Why You Should Check Out Memphis’ CMG And Their Label Tapes

The cover art for Gangsta Art 2, the third official compilation album released by Memphis' CMG Records.

Since rap has become big business, the label compilation tape has been a crucial part of the genre’s fabric. What began in the heyday of Death Row Records with their Murder Was the Case soundtrack has shifted and grown in the years since—giving us a historic run of G-Unit tapes in the mid-2000s, and then […]

MD Discovery: How Sid Sriram Is Shifting the Genre Scene

Sid Sriram

Wildly inventive, effervescent, and eclectic, Indian singer-songwriter Sid Sriram is making waves across the world. Embracing both his American nationality and Indian heritage, Sid Sriram has quickly become a master producer of all different styles of music. Let’s check out this intriguing artist together… Carnatic, Soul, and Jazz Fusion Born in India but moving to […]

Music Discovery: Tacoma’s Indie-Pop Duo, He Is We

Rachel Taylor and Trevor Kelly of He Is We

This week, get acquainted with the Tacoma-based indie-pop duo, He Is We. Artist Profile Consisting of Rachel Taylor (singer) and Trevor Kelly (guitarist), He Is We have played a part in the indie music scene since the late 2000s. The duo initially gained attention by leveraging social media platforms to market their music. Though they […]