Long before Laura Theodore became the star of the television show The Jazzy Vegetarian, one of the world’s first vegan television cooking shows, she knew she wanted to be a singer. “I just always knew I loved music. I always knew I was going to be a singer,” she told me. “There was never any question. […]
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“In the lateness of the evening In the quiet of the night The emptiness can overwhelm you Until it’s banished by the light” From “Sea of Green” by The Sword Kyle Shutt, guitarist and songwriter for the heavy metal band The Sword, has always been able to find full immersion in his music. “The music is
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“In the confusion, I made an illusion. I spit out a track, And I don’t look back.” — One Track Mind by the Heartbreakers In 1975, Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan (of the New York Dolls) joined Richard Hell (of Television) and Walter Lure (of the Demons) to form the Heartbreakers—a band that Pitchfork would later call “the first great punk
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“Violence of sleep; Movement of sheep; Death raining down; Blood paints the town;” From “Up in Arms” by Bloodclot John Joseph has overcome a series of obstacles in his life. Having struggled with abandonment, abuse, addiction, incarceration and homelessness, Joseph found ways over time to turn his tragedy into triumph: as the lead singer of
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“I can’t do him no wrong; Devil is kind; I see him before long; Devil is fine;” From “Devil is Fine” by Zeal and Ardor Manuel Gagneux is one raw and confrontational motherfucker. One could argue that it’s gutsy enough to introduce yourself to the world (under the band name Zeal and Ardor) with an album
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“Love women every shading; Power run deep; So even if you hate it; I still wrap my hijab;” From “Hijabi” by Mona Haydar On one level, Mona Haydar’s story as a Hip Hop artist is a fairly common one. She grew up in Flint, Michigan, and was taken with Hip Hop artists such as Mos Def and
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“Well what I’m after – it’s simple; Come on and peep the mental; The ghetto born kid blowing up on instrumentals; What’s the matter, Oh I know you can’t peep my pattern; My style is designed to shed light like a lantern;” —”What I’m After ” by Lords of the Underground. Growing up in Newark, New
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“All these things are made to take away; Where my heart resides they have laid to waste; Now they fill the time with hollow trash; I hear a ticking bomb, I’m glad you asked; I’m alive.” From “Wasteland” by Pere Ubu At first blush, it would seem that Dave Thomas, frontman and original member of Pere
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“See my bones were weak And the fibers that hold them together Twisted through time like the branches on a tree Beginning to know myself in a way I’ve never known Getting to be myself in a way I’ve never shown” From “Gravity” by Erika Wennerstrom Depression is now considered by the World Health Organization to be the
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“Are you in fear of retribution For all the actions of your past In the wake of your destruction All the lives shattered from your wrath” —From “Prophets of War” by Generation Kill “F*ck those douchebags.” That pretty much sums up the resentment that Rob Dukes held towards his former bandmates in Exodus only a few short
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