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Nneka
The landscape of contemporary music has been in desperate need of what Nneka is adding to it with her stunning body of work. It is thoughtful music, for a global audience, detailed by one person’s continual journey of self-discovery. A calm sense of urgency is expressed throughout, by insightful, impassioned lyrics delivered seamlessly over instrumentals […]
Amsterdam Beyond Red Lights
Most people do one of two things when traveling through Amsterdam. It’s a little ridiculous. Residents tolerate it, happy to keep the best spots in the city to themselves. Tourists stay in a congested area directly adjacent to Dam Square, bobbling around trying to avoid being tagged by a steady flow of bikes, trams, cars […]
Britain’s Next Wave
England’s reputation as a crossroads of musical styles and ideas is personified by the fact that listeners on this small island have always greeted new sounds, be they wildly experimental or founded in classic technique, with open ears. Nothing is considered out of pocket, as long as the quality is there, creating one of the […]
Anna Gunn
The actress breaks out with Breaking Bad Many actors would be envious of Anna Gunn’s resume. She has graced both the stage and the screen in a variety of forms throughout her career, and has appeared in the role of Martha Bullock on HBO’s much-lauded series Deadwood in addition to appearing in several feature films. Growing […]
Major Lazer
The influence of classic Jamaican reggae and dub music on contemporary house, electronic and hip hop production is a topic that often slips under the radar of, well, most people. Some would say a groundbreaking moment occurred in the late ‘60s, when legendary Kingston reggae sound engineer King Tubby began to experiment with what a […]
Kid Cudi
Eclipsing the Record Industry’s Preconceptions Scott “Kid” Mescudi’s music doesn’t really fit the profile of rap, at least not in the most common sense of the word, and one should hesitate before simplifying his sound by calling it that. Then again trying to place it into some type of “post-genre genre” that doesn’t even really […]
