Alana Rodriguez – AltWire Staff Contributor Since I became aware at a young age that people saw me as different because of the color of my skin, how I feel about race has been complicated. My dad is of black, Native American, and unknown European descent. My mother’s father’s parents emigrated from Italy around 1910 […]
California reggae artist, E N Young just released his latest single, Queendom, dedicated to the unsung (s)heroes of reggae, the female supporters and artists. This track is very empowering as he addresses women on all walks of life from the stay at home mom, to the single mom with multiple jobs and side hustles. Queendom […]
Luke Wallace, acclaimed folk, Americana singer-song writer, embodies a new wave of politically charged folk music, writing the soundtrack for a movement of people rising up to meet the social and environmental challenges of our times. He is on a simple mission with this record, to help people find their voice and as he says “to […]
“Windows in the Sky” is the first solo album from Alex Henry Foster, lead singer and songwriter for the Juno Awards nominee post-rock band Your Favorite Enemies. Written between Tangier and Montreal, “Windows in the Sky” has been crafted in a fragile state of emotional isolation following the passing of his father, a devoted believer […]
NTMF 2019 was held in the historic Exchange District of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winnipeg is known for a lot of things. It is known for it’s diversity, it boasts the largest percentage of Filipino population in North America, among an array of other cultures from Aboriginal to Scottish. But, there is a new culture emerging in […]
LEX stuns in her new Raging Ego release. Read below for more: At some point in its short history, Hip-Hop became extremely diverse. Back in the day, that means the late 80’s and 90’s for our readers who call Wiz Khalifa a throwback artist, Hip-Hop success was largely limited to artists who had “street-credibility.” Sure, […]
With streamers and champagne bottles, Sanford, Florida’s West End Trading Co. ‘s NYE Bash was the place to be at the end of the year with their annual bash! 2017’s bash was kicked off by Flagman as they set the tone for a show headlined by Orlando-based alt-rock band, The Supervillains! The entire line-up consisted of […]
On November 12th, 2017, I had the opportunity to watch Shaggy headline the third and final day of Cocoa, Florida’s second annual, Rootfire at the Park. (cue “dreamy reminiscence” music) Shaggy was the face of reggae in the early 90’s. Even though his popularity reached its peak in the early 2000’s, he can still draw […]
The Gasparilla Music Festival presented by Cigar City Brewing have unveiled the initial lineup of acts that will be performing at the 7th Annual Gasparilla Music Festival taking place March 10-11, 2018 in downtown Tampa. More performers will be announced in the coming weeks. The Roots will be headlining Saturday, March 10th and multiple 2018 Grammy® Award nominee, Father John Misty will […]
