Articles tagged "maiysha"

PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008 Feature

The Best Albums of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[19.Dec.08] :. PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2008, highlighted by the return of British trip-hop legends and some infectious American indie rock by way of the Cascade Mountains.

PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008

 

PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008 Feature

The Best R&B of 2008

by Christian John Wikane

[19.Dec.08] :. From true legends to notable newcomers to acts in mid-career stride, the year's best R&B is much more than what your local Top 40 radio station would have you believe.

PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008

 
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Maiysha: This Much Is True

by Christian John Wikane

[17.Nov.08] :. Maiysha belongs in your music collection. Armed with a voltaic vocal presence, this Brooklyn-based artist is the antidote to the melissma-dependent kewpie dolls that currently populate the airwaves....

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A Study in Contrasts: An Interview with Maiysha

by Christian John Wikane

[7.Nov.08] :. Too black for some and not black enough for others, Maiysha defies racial and musical conventions. With the launch of her debut album underway, she chats about race, celebrity, and a typical day in the United States of Hysteria.

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Notes from the Road

Maiysha - 1 November 2008: New York

by Christian John Wikane

[4.Nov.08] :. Words and Pictures by Christian John Wikane

Notes from the Road