The Cover Song Renaissance
In an oversaturated digital ecosystem, cover songs are not just tributes. They’re tools of discovery. For emerging artists, they offer an entry poin…
Category: CULTURE
FRONTRUNNER meets the cultural avant-gardes and tastemakers making strides in the creative arts and beyond. Digital creators, curators, comedians, playwrights, historians and everyone in between are captured in a series of compelling, thought-provoking interviews.
The Zine Underground: Analog Media Never Died
For all the talk about analog media making a comeback, the truth is that it never really went anywhere. The analog underground has always been…
Celebrate Chicago Fashion Week with Qualia’s Runway Collection
Welcoming its second annual Fashion Week, Chicago invites various creatives and designers to showcase their work from October 9th through the 19th. Al…
Love The Mamas & the Papas? Take a Listen to These Artists.
Their infectious melodies meandered through stories of gentle California sunshine, while being a part of the movement of social and political counterc…
Love Bob Dylan? Take a Listen to These Singer-Songwriters.
Bob Dylan is often called the greatest songwriter in history. Whether or not that is an evaluation that can be made, there is no question regarding th…
From Joni Mitchell’s Art Auctions to Bandcamp: Musicians & Their Visual Art
Countless musicians, like her, create visual art, and some even find ways to incorporate it into their brand’s merchandise.
Tomberlin at the Murmrr Theatre
The Murmrr Theater seats about 700, but Sarah Beth Tomberlin (known by the mononym Tomberlin) and her band stand in the middle of the pit, and only ab…
These Bands Are Using Songbooks, Scores, and Zines to Reach Fans in A Digital Music Age
When most of Gen-Z grew up discovering music on streaming platforms, ipods, or computers, the magic of holding a cassette, record, or CD of our favori…
Rosie Elliott on Choreographing For Queer the Ballet’s “Dream of a Common Language” and Cultivating a More Inclusive Dance Culture
Rosie founded REmove Collective which aims to “remove the gender binary from ballet” and create more inclusive educational spaces in dance for i…
Deepcut Discussion with Porter Hobbs
Background: Deepcut Discussion is a series by Fiona Rae for FRONTRUNNER, dedicated to interviewing young artists and creatives through a playful investigative lens. In each…