Across all industries and professions, mentorship often becomes an essential steppingstone for success, elevating someone’s visibility to place them in front of a larger audience. Jeffrey James – a pop …
What you consider “old school” often depends on when you got into electronic dance music. For long-time listeners, that’s the supposed golden years of house lasting from the late ‘80s …
For several years now, northern grime pioneer Chiedu Oraka has been falling under the radar – about to break and take his version of northern grime up with him. The …
When electronic dance music ascended into the mainstream in the early 2010s, Wave Racer carved out his own identity. Tracks like 2013’s “Rock U Tonite” and “Stoopid” showed he had …
Singer-songwriter Brandyn Burnette has pretty much done it all. You might’ve caught him back on American Idol in 2016, where his version of “Lost” resulted in 1 million monthly plays …
Ever since The Chainsmokers switched from the brass bounce of “#Selfie” to their more tropical house-centric sound, groups who can transcend the boundary between electronic production and pop-structured vocals have …
Boundaries deserve to be broken, and genres to be blended. Whereas pop, dance, and alternative might have stayed in their neat, defined boxes 20 years ago, more artists in the …
What’s an actor to do when they’re talented in another medium? They could go by the same name – or risk having critics call their endeavor a “vanity project.” Or, …
Not every artist finds their identity right away, instead trying out a few strategies and sounds first until they find something that fits. On his latest track “Somebody,” German DJ …
Emerging producer Benito Bazar starts his career with a major leap by reinterpreting the Soul II Soul classic “Back to Life.”