Music has the power to change lives, which is exactly what it did for singer-songwriter Kalani Pe’a. At the age of three, his mother introduced him to music to help with his speech impediment: what later would be a defining moment in his life and career. As he became more confident in his musical abilities, his speech impediment began to fade. In 2017, he became the first Hawaiian recording artist to win the GRAMMY® Award for “Best Regional Roots Music Album” for his album, E Walea. He would make history again
Pop Culturalist is excited to be partnering with Warner Bros. Pictures to give away tickets to an advance screening of Isn’t It Romantic. You and a guest will see the film before it’s released on February 13. All the details are below. Good luck! About the Film New York City architect Natalie works hard to get noticed at her job but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee and bagels than to design the city’s next skyscraper. And if things weren’t bad enough, Natalie, a lifelong cynic when
Happy (belated) New Year, Pop Culturalist Readers! Are you ready for all the awesome new books releasing this year? It’s going to be a year filled with captivating YA fantasy, epic adventures across the galaxy, and more #ownvoices stories. With so many books to choose from, I narrowed it down to my top 11 picks that you should add to your TBR pile for 2019. You don’t want to miss out on these incredible stories and authors! ~YA FANTASY~ Slayer by Kiersten White Release date: January 8th As
Indie pop band machineheart burst onto the scene with their debut EP Cruel World. Since its release, it’s amassed over 50 million combined streams, established them as one of Spotify’s Top Emerging Artists, and made them one of NME‘s 2017 Break-Out Bands. Despite the success, the quartet made up of Stevie Scott (vocals), Harrison Allen (drums), Carman Kubanda (electric guitar), and Jake Randle (bass) are hungrier than ever. They’ve been hard at work creating an album that’s authentically their own. Pop Culturalist spoke with machineheart front-woman Stevie Scott about the release. PC: