Adobe & Teardrops’ Top 10 of 2023
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INTERVIEW: Kiazi Malonga Found Mutual Aid in the Bay Area’s Congolese Community — Now He Wants to Share It
Kiazi Malonga learned the Ngoma, a traditional Congolese drum, alongside his father while growing up in Oakland. Unfortunately, both of Malonga’s parents passed by the time he had turned 21. Malonga’s community supported him through these devastating losses, encouraging him…
PREMIERE: Tucker Riggleman and the Cheap Dates Haunt This Weary Earth on “Restless Spirit”
Tucker Riggleman, founder of Prison Book Club, is back at the Sisyphean Boulder of indie rock with his latest single, “Restless Spirit.” This is the title track off his band, Tucker Riggleman and the Cheap Dates’ upcoming album from War…
WATCH THIS: Old Heavy Hands Delivery Earthy Sincerity on “Shelter Me”
Americana music is a big tent, but real ones know there was a time when it was called “alt-country” and it was the blissful union of country music and garage punk. Greensboro, NC’s Old Heavy Hands knows this, and on…
WATCH THIS: Chris J Norwood & The Knockdown Dragout Take Five on “Dancing in the Kitchen”
Even when they’re fun, the holidays are an emotional time bomb. That’s why it’s so important for all of us to take in a few quiet moments. Chris J Norwood and his brass band the Knockdown Dragout have got just…