August 5, 2022

Raja Kumari Brings West Coast Rap to India

After writing songs for Gwen Stefani and Iggy Azalea, she is now producing singles under her own label, Godmother Records. Name: Raja Kumari Age: 36 Hometown: […]
August 1, 2022

Dan Smith Might Teach You Guitar

Teaching is a calling for New York’s king of the marketing flier, whose students include the former governor David Paterson. But he won’t take just anyone. […]
August 1, 2022

Dan Smith Might Teach You Guitar

Teaching is a calling for New York’s king of the marketing flier, whose students include the former governor David Paterson. But he won’t take just anyone. […]
July 9, 2022

Finding My Joy at Essence Festival

I relished the community I had been missing on my first trip to the famous New Orleans gathering. The first five notes of “Swag Surfin’” rang […]
July 8, 2022

What Happens When a Rock Star Proposes Onstage?

It was something out of a fairy tale, if everyone in fairy tales wore denim and leather and looked like they smoked American Spirits. One minute, […]
June 16, 2022

How TikTok Is Changing Marketing in the Music Industry and Beyond

Artists and civilians alike chafe at the pressures of presenting themselves online. In a TikTok post last month, the singer Halsey shared a message with fans: […]
June 10, 2022

Hawa’s Hip-Hop Journey from the Philharmonic to Fashion

The classically trained rapper has modeled for Telfar, Burberry and North Face. Name: Hawa Age: 21 Hometown: Born in Berlin, and grew up in Guinea-Conakry and […]
May 26, 2022

The Colorful Mozart of Gen Z

Jacob Collier, the singer, songwriter and composer, who fancies crayon colors, clashing patterns and tie-dyed Crocs, doesn’t fit easily into any box. He’s OK with that. […]
May 13, 2022

I Bet You Think These Songs Are About You

Millie’s Spotify playlists were dropping hints. Weren’t they? If you want to think I’m a narcissist for assuming Millie’s Spotify playlists were about me, go ahead. […]
May 12, 2022

Martha Wainwright Tells a Few Stories She Might Regret

With a new memoir, the singer-songwriter from a famous musical family says she is happy to be “letting go of this story of being No. 4 […]