“Summer 2013 I stumbled across a new band. It was the summer I began wearing knee-high combat boots and shopping exclusively at Hot Topic. Already, my closet brimmed with…”

“Like Kelela’s songs, Martha’s cuts are filled with narratives on love…You follow their voices to the dance floor and “freedom” could be found. And, what happens when we leave the dance floor? Whose voice and body is provided the privilege to be heard, seen, and paid off the floor?”

“Because of modern consumption habits, R&B’s humanity and range has been stripped away and reduced to “moodification,” in which human curators and algorithms over-curate the music…”

“I'd never heard the sound of his voice, the sound of his footsteps, but somehow still I could hear him. His presence had always been deafening, like a slow, calming tempo.”