Jun 12, 2020
By Mark Redfern
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We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Oakland, CA-based singer/songwriter Madeline Kenney. More
Jun 11, 2020
By Mark Redfern and Samantha Small
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We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with all four members of Girl Friday. More
Jun 01, 2020
By Mark Moody
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Thao Nguyen, founder and leader of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, has recently released her fifth album with the group, Temple, on Ribbon Music. The daughter of Vietnamese refugees, Nguyen began writing songs at an early age in Northern Virginia. Her first album with the band was 2008’s We Brave Bee Stings And All. Nguyen has slowly revealed more of herself through her songs, leading up to 2016’s A Man Alive, which focused on her absentee father. More
May 01, 2020
By Austin Trunick
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As film festivals were cancelled in the wake of COVID-19, some quick-thinking independent filmmakers have made the best of the situation and opted to release their movies online. More
Apr 21, 2020
By Charles Steinberg
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Appreciation of film music has grown steadily over the last two decades to the point where even casual music fans are taking notice of the artists behind the score. Here we speak to composer Rob Simonsen, whose most recent work is on the sports film The Way Back. More
Feb 25, 2020
By Charles Steinberg
One of the best things about speaking with artists you admire and learning what has shaped them is discovering shared interests and inspirations. There's a reassurance that comes from finding out that an accomplished and fascinating individual whose work has uplifted the artforms you hold dear is not all that different from yourself. More
Jan 05, 2020
By Charles Steinberg
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Thinking of Bryce Dessner as an indie rocker, gracefully turned film composer is a fun but inaccurate framing. More
Dec 06, 2019
By Jason Wilson
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Peter Strickland’s new film has taken a long road to the cinema, but it’s finally made it. More
Aug 16, 2019
By Charles Steinberg
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Honestly, you can’t imagine any other music in The Last Black Man in San Francisco. More
