When indie rock musician Neysa Blay sat down to start writing songs for her new album, “Nada es Suficiente,” she found herself in an unusual predicament. She’d been sober for nearly a decade at that point, putting considerable distance between her turbulent past and the more placid present. “I’m really …
Read More »Tell Me Más: Meet Puerto Rican Experimental Artist Lúconde read full article at worldnews365.me
Many popular musicians have created fictional alter egos as a way to explore new sonic avenues that they wish to experiment with. David Bowie had Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane, David Johansen had Buster Poindexter, Lady Gaga spent a whole season as Jo Calderone, and the less said about Garth …
Read More »Tommy Blanco: The Puerto Rican Indie Alt-Trap Rapper to Know read full article at worldnews365.me
Ricardo Bermúdez remembers his father, with whom he didn’t have the closest relationship with, leaving behind tapes of car racing compilations the few times he deigned to visit. This wasn’t unusual because his father worked with cars, so little Ricardo would often sit down and watch the tapes out of …
Read More »Puerto Rican Latin Trap Artist Young Miko Is Going Global read full article at worldnews365.me
It’s early in the afternoon when Young Miko joins our Zoom call from Puerto Rico. Through the windows of the conference room, light is streaming in. Outside, the tops of bushy trees are just visible, framing the crisscrossing lattice of steel and lights that make up the proscenium of the …
Read More »Puerto Rican Music Artist Jay Wheeler Is Taking Off read full article at worldnews365.me
Even from across the sea of pixels that comprise our zoom call, Jay Wheeler’s energy is infectious. He’s just spent the majority of the day in a press junket, and I am one of his last calls. But if the 29-year-old artist would rather be doing something else, it doesn’t …
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