I’ve been a longtime fan of electro-soul duo MIKNNA for a while now (I first interviewed them back in October 2017) and their hustle, grind and pure passion for music […]
Can we talk, for a minute Girl I want to know your name A while ago last summer, my good friends in Sunny & The Black Pack covered this old […]
Garth Garcia and I performed a little last-minute rendition of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” for Shekinah’s 25th birthday in Cerritos, CA earlier this March. We had all met through […]
MIKNNA is one of the few music duos today who continually surprise me. The hip-hop duo, made up of rapper Mike B. and producer Ken Nana, are spearheading a new […]
The Malaysian singer-songwriter performed at Heritage SF in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. In an obscure warehouse tucked away in San Francisco’s Dogpatch district, the smooth R&B musical […]
“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 […]
Nick Waterhouse is a true California soul. A retro rhythm-and-blues-playing vinyl-collecting thick-framed-glasses-wearing guy oft seen in his neatly ironed menswear, wielding a hollow-body guitar and singing moody blues tunes is […]
Ari Leff, better known as the 22-year-old songwriter, producer and singer behind Lauv, has been taking over Spotify, and for good reason. His songs are merely infectious. Inspired by the […]
In the words of Childish Gambino (the musical moniker of singer-actor-comedian/creative genius Donald Glover): “If you want it You can have it If you need it (you better believe in […]
When it comes to being Asian-American in the music industry — even more a biracial Asian-American — it may come with a double-edged sword. “You’re too white to be Asian,” some […]
