Woman of Interest

Music may not be their chosen medium, but there are extraordinary women doing astounding work tangential to music - these are their stories.

WOMAN OF INTERESTKanoe Miller Keeps Hawaiian Tradition Alive as Last Hula Dancer Standing

Kanoe performing at House Without a Key // Photo Credit: Gillian Gaar Growing up, Kanoelehua Kaumeheiwa often felt embarrassed by her Hawaiian first name. Even then, Hawaii was a very multi-cultural place (she herself was of Hawaiian, Chinese, and German heritage) and though her fellow students had...

Gillian G. Gaar

WOMAN OF INTERESTLeigh Barton and Ky DiGregorio of NuSweat Just Want You to Feel Good

Adjusting the way we exercise has been just one of the many ways the pandemic has irrevocably altered life as we knew it, particularly for myself. As a former Classpass-subscribed YMCA member with an enthusiasm for in-person cycling and hot yoga classes, the lockdown forced me, and many others, to...

Mandy Brownholtz

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Musician and Photographer Denée Segall Reveals What Makes Her Feel Good

Denée Segall shamelessly admits she feels good when she’s with...

Cat Woods

Judith Ann Warren Went From Arizona Choirgirl to LA Punk Singer to Mature Vogue Model

In February this year, she posed nude on the digital cover of Vogue Singapore, followed by modelling pastel purple hair in the June edition of Harper’s Bazaar US. The...

Cat Woods

WOMAN OF INTERESTLaura June Kirsch Captures a Specific Era of NYC Nightlife with Romantic Lowlife Fantasies

This statement neatly sums up Kirsch’s oeuvre of work, the irony being that her photographs capture anything but neatness. A consistent fixture in NYC nightlife for the better...

Mandy Brownholtz

Audiofemme's Own Mandy Brownholtz Set to Release Debut DIY Novel Rotten

"Now I’m in this position where I have to talk about myself and things that I’ve created; it’s this peek into my brain that I’ve never really allowed people to have, and it’s scary."...

Lindsey Rhoades

Daphne A. Brooks on Writing Liner Notes and What She Would Like to See in Solange's Archive

Daphne A. Brooks (Photo: Mara Lavitt) "Sometimes, it feels like I've been writing this book all my life," says Daphne A. Brooks, author of the recently released Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound. Brooks, a Yale professor who previously wrote Bodies in...

Liz Ohanesian

WOMAN OF INTERESTJust Let Ottessa Moshfegh Live!

I had seen the hot pink spine of My Year of Rest and Relaxation on the subway, sitting on a bench in Maria Hernandez Park. It was the kind of quintessential NYC “cool girl” read that I’d...

Mandy Brownholtz

How Maila Nurmi's Niece Unearthed the Hidden History of Goth Icon Vampira

Maila Nurmi came to Hollywood in the 1940s, dreaming of fame and fortune. And after more than a decade of ups and downs, she had, briefly, attained it. She achieved international renown as Vampira, the world’s first horror movie TV host, setting the standard for what a horror queen femme fatale...

Gillian G. Gaar

Photographer Sherry Rayn Barnett Shot Music History As It Happened

All photos © Copyright by Sherry Rayn Barnett; Author photo courtesy of Adam Michaels Having spent over half a century working as a photographer, you’re sure to have seen Sherry Rayn Barnett’s work at some point. Maybe on such album covers as Nina Simone’s Let It Be Me, Toni Basil’s Best of Mickey...

Gillian G. Gaar

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WOMAN OF INTERESTSound Healing Practitioner Lavender Suarez Rides Transcendent Waves

from TRANSCENDENT WAVES, Published by ANTHOLOGY EDITIONS Prior to the pandemic, sound healing - a practice that utilizes relaxing vibrations in the hopes of easing participants' anxiety, insomnia, or other ailments - usually took place in person, on a blanket or a mat with a real life human being...

Michelle Rose

WOMAN OF INTERESTMarina Granger is the Guidance Counselor to New York's Art World

As founder of The Artist Advisory, Marina Granger has pioneered a company to demystify the art market and offer support, guidance, and honest answers to enable artists to take their careers to the next level. Based in New York City, she works with artists by teaching them the backbone of the art...

Michelle Rose