KALPEE IS BRINGING CARIBBEAN ‘LESSONS’ TO THE WORLD
Before the pandemic began, I took an impulse trip to Trinidad and Tobago. The aim was a meeting with Trinidadian Neo-calypso phenom Kalpee. who took me around his island — I…
Before the pandemic began, I took an impulse trip to Trinidad and Tobago. The aim was a meeting with Trinidadian Neo-calypso phenom Kalpee. who took me around his island — I…
Rachel Rabbit White’s paradise reeks of jasmine, violets, bergamot, and salt water. The "Paradise Edition" of her decadent debut poetry collection Porn Carnival (out via Wonder Press) is more than…
The first time I saw The Mona Passage I was in Vigo, Spain working for the poet Bob Holman. I walked into La Fabrica de Chocolate, a small and dimly…
Joshua Kohno is feeling sentimental when LADYGUNN reaches them via iMessage at Laurel Canyon. They release music as Shigecki, their middle name, and have carved out a sweet sound producing…
Omar Apollo and Maye are two of the more fascinating new Latinx alternative musicians leaving their mark on the scene. Young and relatively low-key, their music exudes a sensuality and…
Five has proven to be a fateful number for CNCO, the Latin boyband named after the No. 5 in Spanish. The guys are coming on five years since their…
It’s clear that Boston-bred multicultural musician BIA is all about securing her bag, dropping hits and minding the business that pays her. Since dropping quarantine-made banger “Cover Girl,”…
Luis Alfredo Del Valle and Raquel Berrios, better known as indie pop duo Buscabulla, have been keeping it low-key since the start of the pandemic in the midst of…