Interviews

Prince Amine is a Montreal-based hip hop and R&B artist with a sound as distinctive and varied as his multicultural upbringing. He was born in Morocco and lived with his African American father for the majority of his early years in Spain before relocating to Canada at the age of…

Jonathan Wilson is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from London. His project is called Superdamned. He previously performed and toured throughout the UK and Europe with different bands as a drummer, guitarist, and session keyboardist, which allowed him to play at venues like London Koko and the Royal Festival Hall as…

Teresa Bergman is a brave, infectious folk-pop artist. The outstanding singer, guitarist, and composer from New Zealand has released her third album, a jazzy folk-pop inferno. A title and a statement combined, “33, Single & Broke” is the pinnacle of poetic discourse pop.Bergman’s self-produced album pays homage to his folk…

Nixon Fosh’s career officially got underway in 2020 with the release of his debut single, “The Way I’m Crying on the Floor.” Thousands of people all over the world were drawn to the song. His new single, All My Friends, from his upcoming debut album, has been released recently. Nixon…

Singer, composer, and founding member of the post-punk band Mary Bleeds, Guilherme Cosme is known for his avant-garde and experimental music. Guilherme turned to art as a young child for comfort. Brazilian-born and -raised, the self-taught musician started writing songs in his teens. He developed his vocal technique by studying…

London-based, of Lisbon birth Agon Branza is a celebrated queer chamber pop singer-songwriter, producer, and composer from Peckham, London. He places social justice at the center of his work, both as a lyricist and through the queer artists whose voices he amplifies as a producer. Despite being teased for listening…

Sagittarius J is the leader of the dream pop and rock project Seven Layer Piano Cakes (Justin Hoyt, a Los Angeles-based attorney and law professor). The single “Holy Water”was released on November 18 and a duet version with Ruby Friedman will be released in early 2023, following the releases of…

Cole Stephens, a native of Nacogdoches who was born and raised in the East Texas Pineywoods, has always loved music and playing the guitar. Cole sang in church and discovered a passion for music, following in the footsteps of his grandfather who performed gospel music and traveled the regions of…

“Aurora,” by singer-songwriter Jodi Heights, is the first song she has written for the Celtic harp. “Aurora” beautifully compares intuition to the northern lights by using them as a metaphor. Jodi’s first project with Black Balloon Media is an animated lyric video that depicts the mystique of the aurora borealis.…

The members of “Occurrence” are Ken Urban (electronics), Cat Hollyer (vocals), and Johnny Hager (vocals). The band, which is based in Washington Heights, New York City, was created when Ken messaged his college friend Cat on Facebook after they hadn’t spoken in nearly 20 years. Ken enquired about Cat singing…