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Cherine Abulwafa

From rock and metal to musicals and classics, and everything in between! A musician and a writer who has a passion for the brilliance of arts and the magnificence of culture.

SYMBOLS COLLAPSING UNDER THEIR OWN WEIGHT!

What happens when the very symbols meant to embody freedom begin to fracture under the pressure of reality? And what does it mean when those fractures are no longer...

HOLDING IT TOGETHER IN A WORLD THAT WON’T SLOW DOWN!

Amy Vee’s Better Still arrives less like a statement and more like a lived moment: unfiltered, slightly frayed, and deeply familiar. From the very first lines, Better Still by...

BUILT ON DRIVE, CARRIED BY MOMENTUM!

What does it sound like when determination overtakes hesitation? When the need to move forward becomes stronger than the fear of standing still? In I Want It More Than...

A RESTLESS PULSE IN THE SPACE BETWEEN REAL AND IMAGINED!

What happens when a fleeting thought, something almost trivial at first, refuses to leave your mind and instead grows into something urgent, something alive? With “Native Birds of Guam,”...

A LULLABY CARVED OUT OF STATIC AND STEEL!

What happens when something soft is forced to survive inside a world built of noise? With Pet Song, Shortout Kid offers an answer that feels more like immersion than...

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SHADOW AND REVELATION, A VOICE RISE!

Some songs don’t unfold so much as they pull you inward. “What Lies Beneath” sits firmly in that space, leaning into atmosphere and emotional weight rather than immediacy. It...