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Art
Kaixi Yang is an abstract enigma who pirouettes endlessly at the edge between reason and beauty. One day she conjures colored calligraphy across a canvas, and the next she eloquently sermonizes sustainable city planning at the World Economic Forum in Geneva. This relentlessly original thinker grew up in New Zealand, far from the world at […]
Interviews
Brothers Charles and Zach Weinert share more than same DNA; the Monozygotic twins, better known as MZG, have shared the stage with some of the biggest names in electronic music across the country. Since relocating to Colorado from the Jacksonville area, the duo has been using their sonic abilities to move bodies throughout Denver and beyond. […]
Electronic
This week’s WCW is Megan Hamilton, the electro funk queen putting Minneapolis on the map with her genre bending instrumentals and west coast hip-hop vocals. Hamilton’s range in style should be missed by none. The Minneapolis native has elements of every genre imaginable within her catalog; reggae, boom-bap, soul, dubstep, deep bass, house, trap, hip-hop, […]
![deLphi ‘Love Notes’ :: The Tasty Bass, R&B & Soul Infused Baby Makin’ Mix Your Ears Have Been Waiting For [Artist Spotlight]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/18954954_945970925545420_8591524882847633991_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
The West coast bass empress deLphi is back at it again. DeLphi is no stranger to exploring the depths of feminine sensuality and her new forty-five minute mixtape, ‘Love Notes,’ leads her musical audience through a delightfully tasteful journey of her signature fusion bursting with world sounds, enticing hip-hop numbers, timeless R&B, spoken word and soulful progressive […]
![Why We Come Back, The Newport Folk Festival [Event Review + Artist Interviews]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/JFS5037.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
Newport Folk Festival This was my third year attending the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. Out of the many summer music festivals my friends and I have attended together over the years, Newport is the only one we’ve turned into an annual tradition. This isn’t just because of the incredible musical lineup and delicious […]
![[Photo Gallery] Gramatik at the House of Blues in Boston, MA | September 17th, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DSC_9042.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
Denis Jasarevic, better known as his producer name Gramatik, is without a doubt leading the forefront in the electro-soul scene. His performance in Boston this past month blew away the crowd at The House of Blues. Gramatik has an undeniable ability to groove and connect any audience that stands before him.
Social Culture
Leticia Sedberry is an abstract artist in the Dallas, Texas area. Her work has been featured at the Magnolia Hotel in Downtown Dallas, the Bedford and Hurst Public Libraries, in January at the Buon Giorno Café in Grapevine, and various other galleries around the area. She attended the Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She enjoys […]
![[Artist Interview] Falling In Love with Krista Darling](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/zedarling.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Interviews
///Falling in love with Krista Darling (real name Krista McKenzie) isn’t very hard. Not only is she an artist of several mediums, but she is extremely skilled in every single one of them. She has made custom pieces ranging from ‘wearable art’ dresses, paintings and sculptures. Each work of art is crafted with her signature […]