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Nomi Ruiz leaves us with her monumental hip-hop/R&B album Hi-Def Femme
Nomi Ruiz talks to us about gatekeeping of R&B, gentrification, music as therapy and leaving the music industry.
Photo Credit: Kenny Rodriguez
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Cold Gawd on moving west, performance & adding voices to shoegaze
Q&A with post-hardcore/shoegaze California band Cold Gawd.
Photo Credit: Devon Cohen