With BAD PREMONITION, Canadian Columbian artist Valerie Teicher Barbosa, also known as Tei Shi, returns powerfully with a 6-track EP that heralds her return to self and her origins as an independent, DIY musician. Her first release since...
Brooklyn-based musician John Atkinson is interested in all things energy. A long-time writer and analyst who covers clean energy and climate tech issues, Atkinson is also a prolific musician known for projects such as Aa and East Portal...
Headlining multiple days of sold out shows, Jamaican-American musician Masego is partway through his national “You Never Visit Me” tour, named after the single on his latest self-titled, full-length record. On March 18, he took the stage...
The 20th edition of the True/False Film Fest runs March 2nd to 5th, 2023, in Columbia, Missouri. Well-known for an emphasis on community over industry — as demonstrated by the beloved annual parade and prevalence of local artists and townsfolk...
Self-taught experimental musician and interdisciplinary artist, Ruhail Qaisar (Ladakhi), has recently presented Fatima, a haunting debut full-length album released on Aisha Devi’s label imprint, Danse Noire. Paired with a beautiful 48-page...
Khu.éex’ (pronounced koo-eek; “potlatch” in Tlingit) is a 10-piece intergenerational band whose musical style is fluid, with improvisational prowess that allows them to span genres as wide-ranging as funk and hip-hop to jazz and...
It’s been over ten years since I first interviewed musician and interdisciplinary visual artist Jimmy Edgar – who goes often these days as simply JIMMY – at a hotel room in Seattle. At the time, he was flying all over the world, DJing world...
Confession: the live shows of Portland duo Phone Call are one of the few things I miss about living in PDX, because no lie: their delightful electro-funk synth pop vibes are just feel-good, limb-flailing goodness. Now, emerging from nearly three...