Post Tagged with: "music"

Lifestyle

How Music Can Improve Your Cognitive Growth At Any Age

How Music Can Improve Your Cognitive Growth At Any Age

By Nicole McCray Music is a powerful tool that helps build upon our cognitive development and improve areas of the brain. You may have heard about the benefits of music […]

Entertainment

Tomato, Tomáto and Lido Pimienta on the set of LIDO TV. Image by Ada Navarro.

Lido Pimienta’s New Variety Show Tackles Tough Topics Through Music, Sketches Interviews & Art

Making its world premiere at this year’s TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) on September 11, to then be broadcast on Canada’s CBC network September 23, is the brilliant, confronting, colorful […]

Entertainment

Nyla XO Delivers The Summer Pick Me Up You Didn’t Know You Needed With “Done Being Sad”

Nyla XO Delivers The Summer Pick Me Up You Didn’t Know You Needed With “Done Being Sad”

Independent singer songwriter and producer Nyla XO delivers her highly anticipated single “Done Being Sad,” on August 10th following her most recent 2020 release, “Summer Days.” In the two years […]

Entertainment

Arab American Artist Ilham On Embracing Her Culture, Her New Music, & Taking TikTok By Storm

Arab American Artist Ilham On Embracing Her Culture, Her New Music, & Taking TikTok By Storm

Throughout the month of April and beyond, social media platform TikTok announced they would be celebrating Arab American Heritage by recognizing the contributions and impact of the #ArabTikTok community. For […]

Entertainment

Grammy Nominated Artist Cheri Moon Celebrates Diversity With Her Global Kids Anthem ‘We Are All The Same’

Grammy Nominated Artist Cheri Moon Celebrates Diversity With Her Global Kids Anthem ‘We Are All The Same’

Grammy Nominated artist Cheri Moon has been at the forefront of the music scene for most of her life and is not slowing down anytime soon. She celebrated her first-ever Grammy nomination […]

Entertainment

Image by Giovanna Frasco

Acclaimed UK Percussionist Sukhmani Blends Indian Musical Rhythms With Dreamy Pop Vocals In Debut EP

Pulling influence from her eclectic background, Sukhmani taps into the whimsical world of self-reflection on her debut EP ‘Here’, released on April 1. Digging into those phases of self-exploration and […]

Entertainment

Rising R&B Star NEZI Talks Making Music During COVID & Prioritizing Mental Health

Rising R&B Star NEZI Talks Making Music During COVID & Prioritizing Mental Health

Brooklyn-based, R&B singer-songwriter, NEZI has been honing her talent for the past few years. Having been involved in music her entire life, this summer her presence was amplified thanks to […]

Feminism

Image: Kisha Bari, via Joy To The Polls' Twitter account

FEMINIST FRIDAY: Joy To The Polls, And The Resistance Revival Chorus Spreading The Love!

Welcome to a special edition of Feminist Friday – that part of our week where we head into the weekend by gathering around our virtual campfires and water coolers to […]

Interviews

Music Exec + Hitmaker Jenna Andrews Brings Artists And Therapists Together In Web Series Spotlighting Mental Health In The Music Industry

Music Exec + Hitmaker Jenna Andrews Brings Artists And Therapists Together In Web Series Spotlighting Mental Health In The Music Industry

COVID-19 lockdowns throughout 2020 have come with a lot of challenges. One of the biggest issues that people across the globe have been speaking out about is the impact on […]

Entertainment

Grammys 2019: Does The Rise Of Female Nominees Indicate The Gender Gap In Music Is Finally Shrinking?

Grammys 2019: Does The Rise Of Female Nominees Indicate The Gender Gap In Music Is Finally Shrinking?

At first glance, the music world is a democratic arena: men and women tend to enjoy the same levels of success. After all, the likes of Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and […]

Entertainment

Meet The Regrettes – Not Just A “Girl Band”, But A Teen Group That Has Something To Say

Meet The Regrettes – Not Just A “Girl Band”, But A Teen Group That Has Something To Say

By Chelsy Ranard It was Treefort 2018 in Boise, Idaho, and I was walking through downtown to an all-ages venue. Treefort is a five-day music fest with hundreds of shows […]

Girl on a Mission

Indian Band SXonomics Using Spoken Word Poetry To Talk Feminism & Fight The Patriarchy

Indian Band SXonomics Using Spoken Word Poetry To Talk Feminism & Fight The Patriarchy

Using creative means to talk about feminism? Check! Dismantling patriarchal norms through poetry and music? Check! Teaching parents about the harms of gender norms via videos? Check! That’s not an […]

Entertainment

Artist Princess Nokia Is The Intersectional Feminist & WOC Advocate The Music Industry Needs

Artist Princess Nokia Is The Intersectional Feminist & WOC Advocate The Music Industry Needs

Hip Hop and rap has long been dominated by male voices and male-driven artistry. But there have always been women grinding and hustling to get the same level of respect […]

Girl on a Mission

Canadian Indigenous-Black DJ Empowering Marginalized Youth To Feel Represented In Media

Canadian Indigenous-Black DJ Empowering Marginalized Youth To Feel Represented In Media

The power of representation can never be underestimated. For many of us who grew looking at mainstream media and feeling like we didn’t belong due to the limited representations on […]

Entertainment

All-Female Mariachi Band From Los Angeles Changing Common Perceptions Of The Genre

All-Female Mariachi Band From Los Angeles Changing Common Perceptions Of The Genre

It’s a genre of music we normally associate with men, but the women of Mariachi Lindas Mexicanas are trying to change the stereotypical perceptions around Mariachi music. The group was […]