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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

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

AF 2020 IN REVIEWOur Favorite Albums and Singles of The Year

In a year that's been like no other for the music industry, it feels a bit weird to make a best of 2020 list - there have been no tours, venues and clubs across the globe are in danger of closing their doors for good, release schedules were shuffled beyond recognition, and musicians have had to...

Lindsey Rhoades

5 Powerful Protest Songs Released by Womxn in 2020

Music has always served as a battle cry and a balm during particularly tumultuous times, and in 2020—when injustices like the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on BIPOC, the slaying of George Floyd by police, the assault on immigrant, women's, and LGBTQIA rights by the Trump...

Alexa Peters

PLAYING CINCYDave Chappelle Brings Stevie Wonder, Chance the Rapper and More to Dayton Benefit Concert

For this week's Playing Cincinnati, we traveled 20 miles north to Dave Chappelle's Gem City Shine Benefit Concert in Dayton, Ohio. Chappelle, who lives in the neighboring Ohio town of Yellow Springs, threw the enormous block party to commemorate the nine lives lost in a recent mass shooting at a...

Victoria Moorwood

ONLY NOISEPop Of The Tops: Extended Remix

With Father's Day around the corner, Madison Bloom revisits her dad's record collection.

Madison Bloom