Ruby Ibarra Kicks Off The Circa 91 Tour
Born in Tacloban City, Philippines, Filipino-American artist Ruby Ibarra is a Bay Area native who channels both her Filipino and American identities into her work: through rap, hip-hop and spoken […]
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Justin Kawika Young Interview: Hawaiian Singer-Songwriter Goes R&B
“You can take the boy from the island / But not the island from the boy,” Justin Kawika Young sang in one of his early 2000 singles, “Never Forget Where […]
One Sky, Six Months
What a month you were, December. These past six months have been a real adventure. I took up a small internship that I was greatly invested in, knowing I would […]
Feeling Good “This Christmas” (Donny Hathaway/Chris Brown Cover by Kaitlyn Fae & Rachel Ann Cauilan)
Happy holidays friends! Can you believe the holidays are already here? A few days ago, I had the pleasure of accompanying my friend Kaitlyn for a night of music, food […]
JUNGLE brings explosive modern soul to the El Rey Theatre
London-based modern soul collective Jungle closed off their United States tour in Los Angeles — and it was fire. The seven-piece music collective played to a sold-out house of soul […]
Morgan Saint is Pop Music’s Next Big Act
Morgan Saint is an artist I had the opportunity to see and meet last Wednesday night in Los Angeles, and little did I know this New York artist would be […]
Indie pop band Cults put the Teragram Ballroom into a daze
Indie pop band Cults brought their synth pop melodies to the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles last Tuesday, November 7th and put the crowd into a daze. Known for their […]
Kollaboration’s Empower Weekend highlights AAPI talent
Kollaboration — one of the biggest platforms for highlighting AAPI talent — brought a weekend full of empowering Asian American artist, singers, songwriters, writers, entertainers, filmmakers and influencers to Los […]
Quarter Month Crisis
I don’t think I was ready for everything that was to come. (But in truth, are we ever ready for anything?) A few days in to October, I was told […]
Hayley Kiyoko brought her queer pop “Feelings” to sold-out El Rey debut (Video Review)
Hayley Kiyoko brought the feelings out in all of us last night. The Disney queen turned queer pop icon played a sold-out show this Saturday at the El Rey Theatre, […]
Elevaters bring dance-heavy soul for 10 years of “Rising” at The Mint LA (Video Review)
The feel-good band of dudes behind the Elevaters brought their infectious dance, hip-hop and soul funk sound to the Mint in Los Angeles last Saturday night — and it felt […]
MIKNNA Interview: LA Electro-Soul Duo Fuses Retro With Hip-Hop
Los Angeles-based artist-producer collective MIKNNA, made up of rapper/vocalist Mike B. and producer/multi-instrumentalist Ken Nana, is creating something new in the electronic and hip-hop music scenes. Fusing retro synths and […]
Company Of Thieves reunite for 10 years of “Ordinary Riches” at The Troubadour
“It feels like we never stopped,” guitarist, cofounder and cowriter Marc Walloch of the indie rock band Company of Thieves said to me in an interview on Saturday. The Chicago-born […]
Third Month’s the Charm
If there’s one word I can use to describe how this past month has been for me, it has been “charming.” Now that the initial excitement of my move has […]
Japanese Breakfast Interview: From Grief to “Soft Sounds From Another Planet”
Following the release of her debut album, which was inspired by her mother’s loss to cancer, Michelle Zauner — better known as Japanese Breakfast — wasn’t sure how to approach […]
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