Skip to content Skip to footer

Spotify Playlist of The Moment: Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse was one of the U.K.'s flagship vocalists during the 2000s. While the British press and tabloids seemed to focus on her rowdy behavior and tragic end, fans and critics alike embraced her rugged charm, brash sense of humor, and distinctively soulful and jazzy vocals. Her platinum-selling, Mercury Prize-nominated album Frank (2003) elicited comparisons ranging from Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan to Macy Gray and Lauryn Hill, introducing her unmistakable voice and deeply personal songwriting to the masses. However, it wasn't until 2006 that Winehouse truly landed on the global stage with her sophomore full-length, Back to Black. Teamed with…

Read More

For No Reason At All: Actress/Musician Janina Gavankar

Janina Zione Gavankar is an American actress and musician. She is trained as a pianist, vocalist, orchestral percussionist and majored in theatre at the University of Illinois Chicago.Her roles include Eva “Papi” Torres on Showtime’s The L Word, Shiva on The League, Leigh Turner on The Gates, Luna Garza on HBO's True Blood, McKenna Hall on The CW's Arrow and Diana Thomas on FOX's Sleepy Hollow. In marketing, she also played "Ms. Dewey", a personified search engine and virtual assistant for Microsoft.

Read More

The First Trailer for Spider-man: Across The Spider-verse

Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.

Read More

Listening to “Clouds” by Marie Dahlstrom x Delleile Ankrah

Marie Dahlstrom is a Danish vocalist, producer and songwriter, who consistently proves herself as one of the most essential voices in underground R&B. Taking influence from acts including Musig Soulchild, India Are and Lars Jansson, Dahlstrom now splits her time between London and Copenhagen and is preparing to unveil her second full length album, due for release in 2023 - with its first single "Clouds" (feat. MiC LOWRY's Delleile Ankrah) out now. Her critically acclaimed debut album Like Sand was released in 2020, recorded between LA, Copenhagen and London. Like Sand featured collaborations with acts including south London singer James Vickery, California…

Read More

Currently Listening To Chris Crack

In recent years the Chicago area has birthed some formidable talent into its hip hop community. Talents whose style range from manically murderous to overtly mo-. Then there's Chris Crack, whose sometimes frantic, sometimes breezy delivery sets himself outside of that range into a box that only he resides in. For more info on Chris Crack visit www.thanksuncletrill.com.

Read More

Talib Kweli & Madlib Drop “Liberation 2” Exclusively on Luminary

Talib Kweli and Madlib’s much-awaited Liberation 2 is a global call for unity through space and time. Featuring African artists Cassper Nyovest and Seun Kuti; collaborations with Q-Tip, Wildchild, Roc Marciano, Westside Gunn; a verse from the late Mac Miller; and debut collaborations between Kweli and his children Amani and Diani; the artists call on you to join them in a new kind of liberation. Liberation 2 can be streamed on the Liminary app.  

Read More

After Protesting The Price for A Year, I Think I’m Going To Get the Apple AirPods Pro 2

I'm a big 'headphones' guy. I listen to music, as well as produced songs, and having a good pair of headphones is a must. For years I've been balancing sound quality vs. price. For 'over-the-ear' headphones, I settled on the cost-effective OneOdio wired studio monitors. For recreational in-ear buds, I went with the standard Beats By Dre, mainly because they live in the Apple ecosystem.. the sound wasn't the best in the world, but the price range was just right. But I've been eyeing Apple's AirPods Pro 2 in-ear buds. Both the design and sound are superb, but the $250 price tag was…

Read More