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…
INTERVIEW: Sully Bright Lets the Light Shine On The Dark
Sully Bright’s latest EP, Darling, Wake Up, is an album of love and fear. Born in the small town of Forest City near the mountains of North Carolina, Bright bonded over rock legends with his father (the Eagles are a…
INTERVIEW: Montana’s Little Jane and the Pistol Whips Share the Love With Vintage Country
Montana-born lead singer, Ashly Jane’s dynamic voice has a vintage country feel, but her music with Little Jane and the Pistol Whips travels across space and time. Her breadth of ballads to barn dance top tapping tunes has delighted audiences…
John Thomas Griffith Talks Red Rockers Anniversary, Reunion Show at Tip’s
When Louisiana punk band Red Rockers thrashed out the distorted chords on Condition Red in 1981, they had no idea where those three chords and the truth would take them. The band eventually relocated to Boston, and their New Wave-influenced…
INTERVIEW: Philip Bowen Paints a Full Portrait of Home on “Old Kanawha”
When Philip Bowen first picked up a fiddle at four years old, who could have guessed that he would eventually become a breakout star on social media – without ever releasing an album? Just ask his 320,000 Instagram followers about…