#The Agenda

Medusa Mixes Myth and Reality with Allegory of the G/Rave

Medusa is a nonbinary ‘revenge-pop’ musician based in Buffalo, New York. Their signature production - described by Soundriv as “a breakthrough collection of LGBTQ hymns,” and by Bucketlist as “the most inventive [expletive] music we’ve heard in a long time” - often features unconventional sounds like wolf howls and cheerleading chants. Medusa describes their style as “by any means necessary,” then makes good on the promise.

Mandy Brownholtz

Ikwe Forges Her Own Path to Healing with the MAKADEWIIYAASIKWE Project

Ikwe (formerly known as Kelsey Pyro) is a Brooklyn based Black and Ojibwe artist from St. Paul / Minneapolis Minnesota. Ikwe is the Ojibwe word for woman. Specializing in Alternative R and B, music production, sound art, and performance art her work often incorporates genres, experiences, and stories from her African American and Native American identity.

Mandy Brownholtz

Mafer Bandola Paves the Way to the Party for "La Venezolanidad Immigrante"

Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Is a Venezuelan bandola llanera player, community organizer, self-thought composer, and educator. With a grounded understanding of the bandola llanera (male-dominated) traditions, she focuses on bringing the instrument to a new artistic path through composition, performance, and improvisation.

Mandy Brownholtz

Shara Lunon Finds her Voice Among the Noise with "Bitter Fruits"

Shara Lunon is the product of the evolution of Black American musical traditions. As a poet, vocalist, composer, and improviser, her art finds the ethereal in the chaotic. With voice and electronics as the foundation, Lunon’s music is an exploration of text and sound that seamlessly weaves through the ongoing relationship of struggle, resilience, and resolution. Her goal is to challenge lassitude and in its place, instill hope.

Mandy Brownholtz

W.S.A.B.I. Radicalizes the Natural World with Red Hook Farms Mixtape

When’s the last time you considered your relationship to the land you live on? For those of us living in cities, it can feel particularly challenging to cultivate a connection with the natural world, given that in our context it’s been largely paved over. But to Brookyn-based artist and musician...

Mandy Brownholtz

Four/Four Presents Take Digital Music and Dance Collaborations to Open Air For In-Person Summer Series

four/four presents is a NYC-based curatorial platform that commissions collaborations between musicians and choreographers. Developed by choreographer Loni Landon and producer Rachael Pazdan in April 2020, four/four works to bridge the gap between dance and music audiences, and develop a new network to align artists. We champion emerging artists as well as established talent, and aim to create space for artists to grow and for audiences to grow with them.

Mandy Brownholtz

Enchanted Forest, photo cred Juliette Rando

Em Boltz of Enchanted Forest Premieres Two New Tracks Composed on a Synth Built From Scratch

Enchanted Forest is Em Boltz and Noah Jacobson-Carroll, a Philly-based experimental electronic duo. Their album Research is out now via Dear Life Records.

Mandy Brownholtz

Kinlaw Builds a Monument to Movement and Change with The Tipping Scale

Kinlaw is a composer, choreographer, and artist focusing on empathic potential and agency developed by performance through audio, dance, and sculptural installation. Known for solo works and productions with as many as two-hundred performers, she studies themes of power, memory, trauma, and connection.

Mandy Brownholtz