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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.

BUILT TO SHAKE ROOMS!

Beneath the distortion and urgency, there’s something deeply human running through Beast Machine Theory by Storm Boy; a need to connect, to release, to be heard without filters. That’s...

A STORM BUILT ON DISTORTION AND TRUTH!

Blurring the edges between alternative rock grit and dreamlike haze, SATSUMA’s Anodyne carves out a sound that feels both grounded and drifting at once. It’s the kind of debut...

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WHO YOU ARE AND WHO THEY WANT

There’s a fragile tension running through LED’s “Your Perfect,” the kind that lives in the space between self-perception and expectation. It’s not explosive, not overly dramatic, but quietly persistent....

A SEASON OF MEMORY AND RECKONING!

Mermaid Avenue’s Jacarandas stretches outward while quietly turning inward. It carries the feeling of movement, of distance, and of time passing; but always returns to something that feels genuine...

ELEGY FOR LOVE, EMPIRE, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN!

What does it mean to admire power when it is built on ruin? And how often do we mistake grandeur for truth, both in history and in our own...

AN ALMOST GOODBYE

Jari Salmikivi’s Firelight unfolds like a slow exhale you didn’t realize you were holding. It doesn’t rush toward resolution, instead, Jari Salmikivi lets Firelight hover in that fragile space...