Tag: Meet Kwame AK: The Next Promising Afropop Artist

The Visceral, Tactile Pop of Shelita’s “Sailors”

When I pressed play on the latest release from Shelita, titled "Sailors", I wasn't expecting the floor to drop out from under me. You see, "pop" is often a safe word, a designation for the palatable. But this? This is something else entirely. It’s as if someone took a tender ballad and threw it into a particle accelerator to see what sub-atomic emotions would...

Ava Valianti’s “Laugh Track” Dissects Self-Perception Through Sitcom Lens

Rising New England songwriter Ava Valianti transforms personal anxiety into sharp indie pop commentary "Laugh Track". Few artists in the crowded field of indie pop are able to capture the strange nervousness of modern life as well as Ava Valianti does in her latest song, "Laugh Track." This song is a truly honest reflection on how we see ourselves and how hard it is to go...

Meet Kwame AK: The Next Promising Afropop Artist

Meet Kwame AK: The Next Promising Afropop Artist Music is a universal language but for those that make the music, music is life. Music is...