Cleo Reed’s Anticapitalist American Dream
The New York singer and songwriter on their new EP 'Is This How Empires Die?' and grappling with the country's foundational myths.
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Where Emily A. Sprague Is Coming From
The Upstate New York singer, songwriter, and producer takes us through her childhood home, and talks about how she’s achieved an independent music career marked by sincerity and grace.
One Night in a Haunted Mansion With Slow Pulp
The heart-on-sleeve rock band’s frontwoman Emily Massey speaks to the spirits—and us—about lore, her musical inheritance, and what it means to grow up.
Hana Stretton Makes Ambient Folk Music for an Overstimulated Era
How the Australian artist broke all the rules en route to becoming an unlikely cult sensation.
A Day in the Park with Wiki
The influential New York rapper soaks in the city’s greenery while talking about growing up without aging out, his struggles with sobriety, and crafting his lush new album, Ancient History.
The Last Folk Singer
On the road with Frank Hurricane, DIY hero and mystical troubadour of the American underbelly
Slowing Down With Jana Horn
This experimental folk singer-songwriter moonlights as a short story author—or is it the other way around?
Hudson Freeman Is the Indie-Rock Philosopher Who Happened to Go Viral
The pensive singer-songwriter embodies a jumble of contradictions: He’s a Brooklyn leftist who was raised in the evangelical church. An indie boy with grand ambitions. A viral phenom with songs that are built to last.
Katie Tupper Is a Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Neo-Soul
“I want to get as close as I can to making neo-soul music in a way that’s respectful to its deep, rich culture, while still respecting the fact that I’m a white woman from Saskatchewan.”
Jubilee on Showing Three Generations of New Yorkers How to Dance
Wisdom from one of the city’s most trusted club stalwarts.
Westerman Is Not Dead Yet
After three albums, two near-death experiences, and one global pandemic, the British singer-songwriter knows what he wants.
Hannah Frances Makes Prog Rock for Tender Folkies
The Vermont singer-songwriter on her love of Yes, her brilliant new album, and the benefits of not going to music school