Cupid Deluxe: An Ode to Queer Love
With 11 beautiful, soulful, and intense tracks, Cupid Deluxe (2013) compresses the feeling of giving to someone who can never be pleased—the constant chase for validation, for proof that your love means som...
“Jazz!! is!! back!!:” The release of Laufey’s “Bewitched” and thoughts on the future of the genre
In early 2021, a friend of mine sent me a link to a TikTok accompanied by an innocuous message somewhere along the lines of, “Thought you’d like this.” Intrigued, I clicked, and a curly-haired girl in a p...
Angels, sunsets, and a rollercoaster of emotions in Taiwan
In my six months of traveling, and after watching four seasons of Atlanta on FX, I’ve begun to feel more and more that life isn’t real, or at least parts of it. Music has helped me tremendously with homesic...
An unlikely crossover: George Harrison and Ravi Shankar and their fusion magic
Ravi Shankar is a giant in both Indian classical and world music. From a well-respected, professional family in India, he started his career in the arts as a dancer and later moved to intensive training in lear...