#R and B

Taiwainese R and B Artist 9m88 Releases Cathartic Jazz-Influenced Sophomore LP 9m88 Radio

On her sophomore record, 9m88 (Joanne Tang) does just this. 9m88 (pronounced “Jo-m-baba”) is a Taiwanese artist who translates...

Sara Barron

Bren Joy and Jake Wesley Rogers Step Out of Creative Comfort Zones For Red Bull SoundClash

From the country music capital of the world to the home of the famed Fisk Jubilee Singers, Nashville is brimming with creative talent. Red Bull is working to elevate that creativity with SoundClash, its long-running...

Cillea Houghton

Cincy R and B Singer Tori Helene Chronicles Dating Downfalls on Moonchild EP

Teaming up with frequent collaborator and producer Natown, the Cincinnati-based songstress breezes through feelings of longing, lust and dissatisfaction...

Victoria Moorwood

Meagan Hickman Offers Hope and Redemption with “One Day” Premiere

” Born and raised in Chicago, the singer-songwriter was trained classically, falling in love with songwriting after discovering acts ranging...

Cillea Houghton

Vespre Breathes Life into Spring on New Single "Back to Me"

For others, it presented a debilitating pit of emotional and physical quicksand, making it nearly impossible to get...

Sara Barron

Mario Sulaksana Showcases Detroit Artists and Friends on Debut LP Conclusion

I met Mario Sulaksana four years ago, in a Wayne State University practice room. He was the band leader of a fundraiser for the Artist Residency I was living in, and the residency coordinator suggested he accompany me for a song or two. When we first spoke on the phone, I remember preparing to meet...

Sara Barron

Harpist Ahya Simone Highlights Humor and Joy in Her Black Trans-Centered Webseries Femme Queen Chronicles

From the minute her high school counselor added the novel elective to her schedule in ninth grade, she wanted nothing to do with the class or the instrument. But, like many impactful experiences in her life, this opportunity...

Sara Barron

Madelyn Grant Finds Her "Purpose" on Motown-Indebted Debut EP

From being featured on tracks with huge EDM artists like Odesza and FKJ to a short stint on NBC’s The Voice back in 2019, Grant has been dipping her toes into the...

Sara Barron

Tori Helene Teams Up with Natown on Latest Single "Detached"

Cincinnati-based singer/ songwriter Tori Helene has joined forces with frequent collaborator and producer Natown for her first single of the year, “Detached.” Helene says it's one of her “most empowering” songs yet. “At the time when I was writing this song, I was feeling emotional and dealing with...

Victoria Moorwood

Piwa Brings the 'Bass Down' to Take Her Next Steps as an Artist

At age 17, the singer-songwriter, then known as Tapiwa, was in California with her mom for rounds of auditions after a successful submission tape for the Snapchat...

Jessi Roti

Supercoolwicked Subverts Pop Paradigm With Shakespearean Self-love Jam "Juliet"

In her new video for “Juliet,” Detroit multidisciplinary artist, singer, and songwriter Morgan Hutson (aka Supercoolwicked) creates a fantasy world of her own - an Afrocentric, baroque daydream that meshes the Shakespearian with the contemporary, the traditional with the subversive. Those who've...

Sara Barron

Rowan Niemisto Returns with Relatable Sadboy Anthems on Once Again EP

It’s been three and a half years since Rowan Niemisto released his electro R and B masterpiece Gradient. In those three years, Niemisto says he was preoccupied with his first “big boy” job at Detroit’s NPR station, WDET, where he works as a sound engineer and the occasional cameo as a voice actor for...

Sara Barron