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Cello’s ‘Singing to Serpents’ Makes a Virtue of Emotional Disorder

Cello’s ‘Singing to Serpents’ Makes a Virtue of Emotional Disorder

By: Adrian Keller There is an appealing lack of tidiness to Cello’s Singing to Serpents, an album that behaves as though emotional consistency might itself be a kind of dishonesty. Across nine songs, Cello can be needy, defiant, wounded, lustful, spiritual, suspicious, hopeful and exhausted. Sometimes he manages several

Rising Star by Michele Kwasniewski Shows How Fame Gets Built

Rising Star by Michele Kwasniewski Shows How Fame Gets Built

By: Stephanie Terr Most people who follow pop music careers see the finished product, the polished performances and the carefully managed public image and the chart positions and the dedicated fan base, and have little sense of the specific, often messy, frequently complicated human process that produced them. Michele

Finding the Quiet Place: ARGYRO Lets “Cool Shades” Breathe

Finding the Quiet Place: ARGYRO Lets “Cool Shades” Breathe

By Scotty Richter There is a particular pleasure in hearing a song that knows exactly what it wants to be. It does not have to announce its importance. It does not have to strain toward some grand revelation. Sometimes a song can simply open a door, invite you through,

Isabela Quilodrán Moves Between Vertical Film and Theater

Isabela Quilodrán Moves Between Vertical Film and Theater

Isabela Quilodrán has been working in three formats at once. The actress recently wrapped her second vertical production alongside creative partner Thiago Carvalho, a Portuguese-language project shot and produced in Los Angeles. She