Bits

Published on March 12th, 2023

The rise of J Boog in contemporary reggae is a story that makes you think America’s melting pot is still bubbling. Born to a Samoan-American »

Published on March 11th, 2023

“For everyone who only just arrived / A quick synopsis / If you came late and missed the commotion / And you wonder what was »

Published on March 8th, 2023

Modern design seems to demand that artists make a hard binary choice: minimalism or maximalism? Are you drawn to simple lines and color palettes or »

Published on March 6th, 2023

Two of Africa’s most popular artists, the Malian husband and wife duo of Amadou Bagayoko and wife Mariam Doumbia, will launch their 2023 North American »

Published on March 5th, 2023

Eighties and nineties babies will remember “I Want You To Want Me” being performed by alt-rockers Letters to Cleo on a high school rooftop over the »

Published on March 1st, 2023

A self-described “gang of salty broads revving the engines of garage rock,” Tracy City from New York, New York by way of South Florida are »

Published on March 1st, 2023

A pop-rock singer with gold records and a heart to match, Sarah McLachlan may or may not also be a saint. But she is surely »

Published on February 10th, 2023

Ask yourself: Does art matter if no one is around to see it? Christina Romeo, the featured artist in this month’s PureHoney, thinks so. While »

Published on February 10th, 2023

If you didn’t know it already, here’s a friendly reminder that Miami is one of the great global music capitals of the 21st Century. Latin »

Published on February 8th, 2023

There’s a reason people can be fanatical about imbibing live performances: Music elevates the human experience, sometimes transcendentally. When certain chords or patterns of sound »

Published on February 8th, 2023

It’s low-key funny that Googling “San Francisco noise” produces an autocomplete drop-down menu of municipal-sounding options such as “ordinance,” “map,” “complaint,” “curfew,” “permit” and “quiet »

Published on February 7th, 2023

As a pioneer of “outlaw country,” Willie Nelson challenged the Nashville music establishment from his Austin, Texas base and redefined what country music could be »