Raffaela Kenny-Cincotta on December 18, 2018
Before she was playing bass with Marco Benevento and leading her own experimental outfit, Karina Rykman can trace her musical trajectory back to The White Stripes. “A friend in elementary school put an acoustic guitar in my lap and taught me ‘Seven Nation Army,’” she recalls, sitting in Relix’s Manhattan office. “Then, the next 10-plus […]
Ryan Reed on November 12, 2018
Mikaela Davis is a classically trained harpist and, on paper, her instrument’s dulcet plucks are the most intriguing element of her songwriting. But the singer-songwriter tends to shrug at that part of her narrative. “I just happen to play that instrument,” she says. “If I grew up playing guitar, I’d probably still be writing similar songs. […]
Chad Weisman on October 15, 2018
Chicago quartet Mungion (pronounced ‘Mung-yin’) sold out their hometown venue Tonic Room three nights in a row—without repeating a single song— before they had even been a band for three years. And singer and guitarist Justin Reckamp could not have been more enthusiastic about their recent victory. “The band was just really excited to play our first […]
