Alexandra Jones

By Alexandra Jones Photos by Olivia Vaughn Illustration by Drew Dunlap Being human is hard. Most people will concede that being a lady human poses its own set of unique, societally-imposed challenges. And if you take a look at our culture, it’s easy to get the impression Read More

By Alexandra Jones Photo by J.H. Kertis The West Philadelphia Orchestra has a constantly changing roster, no concrete style, and a healthy disdain for pop’s performer/audience divisions and power dynamics. This all-over-Philly institution plays a blend of genre musics that Read More

By Alexandra Jones Today I present you with a day in the life of Jen Levins. This isn’t really a typical day, but it happens often enough to cause trouble… I’m sitting in a café in the upper east side of Manhattan. There was a time in my life when I had a Read More

By Alexandra Jones Photo by Zack Gross “I don’t wanna be starting out when I’m 40,” says Michelle Zauner, guitarist and singer for indie pop-rockers Post Post. The tongue-in-cheek remark comes from someone who’s just old enough to cash in drink Read More

By Alexandra Jones Comparing a female singer to a songbird is a clichéd, diminutive way to indicate that the musician in question has a pretty voice. Singer/songwriter Jesca Hoop’s voice is not so one-dimensional – pleasing, ethereal, throaty, bold, full – and Read More

By Alexandra Jones The Philadelphia Folk Festival has been a mainstay of the folk music scene for nearly half a century. Every year since its inception in 1962, folk fans have traveled to a spot near Schwenksville, PA to camp, celebrate folk arts, and hear the best that folk Read More