by Kusha Singh | May 22, 2024 | Features, International, Music, Profiles, Womens Issues
Meet Micaela Kleinsmith, a talented 28-year-old musician with the vibrant rhythm of South Africa coursing through her veins. Born and raised in Cape Town, she was surrounded with sights, sounds, and stories that shaped her unique musical style. Her community’s...
by Charleigh Sharp | May 20, 2024 | Features, International, Music, Profiles, Womens Issues
For Jessa Sky, music has always had a transformative power. Like many aspiring singers, she began by singing in her bedroom, closing her eyes, and imagining herself performing centre stage to help her escape reality. Now 28 and having amassed a combined following of...
by Jessica Hine | May 20, 2024 | Explainer, Womens Issues
Florence Price (born Florence Beatrice Smith) was an African-American classical pianist, composer, teacher and organist. She lived from April 9th 1887- June 3rd 1953. She played her first recital at the young age of 4 and was from Little Rock, Arkansas. Price...
by Jessica Hine | May 20, 2024 | Features, Music, Profiles, Womens Issues
“I feel like there is no space for women to be credited for their bars and musical talents alone, I feel like a woman has to be hyper-sexual or hyper-masculine in order to be celebrated, there is no in-between”. Medulla, 24, faces the struggles of women in the UK rap...
by Charleigh Sharp | May 18, 2024 | Features, International, Music, Profiles, Womens Issues
Drumming. It’s a movement. A rebellious one. It’s a spiritual connection that transcends languages and speaks to the soul. A percussive journey. And who better to lead the revolution than female drummers? No longer are women allowing the confinement of the glass...
by Kusha Singh | May 4, 2024 | Features, International, Music, Profiles, Womens Issues
This is Dolly Ave, a Vietnamese-American singer and songwriter based in LA. This Billboard Vietnam rising star wasn’t originally born for the glare of stadium lights! Her Midwestern upbringing was a symphony of sound, a beautiful collision between the soulful...