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Adéla Jergová was unknown to the world for most of her life. Now, at just 22, she has released a seven track EP with a breakout single “Superscar” and amassed over 100 million listens all in her first year of putting out music.

Photo courtesy of Jarvis Subia. Just a foot from the audience stands a mic and Myles Taylor, the host and president of the Boston Poetry Slam, welcoming new and old artists to the dimly lit Cantab Lounge basement. Wasting not a second more, Taylor booms, “Welcome to the Boston Poetry Slam! We are here every Wednesday.” Like clockwork, the audience of eager regulars and supportive friends shout back, “Every Wednesday!” and a community of spoken word lovers is reunited once mo

Design by Ruth Gebru. Live music will always feel different from the radio or headphones. Every pore in your body fills with the movement of the bass, the beat of the drums, and the passion of the singer. Regardless of what is playing, you feel it. At a bar, these sensations are deepened by the enhancement of alcohol and the feeling of strangers united through friendship. For most people, going out to a bar isn’t for the music. But during many live performances, the sonic amb

Design by Camille MacMillan. The things we read have a way of creeping into our subconscious and blooming into our realities without us even knowing. For artists, books and stories can bleed into their music in more ways than not. Catching literary references in music is like watching a movie with 3D glasses: your understanding of the story exponentially increases. By drawing on existing characters and stories, musicians create a listening experience filled with easter eggs