Etana’s story began in a place she considers a breeding ground for musicians: Kingston, Jamaica. Born there as Shauna McKenzie, her 2008 debut album The Strong One is a proclamation of who she is and who she no longer is, and her works have continued to express life’s changes. There is an in…

A decade ago, Sarah Jarosz had a lot going for her. Having just graduated from the New England Conservatory for Music in Boston, she already had released three albums, with the recent precursor Build Me Up From Bones gaining a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album.

Growing up in South Central Los Angeles, Chris Siders is familiar with the struggles of life. But as a poet and rapper, Siders found his challenges to be more internal than the common themes of poverty or gangs. 

BEFORE THE WHOLEHEARTED CHORUS could gather more than a hundred singers on the Monterey Peninsula, before audiences rose from their seats to dance and sing along at Sunset Center in Carmel, there were six to 12 people meeting in Big Sur. Lisa G. Littlebird, who has now built one of the large…

Have you ever been intrigued by Quebec? This little island of French culture in North America has a lot to offer when it comes to music. Home of such stars as Céline Dion and the legendary Leonard Cohen, Quebec conquers the music world without the world realizing it.