Though Vietnamese Hungarian singer Hien has been making music professionally since she was 14, her late 2021 EP, Bloom, is a celebration of new beginnings and reinvention. After achieving great success on Megasztár—the Hungarian equivalent of...
When it comes to the current state of identity politics, Belgian musicians Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul check a lot of boxes of diversity and representation. Both have immigrant backgrounds — with Adigéry being of Guadeloupean and French...
Portland avant-pop musician Jesse Carsten, aka Half Shadow, constantly seeks ways to express his dreamy interior world and simultaneously bring listeners into his. Hailing from his upcoming record, At Home With My Candles, the black-and-white music...
Arami Ullón Interview: Nothing But the Sun Chronicles Colonization’s Damage to the Indigenous Ayoreo
Nothing But the Sun (2020), a searing documentary from Paraguayan-Swiss filmmaker Arami Ullón, explores the plight of the Ayoreo, an Indigenous group living with the aftermath of colonization. Translated from its Spanish title, Apenas el Sol, the...
Los Angeles-based filmmaker and public speaker Ashley Eakin’s third short film, Single (2020), became a smash success when it premiered at South by Southwest. Single, which she’s now developing into a series for FX, follows Kim, a glamorous, self...
Almost immediately after I conclude my interview with Seattle R&B singer Olivia Thomas — who goes by the name LIVt — a crew of people flood into the small basement green room at Barboza. They’re members of the opening bands...