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Ibeyi – Ash Album Review
Read more: Ibeyi – Ash Album ReviewIbeyi’s second album Ash is a musical microcosm of contemporary society. The African-Cuban twin sisters distinguish their sound by mixing a multitude of genres, languages and cultures. To quote one of the sisters, Lisa-Kaindé, “Yeah we are definitely using a little bit of jazz, of hip hop music, electronic music, Yoruba, soul music, even pop…
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Writer’s Block Doesn’t Exist – Part 3: Talent and Practice
Read more: Writer’s Block Doesn’t Exist – Part 3: Talent and Practice“Writing is really just a matter of writing a lot, writing consistently and having faith that you’ll continue to get better and better. Sometimes, people think that if they don’t display great talent and have some success right away, they won’t succeed. But writing is about struggling through and learning and finding out what…
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Battle of the Christmas Cookies
Read more: Battle of the Christmas Cookies*Special thanks to my mother who let me do all this baking back at home and who helped me through all of it. Christmas is all about receiving gifts, spending time with your family, and most importantly: gaining a lot of weight. In order to contribute to the weight gaining, I decided to bake…
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Rupi Kaur’s poetry in the age of social media
Read more: Rupi Kaur’s poetry in the age of social mediaYou might already have heard of her through Instagram or Tumblr, or maybe you’ve seen her book lying beside all of the other ‘cool’ books in the book section of the Urban Outfitter’s store. Rupi Kaur is a Canadian author, feminist activist and illustrator in her twenties who has published two books of poetry accompanied…
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Dutch-language singing and songwriting – Part 1: Ramses Shaffy and Drs. P
Read more: Dutch-language singing and songwriting – Part 1: Ramses Shaffy and Drs. PUp until when I was about fifteen, I was instinctively against listening to and liking much of Dutch music. Thankfully, I soon realized this is a weirdly elitist attitude to have, and I can happily say I outgrew it. Dutch can be a beautiful and rich language with a wide range of character-types and…
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