By Charissa Zeigler Pittsburg musician Laura Chu Wiens sways to a city jazz beat. Her stage name is AurallaurA and her new album, Exetastes is rooted in jazz while gathering offshoots of broad musical traditions she has studied. Biracial Chinese-American,…
By Charissa Zeigler The first time I listened to a Sufjan Stevens song I didn’t take note of it. It took the release of Luco Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name to make me realize I’d heard Steven’s voice…
Jason Bajada Makes Me Want to Escape to Canada By Charissa Zeigler Jason Bajada is a Canadian folk musician who channels Sufjan Stevens' quiet lyricism in “Carrie and Lowell” and Elliot Smith’s despair. His new album, “Crushed Grapes” released in…