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Samia is a New York City-based singer-songwriter. Her debut full-length The Baby is out now via Grand Jury.

Samia

Music

Samia and Anjimile Don’t Know They’re The Shit (Yet)

Lucy Dacus is a singer and songwriter who emerged from the thriving indie rock scene of Richmond, Virginia, in the mid-2010s. She sports a buttery voice that commands both her thoughtful rock tunes and more intimate confessionals. Born and raised in Mechanicsville just outside of Richmond, her mother was a music teacher, and Dacus grew up singing. She began writing regularly via journaling in the sixth grade, and attended concerts, connecting with the Richmond music scene throughout high school. After graduating, she tried studying film at Virginia Commonwealth University with a plan to make music on the side, but soon dropped out and concentrated on writing songs. Her debut was put together relatively last-minute when a friend who worked at Starstruck Studio in Nashville let her know they had an open day. She had assembled a band from area musicians in guitarist Jacob Blizard, bass player Christine Moad, and drummer Hayden Cotcher, and the songs, which had been written solo, were arranged for the quartet in the week leading up to a ten-hour recording session. The friend at the studio, Collin Pastore, engineered and mixed the album, which was co-produced by Dacus, Pastore, and Blizard. Richmond label Egghunt Records took interest in the results and released No Burden in early 2016. The album quickly received buzz in the indie music press, and the band did an Audiotree Live session in March that was released as a digital EP. That June, 21-year-old Dacus announced she had signed with Matador Records, which reissued No Burden in September 2016.

Lucy Dacus

Catching Up with Lucy Dacus and Fenne Lily

Linda Thompson has been at the forefront of British folk music longer than she would care to remember. With her (ex) husband Richard she recorded a string of classic albums, including the ultimate break-up record: 1982&#8217;s Shoot Out the Lights. Her latest solo record is 2013&#8217;s Won&#8217;t Be Long Now (Pettifer Sounds) and she appears with her children, grandson and Richard on Family (Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group), produced by her son Teddy. You can follow her on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/lindathompson1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

Linda Thompson

In Conversation: Shirley Collins and Linda Thompson

Raye Zaragoza is a New York City-born, Los Angeles-based folk singer-songwriter. Woman in Color, her sophomore album, is out now on Rebel River Records, her own independent label. The album delivers powerful missives about embracing one’s own identity and discovering the power behind it, all across brisk, emotive, compelling folk melodies. Once deemed “one of the most politically relevant artists in her genre” by Paste Magazine, Zaragoza now offers an intimate exploration of coming into her own, in a country where for many, simply existing is political.
For Woman In Color, Zaragoza enlisted Grammy-nominated producer Tucker Martine (Neko Case, My Morning Jacket, First Aid Kit, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse, Sufjan Stevens). In just 10, 10-hour days in Portland, the pair stretched Raye’s prolific songwriting into life-size experiences, adding lush layers of instrumentation with notable guest players including Colin Meloy (The Decemberists), Laura Veirs, Dylan Day (Jenny Lewis), Andrew Borger (Norah Jones), and Kyleen King (Brandi Carlile).
(Photo Credit: Cultivate Consulting)

Raye Zaragoza

Raye Zaragoza and Lizzie No Talk the Difference Between Tokenization and Inclusion

Jason Gudasz is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has received positive reviews from Vulture and been featured on Amazon Prime. He has worked in features and TV for some time. His short film PLACE was an official selection for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and was included in IndieWire’s “10 Must-See Short Films in Park City.” He lives in Echo Park, Los Angeles with no pets and a healthy relationship with anxiety. 
Durham, North Carolina-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist <a href="https://gml.space/v3.2/lt/0ec14835161e11eb8b23a77d0f48fcc3/am9zaEB0aGV0YWxraG91c2UuY29tfHxodHRwczovL3d3dy5za3lsYXJndWRhc3ouY29tLw">Skylar Gudasz</a>&#8216;s 2020 album, Cinema, was released to rave acclaim in Pitchfork, MOJO, NPR&#8217;s All Songs Considered, Billboard, and Uncut. Gudasz has shared stages with the likes of Ray Davies, Cat Power and Sharon Van Etten as part of the Big Star’s Third tribute concerts, opened for Television &amp; toured from the US with Teenage Fanclub to Europe with the Mountain Goats, and appeared as a background vocalist on albums by Superchunk &amp; Hiss Golden Messenger, making her TV debut with the latter on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Jason and Skylar Gudasz

Get Spooked with Skylar and Jason Gudasz

Jerry David DeCicca’s most recent album is The Unlikely Optimist and His Domestic Adventures, featuring Augie Meyers from Sir Douglas Quintet. DeCicca is also the producer of albums by singer-songwriters, Larry Jon Wilson, Ed Askew, Will Beeley, Chris Gantry and others. He works in social services in San Antonio, Texas.

Jerry David DeCicca

In Conversation: Jerry David DeCicca and Sylvie Simmons

Jake Luppen is the frontman of Hippo Campus and records solo as Lupin.
(Photo Credit: Graham Tolbert)

Jake Luppen

In Conversation: Naeem (Spank Rock) and Jake Luppen (Lupin, Hippo Campus)

MOZIAH, aka Marcus Guerrier, is a New York City-based pop artist. His EP sweetboy is out now.

MOZIAH

MOZIAH and Camrus Johnson on the Politics of Black Mental Health

Yung Chang is the multi-award-winning director of Up the Yangtze《沿江而上》(2007), China Heavyweight《千錘百鍊》(2012), The Fruit Hunters (2013) and Gatekeeper (2016). In 2015, Chang was a Fellow at the prestigious Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Labs, where he worked on his first dramatic feature, Eggplant.. Chang’s films have screened at international film festivals including Sundance, Berlin, TIFF, and IDFA, and have played theatrically in cinemas around the world. His latest feature documentary, <a href="https://www.kimstim.com/film/this-is-not-a-movie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This Is Not a Movie</a>, which follows the controversial Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk, is now screening virtually and at select theaters around the country. (Photo by Richmond Lam.)

Yung Chang

Film

“I Was Fascinated By the Way Film Could Represent Reality”: Yung Chang in Conversation with Robert Fisk

Since 2015’s GUYD The Phoenix Foundation have been writing, recording, touring with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, creating the acclaimed soundtrack for Hunt For The Wilderpeople, building shrines to light, creating scores for VR, producing other artists and baking sourdough. Now they are ready to release some more music into the swirling oblivion that is 2020.

The Phoenix Foundation

Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) Talks Music and Comedy with Phoenix Foundation

Eric D. Johnson records and performs as the Fruit Bats. His latest album under the name is Gold Past Life. In 2020, he started the supergroup Bonny Light Horseman with Anais Mitchell and Josh Kaufman, and their self-titled debut was nominated for two Grammy Awards.
(Photo Credit: Annie Beedy)

Fruit Bats

Two Erics, in Conversation: Blitzen Trapper’s Earley and Fruit Bats’ Johnson

Alex Edkins is the guitarist and vocalist of the Toronto-based punk band METZ. Their fourth album Atlas Vending is out now via Sub Pop.
(Photo Credit: Norman Wong)

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