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It all began when Pennsylvania native, Irene Greene, reached out to Mason Summit to team up for a class assignment when they both were students at USC/Thornton School of Music—they were in the same class, but had never met. Then came a bit later a romance when they became a couple. And then, after pursuing separate musical paths, deciding during the pandemic to see what they ...

Tristan and the Troubled is a Lexington, Kentucky, musical side project led by Tristan Frazier, drummer, songwriter, and founding member of the Kentucky rock trio Bedford. Known for Bedford’s groove-driven rock, hard-hitting lyrics, and blend of vintage and modern influences, Frazier brings an established background in songwriting and performance to this separate musical vent...

In a dim green room backstage on tour in the UK, Michaela Anne pressed record on her phone and captured what would become the chorus to her new single, If Your Body Fails You — her first song in two years. It was the spark that broke a long silence, a stretch when songwriting had felt impossibly far away.

The silence began when Michaela became a mom, just as her own mot...

Bond Henry, a Chicago singer-songwriter.

Bond's songs often have a strong autobiographical element. One particularly personal example is “The Poor Man’s Dollar (The Ballad of Donald Lee),” which tells the story of his father and connects to Bond's own childhood experience in an orphanage in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Henry has also developed a live identity that mov...