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As if this Music Monday could be about anything else. Beyoncé headlined Coachella this past weekend and I am still recovering from watching the live-stream of the event. She was the first black woman to headline Coachella and she made her historic performance one to be remembered. I was lucky enough to witness the wonder…
Friday is my favorite day of the week and it isn’t just because it’s the last workday before the weekend, it’s also the day where most new music gets thrust upon the world and my happy ears get to consume it throughout the day. This could have easily been a Carrie Underwood, Gavin James, Billy…
I have been raving about Allen Stone since I was lucky enough to witness him open up for Al Green at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. I mean, talk about an amazing concert! At the time, I was completely unprepared for the musical journey I was about to go through but now it’s been…
My love affair with pop music is a well-documented and complicated one. pre-teen Julie was all about the pop music, *Nsync, Spice Girls, the Queen herself: Britney Spears, they were all constantly playing in my house. My parents hated pre-teen Julie … and also teen Julie, she was a mess. As I grew older and…
No, the title of this article is not a typo; James Bay has stolen my heart and I need everybody to know about it. He is now my “musical bae”. Earlier this week my friend and I attended the James Bay concert at The Belasco in Los Angeles. This was my friend’s first time seeing…
Kelly Clarkson is quickly becoming one of my favorite artists. I raved about her latest album, Meaning of Life, when it came out last year and now here I am ready to rave about her latest single, “I Don’t Think About You”. She just released a music video to accompany the single and it is a…
Sometimes inspiration hits you right before you give up and go to bed. My weekend has been full of family chaos and I had completely forgotten that our monthly Hamildrop would be released at midnight. So here I am wasting an hour of my night looking for a song to feature on this week’s Music…
Before Jason Mraz saved my life in 2012, musical theatre had already made an attempt once. It was during my 30-minute lunch break that I snuck into a movie theatre that was showing RENT ( I should add that I worked in said movie theatre and watching 30 minutes of a movie during your break was allowed)….
My favorite thing to do at work, is surprisingly not to work but instead to go on Spotify and play a random playlist with hopes of finding my next favorite artist. Such was the case when I stumbled upon Billy Raffoul’s music yesterday morning. In addition to the fact that I am extremely jealous of…
I promise to not make the entirety of this website about my depression but now that I’m starting to feel like a normal human being again, I feel the need to analyze what’s been going on with me lately. Climbing out of depression is difficult. You must arm yourself with time and patience in order…