Mt. Kili Forecast a Storm of Feeling on “The Weather Report”
Asheville folk outfit Mt. Kili have always carried the air…
Americana With A Wide-Open Heart: Trapper Schoepp’s “Ogallala”
Trapper Schoepp has always had an eye for the strange…
Simon Talbot’s Tangerine Dream and the Audacity of Naming an Album After Your Heroes
Putting Tangerine Dream on the sleeve of your thirty-fourth album…
Today’s Malaise by Celestial Skies: A Restless Portrait of Britain’s Online Present
By 2026, “content” can mean a song, a face, a…
Prima Apollinaare: “Today I Know Where I Stand, What I Want, and Most of All, Who I Am”
Prima Apollinaare grew up in a house with a piano she was not allowed to touch. Her mother was a singer and actress. Her father managed Italian television personalities and recording artists. Music was everywhere…
Merchant Seaman, Rapper, Filmmaker: Sk8tie Is Building Something Bigger Than a Single
The streets where Khiry Bivins grew up carry names like Pinocchio, Tinkerbell, and Goldilocks. He will be the first…
Martin Luther McCoy: “I Don’t Drop Songs Every Day or Week or Month. When Purpose Finds Me, I Respond”
Martin Luther McCoy has never done things the way you’d expect. He grew up in San Francisco absorbing church,…
Mt. Kili Forecast a Storm of Feeling on “The Weather Report”
Asheville folk outfit Mt. Kili have always carried the air…
Americana With A Wide-Open Heart: Trapper Schoepp’s “Ogallala”
Trapper Schoepp has always had an eye for the strange…
TRIPI: “I Wanted to Quit This Project a Thousand Times. That’s How I Knew I Couldn’t Ignore the Call”
Tony Tripi has spent his adult life helping other people navigate the worst moments of theirs. He joined the Coast Guard as a teenager, battled…
Miist: “I Couldn’t Convince Myself That Anything I Would Write Would Be Good Enough”
Miist was 34, working as a bookkeeper, when a friend kept insisting she could write a song. She sat down at a piano to prove…
Steven Keene: “The Win Is the Finished Song. Everything Else Is Pure Bullshit”
Steven Keene has spent four decades writing folk music without a major label, without a marketing budget, and without much interest in either. He came…
PREMIERE: “The Only” — Inside the Song Tamar Kaprelian Wrote the Chorus to 15 Years Before Becoming a Mother
Tamar Kaprelian was signed by Clive Davis and Jimmy Iovine. Dropped. Instead of staying in that wreckage, she went and built Nvak Collective — a…
“I Don’t Know That I’m Capable of Being Inauthentic” — Bernie Sirelson on Staying True to Sound Over Strategy
Some artists chase relevance. Bernie Sirelson chases something else entirely — a 22-minute track named after a kosmische legend who passed in 2022, released into…
“I Was on a Plane in Amsterdam, Dealing with Anxiety About Being Away from My Kids” — Wyatt Lowe on the Real Story Behind “The Road Back to You”
Wyatt Lowe released his first record at thirteen. Was touring nationally by fifteen. Not as some industry-backed prodigy with a manager and a five-year plan…
“I Have to Approach Improvisation NOT as a Jazz Player” — Steve Wilson on the Billy Childs Concerto That Changed How He Hears Himself
There are musicians who chase the spotlight, and there are musicians the spotlight has to chase. Steve Wilson is neither. He’s been in the room…
“Billie Eilish Ignored My Track” — Vegan Rapper ColdPoison Calls Out the Biggest Name in Plant-Based Pop
ColdPoison is an independent vocalist and rapper from the vegan movement, and if you just rolled your eyes — honestly, that’s exactly the reaction he’s…
“The Stories Belong to Me. The Emotions Belong to Everyone.” Laura Mazon Franqui on Making a Personal Album Public
Classical guitar rarely becomes the occasion for a conversation about grief, identity, and the color red. But Cuban guitarist Laura Mazon Franqui knows how to…
“Muscle Memory Is a Myth”: Pete Cater on What It Really Means to Play in the Moment
Born in Staffordshire in 1963, he was drawn into jazz almost before he could walk, shaped from infancy by a father who lived and breathed…
“I Still Think I’ve Got a Pretty Good Head of Hair for 55” — Rodeo Terrorists on Football, Scotland and Not Taking Any of It Too Seriously
Richard is a 55-year-old IT manager from England. He spent years working behind the scenes of the pop industry — building websites for Britney Spears,…
Michael V. Doane Breaks Silence on Years Away From Music: “I Finally Had Something to Say”
Michael V. Doane has worked on both sides of the cultural divide — an indie garage label and Shakespeare in a black box theater, Broadway…
Filip Clements: “If It’s Honest and It Connects, It Can Travel”
His debut EP Taking Flight drops April 30th on Eastcote Recordings — and the biography behind these four tracks is hard to make up. A…
“I’ve Been Using Music to Write About My Emotions Since I Was 6”: Maria Ellis on “Relapse”
Maria Ellis grew up in a Greek Orthodox family on Long Island, writing songs before she understood that’s even what songwriting was, and by twelve…
“Hollywood X Vine,” Moving to the West Coast, and “April’s Fool.” A Candid Interview With Matt Nation
Matt Nation is an independent artist from Brooklyn who at some point packed his bags and relocated to Los Angeles, dragging his whole production kitchen…
Michael Wolff on Intimacy, Legacy, and Letting the Music Take the Wheel
Michael Wolff is one of those rare jazz artists who feels like living history without ever sounding like a museum piece. A virtuoso pianist whose…
“I Had Homesickness for a Place I Had Never Visited”: Alex Kilroy on Romania, Nashville, and Break My Chains
Getting time with Alex Kilroy isn’t easy — not because of handlers or label gatekeeping, but because the man simply doesn’t stop moving. Between Nashville…
Lettie on AI, Frozen Pizza, and Why the Space Around a Song Matters More Than Ever
If you don’t know Lettie yet, that’s partly by design and partly the cruel math of an industry that rewards Spotify-gaming dentists over artists who…
Doug Howard on Controlled Lunacy, Swallowing Bees Onstage, and Building a Show From an ICU Bed
Doug Howard has spent 45 years in rock ‘n’ roll — and still calls his career “controlled lunacy.” Bassist, vocalist, founding member of Touch, co-writer…
“I Decided to Go Through With It While Being Terrified” — Jamma on Why She Waited a Decade to Release Music
JAMMA is an Italian in Los Angeles who spent over a decade studying, performing live, and staying silent in the studio before releasing a single…
“Certain Scents Can Stop You in Your Tracks” — Charlie Aky on the Power Behind “Perfume Regret”
Charlie Aky is the kind of artist who is already making things worth paying attention to. A guy from the UK who walked away from…
“The Stability Could Break at Any Moment” — Pianist Anastasiya Bazhenova on Her Debut Album and the Psychology Hidden Inside Mendelssohn
Pianist Anastasiya Bazhenova’s debut album traces a path from clarity to madness — through Mendelssohn and Prokofiev. We spoke with her about why classical music…
Ava Della Pietra Knows What Happens at 3AM: An Exclusive Interview
Most people who land on Broadway before high school end up chasing that feeling forever. Ava Della Pietra went somewhere else entirely. After School of Rock and Les…
Alexis Strum Is Already Writing Album Four. She Admits This Might Be Insane.
Releasing a heartbreak single the day before Valentine’s Day is either a provocation or a manifesto. For Alexis Strum, it’s both — and neither, really.…
Who Is The Ingrid? Three Lockdown Dreamers Who Decided to Ask the Uncomfortable Questions
They named the band after someone who belongs to everyone and no one at the same time. They write songs with titles like Limerence —…
“Acoustic Is the Foundation. Electric Is the Color” — Blocks of Life Frontman Pete Wiley Breaks Down the Sound of Whisper in the Dark
There’s a version of this story where Pete Wiley moves to a city, finds four people who like the same records he does, and rehearses…
Broke Royals on Campr, Restraint, and Why the Loudest Are the Least Confident
The new album by Broke Royals titled Campr came out in early 2025 and truly became the absolute opposite of their previous work. This is…
Lily Forte On Live Recording, Shakespeare, and Why The Stage Is The Only Real Cure For Existential Emptiness
We live in crazy times, because now more than ever the Industry demands content. Remixes, deluxe versions, visual albums, TikTok campaigns, merch, collaborations, acoustic versions, Spotify…
“They hope I Stay Small. That I Don’t Make Enough Noise” – ColdPoison’s Scandalous Interview on “Sung to Sleep” and the Future of Hip-Hop
I think many will agree with me if I say that rap has now turned into a sport for likes, and hip-hop culture prefers to…
Judith Owen: The “queen of the bitter sweet” on Finding Joy in New Orleans, Being a Front Woman, and Why Happiness Doesn’t Kill Your Muse
Some artists spend their careers chasing happiness. Judith Owen spent hers learning how to mean it. Calling from her adopted home in New Orleans—a city…
Siqian Li on Her Debut Album — “There’s Still Room for Music That Invites People to Walk Through it”
Getting in touch with Siqian Li turned out to be a quest. Between rehearsals, flights, and studio work on her debut album Voyage among Fragments…
Five Pages or Three Words: Iuliano on Why Volume and Honesty Are Different Things
Musicians from Napoli usually choose one of two paths: either they become part of their city’s noise, or they leave. Iuliano chose a third option—he…
Love Over Fear: Alternative Influence Champions Every Marginalized Voice in One Powerful Album
Getting in touch with the frontman of Alternative Influence proved to be a challenge. Between recording videos, activism, working on the album’s visual component, and…
“I Do Not Want Music to Become Something I Do for Money”: Inside Bellefolie’s Beautiful Madness
Bellefolie recorded her new single “Restless Nights” in one take. Her voice slips from English to French mid-thought—that’s how her brain thinks, how her throat…
Thomas Luke on Releasing a Debut Album at 22: “This Feels Like a Starting Line”
Pianist Thomas Luke took the BBC Young Musician prize in 2020, played Wigmore Hall, Lang Lang gave him advice. And now, coming very soon on…
“I’m a Solitary Wolf”: Our Rare Interview With the Visual Artist Who Refuses Social Media—Piergiorgio Corallo on His Debut Album “In via di sviluppo”
Today we have something different! An interview with artist and musician Piergiorgio Corallo from the Italian region of Puglia, who has just released his debut…
“If They Use It Cynically, I Walk Away”: JD Days Set Boundaries for Their Christmas Songs
A Christmas album in 2025 is a genre that long ago transformed into background noise for supermarkets. JD Days decided to take this tired format…
Sujae Jung and Wolf Stratmann: “Jazz for Us Has Always Been About Community and Connection”
Jung Stratmann Quartet has released Confluence — an album featuring New York scene legends Steve Cardenas and Marco Djordjevic. Korean pianist Sujae Jung and German…
Francis’ Scream: “If I Had Listened to the Perfectionist in Me, I Wouldn’t Have Released Anything at All”
Francis’ Scream released his first music this year. The singles are guitar-heavy and scraped clean of anything that might smooth over the edges. They arrived…
Lux Griffith: “I Really Feel Like I’m Somebody Different Every Day, I Just Go Wherever That Takes me”
Lux Griffith. The name came from a matchbox. The surname was borrowed from a Berserk character. Jordane Sagot from Nantes calls it a lucky charm—a…
DominiNiobe Is Ready to Share What She’s Been Hearing: “My Music Isn’t About Forgetting, It’s About Reconnecting”
The Roman producer spent a decade making music in private. Now, as a nurse working in prisons and hospitals, she’s channeling what she’s witnessed into…
“Provocation Is Just Another Way of Asking Our Listeners to Pay Attention” — ShitNoise: Unmasking Experimental Rock
The French troublemakers’ fourth album is a genre-bending statement. Frontman Aleksejs Macions explains why they’re doing this. When a band calls themselves ShitNoise, it’s either…
Ahead of His Autumn Concerts, James Lisney Explains Why He’s Been Studying the Same Beethoven Sonatas for 40 Years
Potsdam, 1747. An old man from Leipzig, two days on the road, sits down at Frederick the Great’s newfangled fortepiano and begins improvising on the…
“Motherhood Didn’t Erase The Rest Of Me—It Expanded The Map.” Inside Bernice Marsala’s Reimagined Life Between Nursery Runs and Nashville Studios
The Nashville songwriter talks about recording two versions of the same song at once, raising kids between singles, and why Hell’s Kitchen makes better comfort…
Percheye: The Sofa as a Metaphor for Transformation — “Music Didn’t Kill My Shyness — It Just Taught Me How To Live With It”
Paris-based musician Tristan Rolland, frontman of the band Percheye, assembled a full band and released the EP SOFA — five tracks about family trauma, ego,…
Sybax: “We Don’t Identify With This Logic” The Caen Duo Talk Canceled Gigs, Buried EPs, and Why Their 22-Minute Track Isn’t For TikTok
When French post-rock duo Sybax name their songs after English towns—Bolton, Poole, Fareham—it’s not wanderlust. It’s spite. These were supposed to be tour dates, twin…
Diana Ringo — The Wolf in the Feed: “I’m not trying to be liked — I’m making art”
Diana Ringo doesn’t do anything halfway. The Finnish artist—classically trained pianist, film composer, BBC Radio 3 broadcast veteran, and director of three feature films—has spent…
“Some who are eyes closed and I feel they’re making a deep inner trip within themselves.” -ii- On Rituals, New Album, and How to Listen to It
There’s something about industrial and gothic rock music that nobody tells you: it’s always been sensual, speaking truth through dark chords and thick fog. That’s…
‘Stripping a Song Back Forces You to Face It’—Terra Renae Reimagines Her Hits
Terra Renae’s story reads like an improbable constellation of moments: a childhood tragedy, a chance encounter with Macy Gray in Los Angeles, a doctoral degree,…
In Conversation: hoxie rae on Rage, Healing, and Finding Her Voice in the Wreckage
There’s something disarming about talking to someone who’s just learned they’re allowed to take up space. hoxie rae—the New York-based singer-songwriter behind the smoldering new…
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