENTER STAGE WITH HIS FIRST SINGLE “EMT”
Ellington Ratliff is no stranger to the spotlight. Having grown up in Los Angeles, his childhood was filled with acting auditions, high school bands, and exposure to the arts. From…
JUSTIN QUILES HAS A PULSE ON REGGAETÓN WITH NEW SINGLE “PONTE PA’ MI”
When a Justin Quiles song comes on, whether it's one that he wrote for himself or another superstar, there's a definitive emotional quality in the lyrics. When the Puerto…
photos / Brandon Hicks
ALYCIA PASCUAL-PEÑA IS ‘SAVED BY THE BELL’
Everybody remembers watching the 1990s sitcom classic “Saved By The Bell” starring some of our all-time favorite actors and actresses from Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Lark Voorhies, and Tiffani Amber-Thiessen. Now,…
MAL THE ODDITY CREATES A SPACE TO DAYDREAM AND REFLECT
With a sound in constant flux, Brooklyn based artist Mal The Oddity began his artistic career writing stories and poetry in high school. Burrowing away in novels, these imaginative worlds…
photo / Steve Zeitzoff
BEYOND THE STREETS: IN CONVERSATION WITH MISTER CARTOON
Los Angeles in the 1980s found itself simultaneously unraveling at the hems of social unrest and flourishing in amorphous creative prosperity. A teen at the time, Mark Machado expended…
PALOMA MAMI IS MAKING MOVES WITH HER NEW SINGLE “FOR YA”
Music recorded in Spanish is put in the monolith category of "Latin Music." One artist chipping away at that label and pushing the boundaries of where music in Spanish can…
photo / Liz Rose Ridley
BIG JOANIE ARE ON A MISSION TO DECOLONIZE PUNK
Black women have been at the forefront of rock n' roll since Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Continuing that legacy in the United Kingdom are self-proclaimed "Black Feminist Sister Punk" trio…
photo / Damar Little
20 QUESTIONS WITH SINGER-SONGWRITER BAHJA RODRIGUEZ
When you think of artists on the horizon to keep an eye out for, Bahja Rodriguez should definitely be at the top of your list. There’s a guarantee…
WHAT AMANDA BROWN SAYS ABOUT WHERE WE GO FROM HERE
Heaven sent, holy love Or a waste of time Holding back, falling in Selling truth for lies Can’t keep doing this anymore Oh, no no Promises make no sense When…
DAN ONKAR’S ‘A NIGHT LIKE THIS’ IS A STORY OF LOVE
British Nigerian singer, songwriter, and producer Dan Onkar uses music as a way to understand and celebrate his culture - “I really wanted to tell that story about the ‘Lagos…
photo / Walter Wlodarczyk
CUQUITA THE CUBAN DOLL CHALLENGES THE WHITE ART WORLD ELITE
It is 2018. In front of the 14th street Union Square stop, Yali Romagoza sits in complete stillness. The sign next to her reads: “Hello, my name is Cuquita…
photo / Adi Muhtarevic
DANILEIGH IS DOMINATING MUSIC AND MINDING HER BUSINESS
DaniLeigh is the self-proclaimed “Dominican Mami” out of Miami who’s taking over the music industry one track at a time. Since she stepped on the scene in 2017 with…