Irène Schrader

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Sumaroo on New EP 'Piggyback' and Small Room Storytelling

Singer-songwriter Sumaroo unveiled his latest EP Piggyback this March 24, after years spent searching for a self-identifying sound. This journey has helped hatch a cozy, indie-folk/pop bundle of songs that are set to gently ease us into springtime. The Mauritian-Canadian artist’s songs exude serenity and comfort starting with the title track “Piggyback” which foregrounds the beauty of promises in a romantic relationship and finishing with “Your Nose Is Fine”, an appreciation of one’s inner beaut
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ROSIE Talks Debut EP, Mental Health Awareness and Quarantine Songwriting — Sunstroke Magazine

You may have seen her on your TikTok for you page, singing excerpts from her catchy songs on love and anxieties. Having just released her debut EP, 20mg of Happiness, singer-songwriter ROSIE is part of a larger, booming wave of young musicians we see on social media. Her Instagram bio proudly says, “No filters, no Facetune, no VSCO, no makeup, 100% real content!” In a way, so does her music. With her gentle voice and emphasis on bluntly expressing her emotions through lyrics, the 21-year-old has
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The Language Gaps in Non-Binary Acceptance and Representation

Although non-binary identities have existed for centuries, their legitimacy is still contested around the world. This misapprehension runs especially deep in countries whose languages lend themselves to the gender binary. In languages where gender-neutral “they” pronouns do not traditionally exist, for example, non-binary individuals struggle to semantically self-identity. Such is the case in many Latin-rooted languages, where singular and plural pronouns are always gendered: it is often argued
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Gatlin On New EP 'To Remind Me of Home' and Quarantine Songwriting — Sunstroke Magazine

Irène Schrader: The songs in To Remind Me of Home are all connected to relatively recent introspections of yours. What would you say were the biggest lessons you learned in the last year and a half?

Gaitlin: I definitely learned a lot about myself through the pandemic and the making of this project. I don’t really know if I learned many lessons as much as just learned more and more who I am and being able to recognize my emotions and how to work through them.

IS: How did the pandemic affect yo
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Meet ‘Word of Mouth,’ the Online Beauty Review Site for and by Real People —

The world of makeup and skincare is as vast as it is tricky. Learning about the different routines, ingredients and techniques that work is a subjective journey that feels confusing and even lonely at times. Truth be told, most of us don’t have the time to conduct in-depth research on products and companies’ ethical practices.

That’s where Word of Mouth (WoM) comes in. The organization is the passion project of four University of Pennsylvania students who aim to help make the field of beauty mo
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Ginesse Talks First EP 'Somewhere To Die,' Broadway Influences and Releasing Music During The Pandemic —

Los Angeles-based actress and singer-songwriter Cait Fairbanks, who performs under the name Ginesse, is hardly making her first steps in the music world. The 27 year-old artist was previously nominated for an Emmy for her performance in The Young and the Restless, and incarnated the role of Veronica in the off-Broadway show, Heathers: The Musical.

Released this past November, Ginesse’s indie-pop EP Somewhere To Die is composed of five songs that describe the different stages of her 20’s. The ly
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Interview: Lawrence, the Brother-Sister Musical Phenomenon You Need to Hear

At the young ages of 24 and 21, Clyde Lawrence and Gracie Lawrence already hold impressive artistic resumes: Clyde was admitted as the youngest member to the Songwriters Guild of America when he was six years old and has composed music for a multitude of films. Gracie has performed on Broadway in Brighton Beach Memoirs (2009), has been an actress in diverse productions, and will appear this year in One Dollar, an upcoming CBS All-Access show.

Both siblings form the soul-pop band Lawrence, along
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Interview: Rosie Carney, the Angelic Sound Your Playlist Has Been Missing

Editor’s Note: This article has been edited for clarity and length. Enjoy!

With already over 18 million streams on her music and 1.4 million monthly Spotify listeners, indie & folk singer-songwriter Rosie Carney has an upcoming debut album, Bare, coming out on January 25th (which you can pre-order here) and is only going to win more hearts. Born in Hampshire, England before moving to Donegal in Ireland, Rosie began writing music after she’d began feeling inspired by the sceneries of her new hom
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Interview: Fresh Faced Hip-Hop Artist Tabby Wakes Soon to Release First EP

Emerging hip-hop artist Tabby Wakes is greeting us this week with her new debut EP. The 22-year-old artist is based in New York. She took her first steps into the entertainment industry at the tender age of 14 as Tabby Time, an event planner for parties. This past summer, Wakes dropped out of college and opened a music studio with her friend in Queens. She was signed to Fool’s Gold Records, with whom she will release her EP. In addition to making music, Tabby also works with the feminist skate c
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Interview: Upcoming Indie Sensation Hailey Knox Talks New Album “Hardwired”

This month, I had the chance to converse with Hailey Knox, whose raw songwriting and voice have yet to leave anyone indifferent. The loop pedalling artist is taking the music world by storm and just ended her headlining tour this year, during which she mesmerized various cities such as New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Nashville. She will go on tour with Bailen at the end of this month and open up for Corinne Bailey Rae in multiple shows in July. Described by Atwood Magazine as “
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Interview: Rising Singer-Songwriter Madison Cunningham’s New LP “Who Are You Now”

This week marks the release of talented singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham’s new LP Who Are You Now. The 22-year-old from Orange County, California has found an affinity for performing and creating music at a young age, having picked up the guitar at seven years old. By the time she was twelve, Madison was singing and performing with her siblings in church, and by age fifteen, worked out that songwriting was a passion she wanted to pursue; it is no wonder that her music today expresses such ma
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Interview: Underrated Gem in the New World of Electro-Pop Chela Releases EP 'Delivery'

Filipino-Australian singer and songwriter Chela is ready to make waves with her newly released 4-track EP “Delivery”. Having played in punk clubs since she was 15 and released in 2013 her breakout single “Romanticise”, Chela has developed throughout the years a distinct style in her sincere lyricism, dynamic beats, and groovy synth which at times pulls you back to the eighties. The multitalented artist also directed a couple of music videos that accompany her EP and is set to go on tour with Gus
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Interview: Meet Nilo Blues, the Vietnamese-Chinese Canadian hip-hop artist bringing the representation we need

Nilo Blues is the refresher you need for this beginning of 2020. The 20-year-old is becoming a relevant musical voice for communities that have yet to be sufficiently represented in the current music industry; that of third-culture kids and Asian diasporas in the west. The hip-hop artist’s debut single “No Risk Involved” is to be released on January 31st. The single will be accompanied by a music video directed by angelicamilash and cinematographed by Dennis Grishnin. The visuals calls attention
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Thoughts From Asian Artists in Europe During COVID-19

As stilted as this may sound, this Lunar New Year was marked by the COVID-19 outbreak for my family. My mother took one of the last planes from Beijing back to Paris, while my grandmother was to stay home indefinitely. As they gathered as much information as they could at the dawn of the epidemic, streets became dystopically empty in the capital and many households had begun stocking up on food. With each day came new updates, questions, and worries. This kind of abstruse made me feel disconnect
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What University Students in France Think of the Second National Lockdown

By the end of 2020, France will have spent around one-third of the year under coronavirus lockdown (also known as confinement in French). The most recent one was enacted as a response to what is known nationally as the second wave of the pandemic and began this October 28th. It was initially set to last until at least December 1st but has since been extended until the 15th of that month.

Like the first lockdown, which had lasted from March 17th to May 11th of this year, non-essential businesses