Music
Snoh Aalegra’s highly anticipated sophomore album “Ugh, those feels again” is a chasm of emotive soliloquy, in which the Swedish-Persian soul songstress shapes the thematic space her debut release “Feels” (2017) carved out
Normani, formerly of the girl group Fifth Harmony, has been dipping in her toes in the pool and finding out where she fits in the music industry as a solo artist.
Whether you believe in guardian angels or not, Isabella Peschardt is here with a dazzling debut album that poetically implies that they exist and are thriving.
So many female rappers have been creating music today and since the birth of hip hop. Still, a lot of people don’t mention a woman in their top five favorites or even have a favorite female rapper.
Willow Smith continues the exploration of her sonic identity with her eponymous third studio album “Willow”. It’s a genre-bending and experimental affair, as Smith and producer Tyler Cole adopt dissonant acoustic guitars and spacey synths to drive forward a psychedelic, folk-leaning alternative R&B sound.
We have recently seen how much of a visionary she is with her self directed music videos for songs like “Issues/Hold On” and “Gonna Love Me (Remix)” but she really brought it with her latest video for “HYWI” ft. King Combs which is dripping in 90’s nostalgia.
The Somali-Canadian R&B songstress is evolving gloriously before our eyes, and with the release of “Black Dove” she details her nuanced plight towards black womanhood as the impetus for discovering a new artistic freedom – one that isn’t hinged on societal or cultural expectations.
Our conversation began light-hearted and easy, full of laughs and thoughtful pauses on Tess’s part, and strained efforts to disguise the fact that I was sitting in a bathroom on my behalf.
Music has always been a universal language – with this in mind, we at NBGA have scoured the globe for the quintessential offerings in contemporary artists who are challenging the Anglophone boundaries of the popular music sphere
When have we known Beyoncé to do the bare minimum? We haven’t. She couldn’t just play the role of Nala and just leave it at that– so she decided to also bless us with a compilation album for the film curated by herself.
