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PREMIERESavoir Faire Calls on Listeners to Examine Their Privilege with "Alias"

As a high school and college music teacher, Sarah Fard — known by her stage name Savoir Faire — is keenly aware of how people's race, gender, disabilities, and other factors can affect how they're treated and what opportunities they have access to. "There's a lot of gatekeeping for people with...

Annie White

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Stars Align for Chief Cleopatra with the Premiere of "Afrodite"

k.a. Chief Cleopatra, grew up feeling stifled by the limitations of her rural environment. In a small town best known for producing honky-tonk songwriter Lefty Frizzell and a “world famous fruitcake,” according to...

Mandy Brownholtz

Carli Brill Leads With an Open Heart on "Concrete Jungle"

Growing up in Southern California, Brill and her mother spent countless hours shopping in antique stores, discovering hidden gems and imagining the stories behind them. Now based in Nashville, the singer-songwriter says...

Cillea Houghton

PREMIERELily Donat Knows "How It Feels" to Triumph Over Toxicity

Growing up in Los Angeles, Lily Donat always had a knack for storytelling, especially through sound. The granddaughter of Helen Reddy, Donat has songwriting in her blood, honing her craft and learning on the go. But to commit to a career as a musician, Donat had to shed some of her pain and focus...

Eleanor Forrest

Dyan Valdés Lights The Fuse With Premiere of "Be My Revolution"

After a wine-soaked evening out with her BFF and frequent creative collaborator Jess Sweetman, singer-songwriter Dyan Valdés found herself reflecting on just how important those...

Bee Scott

PREMIERENicole Marxen Shares Haunting Video for "Bones / Dust"

“I didn’t grow up playing music,” she says on a recent phone call. “It’s something that I got into by accident in my early 20s and was obsessed with it, but I always felt a little behind...

Liz Ohanesian

Vakili Band Call For Compassion With Reworked "Dreamy Dreamer"

"I want you to be a compassionate human being," she told...

Bee Scott

Cat Valley Lambast Music Industry Sexism on New Single "Manager"

With that familiar Riot Grrl verve, relatability, and...

Alexa Peters

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Dar Williams Teases First LP in Six Years with Rose-Colored Ode to "Berkeley"

She's gearing up to release her first album in six years, I'll Meet You Here (out October 1), and her...

Annie White

PREMIEREElke Reignites Her Self-Worth with "The Pink Tip of a Match Turns Black"

As a lifelong reader of poems, books and lyrics, she turned her attention to music full time at the age of 24 after having an epiphany when talking to a friend and...

Cillea Houghton

Reni Lane Takes a Lush "Detour" with Premiere of Latest Video

That's certainly been true for Brooklyn-based polymath Reni Lane, who has had quite an unpredictable journey - taking her from New York, to London, to Paris and beyond as a touring keyboard player for British band Razorlight,...

Michelle Rose

TRISHES Validates the Anger of Women of Color with "Venom" Premiere

Annie White