For the Love of Music Sat, 28 Sep 2024 15:22:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://atwoodmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Atwood-Magazine-Circle-Logo-2020-32x32.png 32 32 68941247 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw19-meet-our-writers-ciaran-short/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw19-meet-our-writers-ciaran-short/#respond Sat, 28 Sep 2024 15:03:28 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=202849 New York native Ciaran Short couldn’t avoid noise growing up, but eventually, amidst the chaos of the world’s loudest city, he trained his ear to listen for the moments of pause. Ultimately, he found he could not only focus, but truly extend these instances through his writing practice.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw19-meet-our-writers-ciaran-short/feed/ 0 202849 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw18-meet-our-writers-hamish-monk/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw18-meet-our-writers-hamish-monk/#respond Sat, 21 Sep 2024 08:00:03 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=202506 Born in the municipal birthplace of radio, Chelmsford, Essex, Hamish Monk sees music as the best tool mankind has yet invented to understand itself. To write about music for him is as much an effort to appreciate how this mechanism works, as it is exquisitely entertaining.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw18-meet-our-writers-hamish-monk/feed/ 0 202506 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw17-meet-our-writers-liv-goodbody/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw17-meet-our-writers-liv-goodbody/#respond Sat, 14 Sep 2024 10:00:16 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=202241 Writing is a beautiful way to try and articulate that indefinable feeling listening to music can give you. Liv Goodbody is a great admirer of music and its ability to transform ordinary feelings into great ones. From employing her elbows at crowded gigs, to listening to soul as she drives along the Jurassic coast, life just wouldn’t be the same without music.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw17-meet-our-writers-liv-goodbody/feed/ 0 202241 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw16-meet-our-writers-dimitra-gurduiala/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw16-meet-our-writers-dimitra-gurduiala/#respond Sun, 04 Feb 2024 15:00:35 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=184554 Dimitra Gurduiala has always been a great mixture of anxieties and uncertainties. Born in Moldova and moved to another country at a very young age, she always struggled to understand who she was, what really made her... Her. Over time she began to assemble the pieces of the puzzle, and she finally understood. Just as we are all (in part) the people we have met over the course of our lives, every song we have ever heard becomes part of us, if only in small part. We may have heard it once and totally forgotten about it, but it is always there in a little corner of our mind, in our soul.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw16-meet-our-writers-dimitra-gurduiala/feed/ 0 184554 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw15-meet-our-writers-diego-morales/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw15-meet-our-writers-diego-morales/#respond Sat, 06 Jan 2024 08:00:26 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=191000 Diego Morales writes all sorts of things: documentary podcasts, tv pilots that don’t get picked up, a million press releases for indie albums and one incomplete novel that he promises to finish before turning forty. The constant through all that has always been a knack for explaining the world through songs.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw15-meet-our-writers-diego-morales/feed/ 0 191000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw14-meet-our-writers-josh-weiner/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw14-meet-our-writers-josh-weiner/#respond Sat, 23 Sep 2023 13:47:25 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=186297 Ever since writing a piece speculating on Eminem's possible retirement (ha!) as an 8th grader in 2005, Josh Weiner has been devoted to music writing. He is still going strong in his 9th year as a contributing writer for Atwood!]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw14-meet-our-writers-josh-weiner/feed/ 0 186297 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw13-meet-our-writers-minna-abdel-gawad/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw13-meet-our-writers-minna-abdel-gawad/#respond Sat, 05 Aug 2023 13:00:09 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=183315 Get to know Atwood Magazine‘s writers in our special column where they become the interviewees, sharing their personal playlists and talking about their experiences...]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw13-meet-our-writers-minna-abdel-gawad/feed/ 0 183315 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw12-meet-our-writers-danny-vagnoni/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw12-meet-our-writers-danny-vagnoni/#respond Sat, 29 Jul 2023 22:00:25 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=182955 A snob that loves low culture or a swine that aspires to high, Danny’s love of music grew in parallel with his love of words and stories. Eventually, they met. Passionate about sonics and social justice, Danny’s favorite pieces to write (or film, or record) are those pieces that address the joys and sorrows in life, advocate for artists in the face of industry, or have some greater social valence to them.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw12-meet-our-writers-danny-vagnoni/feed/ 0 182955 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw11-meet-our-writers-andrew-daly/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw11-meet-our-writers-andrew-daly/#respond Mon, 24 Jul 2023 00:46:58 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=182539 Since he was a kid, Andrew Daly has always loved music. Be it through playing guitar, or drums, digging into music-related magazines, or buying CDs, cassettes, and records, he’s always found a way to surround himself with music. These days, Andrew is still digging into new and exciting music, all the while retaining a deep love for the songs that defined him as a lover of music, journalist, and person. Without music, Andrew probably wouldn’t look at life the same. And while that may seem crazy to some, for Andrew it’s perfectly — or imperfectly — sane.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw11-meet-our-writers-andrew-daly/feed/ 0 182539 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw10-meet-our-writers-lauren-hicks/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw10-meet-our-writers-lauren-hicks/#respond Sun, 16 Jul 2023 21:47:18 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=182219 Music has always been a friend to Lauren Hicks, and writing has allowed her to express gratitude for that. Little tunes always catch her attention, sparking moments of interest and connection. Rather than talking about music all the time, she decided to write about it, too — creating more opportunity to share her love for it with others.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw10-meet-our-writers-lauren-hicks/feed/ 0 182219 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw09-meet-our-writers-rachel-min-leong/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw09-meet-our-writers-rachel-min-leong/#respond Sat, 01 Jul 2023 08:00:16 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=181316 Leading with creative curiosity and an ardent love for music, Rachel Min Leong blends experience and feeling in her writing. Forever honing ways of seeing and receiving, music journalism has been an outlet of expressive escapism - one venturing deeper into the musical cosmos.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw09-meet-our-writers-rachel-min-leong/feed/ 0 181316 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw08-meet-our-writers-kevin-krein/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw08-meet-our-writers-kevin-krein/#respond Sat, 24 Jun 2023 09:00:49 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=181299 Kevin Krein used to be the kind of person who, when introducing a new artist or song to someone, would preface it by saying, "If you don't like this, I don't know if we can be friends." He's thankfully no longer that kind of a person, but if he asks you about Carly Rae Jepsen and 'The Kingdom of Desire,' hopefully you have an answer prepared.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw08-meet-our-writers-kevin-krein/feed/ 0 181299 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw07-meet-our-writers-julia-dzurillay/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw07-meet-our-writers-julia-dzurillay/#respond Sat, 17 Jun 2023 11:00:38 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=181298 There's nothing more special than sharing a song with a friend — or traveling to Barcelona to be front row for Charli XCX. Julia Dzurillay's love for music has taken her to unforgettable places professionally and personally. Tortured piano lessons at 10 years old turned into a genuine, life-long appreciation for music theory, the Billboard Hot 100, sweaty indie concerts, and everything in between. With a Spotify premium account and a dream, Julia Dzurillay pursued Journalism and Professional Writing (with minors in Music and Anthropology) in college. The rest is history.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw07-meet-our-writers-julia-dzurillay/feed/ 0 181298 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw06-meet-our-writers-michael-greco/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw06-meet-our-writers-michael-greco/#respond Sun, 11 Jun 2023 23:13:11 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=180975 Asked to describe what music means to him, Michael Greco would say it's "complex, but not complicated." Music has served him as a backdrop to life's cinema and has created a detailed timeline that he can teleport to at any given time just by clicking on a playlist and ultimately has brought him to a newfound love of the written word.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw06-meet-our-writers-michael-greco/feed/ 0 180975 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw05-meet-our-writers-lauren-turner/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw05-meet-our-writers-lauren-turner/#respond Sat, 10 Jun 2023 21:34:48 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=180954 Filled with a passion to write and a deep appreciation for music, LA-based journalist, Lauren Turner, has always known what she wanted to do. Now, she’s living out and accomplishing the dreams her younger self has always hoped and strived for.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mw05-meet-our-writers-lauren-turner/feed/ 0 180954