Raina Douris

3 days ago | wrvo.org | Raina Douris |Miguel Perez |Miguel Pérez

Jasmine Cruickshank, who performs as Jasmine.4.t, walked away from a songwriting workshop — led by none other than Adrianne Lenker — with a key piece of wisdom: Creative endeavors must start from a place of acceptance. That's something the British singer-songwriter had been struggling with just before she came out as trans and began her gender-affirming transition. "As soon as I came out, all of these songs that are on the record ... started pouring out of me," she says.

3 days ago | npr.org | Raina Douris

Set ListJasmine Cruickshank, who performs as Jasmine.4.t, walked away from a songwriting workshop - led by none other than Adrianne Lenker - with a key piece of wisdom: Creative endeavors must start from a place of acceptance. That's something the British singer-songwriter had been struggling with just before she came out as trans and began her gender-affirming transition. "As soon as I came out, all of these songs that are on the record ... started pouring out of me," she says.

3 days ago | flipboard.com | Raina Douris |Miguel Perez |Miguel Pérez

9 hours agoUS actor Jonathan Joss has been shot dead in what his husband says was a homophobic hate crime, although police have said they have found no evidence of that. Joss, 59, was known for voicing John Redcorn on long-running TV animation King of the Hill, and played Chief Ken Hotate in sitcom Parks and …

1 week ago | npr.org | Raina Douris

Ben Kweller started playing music when he was a little kid, when his dad taught him to play the drums. Almost immediately, Kweller started writing his own songs, and by his mid-teens, he was showing up on late-night television playing with his band Radish. When Kweller became a dad himself, he passed that love of music along to his kids, including his son Dorian, who was a budding musician on the cusp of success when he was killed in a car accident in 2023 at just 16 years old.

1 week ago | wshu.org | Raina Douris |Miguel Perez |Miguel Pérez

Louisiana's Cajun Country is one of the most unique areas of the United States. It's officially called Acadiana, after the French-speaking Acadians, or Cajuns, who settled there after being exiled from Canada by the British in the 18th century. Our monthly series, Acadiana Music Showcase, is produced by our friends at Lafayette, La., affiliate station KRVS, and it explores this vibrant cultural melting pot through music.