Murjani Rawls

“I’m 31 now and I wanted to make a record that sounded my age.” lead singer Kellin Quinn stated in an interview with Beats 1 about their fifth album, Gossip. As a music fan, there is great privilege in growing ...

Flashback to September 11th, 2007. On that date any year after 2001 there is a need for remembrance, but in the annals of hip-hop history that particular day in 2007 was one that arguably changed the future of urban music. ...

“Burning” starts off with Sam Smith in an accapella setting. Smith has this uncanny ability to draw you into a song and make you care about it. The first lyrics go like this: “No insurance, to pay for the damage ...

The opening of Eminem‘s ninth studio album, Revival begins with “Walk On Water.” No beats. No stationary jabs at some current pop culture icon. Just simple piano. The standard with previous Eminem albums is a more playful first single besides ...

An hour before showtime, I met NY’s very own singer/songwriter Hailey Knox for a brief portrait session before she was due to go on the sold-out show of her support of the Ruth B tour. Usually, with portraits, you only ...

What does rebirth mean to you? Do you tear everything down or make adjustments? Once you’ve left something, do you pick up right where you left off as if the person you currently are hasn’t gone through some sort of ...

Within a duration of a person’s life, problems and trials are a given. It’s almost like an unwritten contract that you agree to. Taking the good with the bad. Iron sharpening iron. On Marmozets‘ second full-length album, Knowing What You ...

With music, there begins the dream like a seed that gets planted in soil. Musicians start together with the base. There’s a meager beginning of small shows, trying to get your music heard with every inviting ear, and the all-out ...

In the 2017 movie, Split, there’s a character by the name of Dr. Karen Fletcher (Betty Buckley). She believed that Dissociative identity disorder (DID) that was diagnosed within the main character, Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) was not only a ...