Yaz Lancaster

Jan 21, 2025 | icareifyoulisten.com | Yaz Lancaster

Despite being a New Yorker for over a decade, my first trip to Chicago in 2024 made me reconsider the top spot for best American city. Weird, underground, homegrown art is abundant, and there is a rich history and presence of Black music spanning genres and locales that was felt after just a few days. Damon Locks, a visual artist, educator, vocalist, and electronic musician, is an active practitioner and multifaceted performer in the city.

Sep 4, 2024 | icareifyoulisten.com | Yaz Lancaster

Listen to an audio version of this article (7-minute listen)The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker is a self-described new renaissance artist whose practice spans from visual and cinematic works to electroacoustic music with custom-made instruments and notation systems.

Jun 24, 2024 | icareifyoulisten.com | Yaz Lancaster

In the thick of the early Covid era (mid-2020), Matthew Sage had an idea for a record. Taking advantage of the imposed isolation, the multifaceted Colorado-based musician and artist used the opportunity to reach out to folks he’d long admired to collaborate on a project from afar.

Mar 20, 2024 | icareifyoulisten.com | Yaz Lancaster

MIZU is an artist who knows how to distill the mosaic process of defining oneself. On her debut record, Distant Intervals (2023), the Brooklyn-based cellist (fka Issei Herr) navigated her gender transition while shifting from a frustrating, classically-focused practice to one that embraces agency via improvisation and electronic production. Development of her sophomore album, Forest Scenes (NNA Tapes, Mar.

Feb 29, 2024 | icareifyoulisten.com | Yaz Lancaster

Toronto’s new and experimental music scene is saturated with innovative and eccentric artists, so it makes total sense that the city is home to the annual Women From Space festival. Each year, Women from Space sets out to amplify and facilitate a supportive environment for diverse artists of marginalized genders, and the expansive 2024 program is no different.