Month: April 2026

Indie music has been invaded by fake fans and cynical viral campaigns​. Here’s how deep it all goesIndie music has been invaded by fake fans and cynical viral campaigns​. Here’s how deep it all goes

Companies such as Chaotic Good are confecting social media buzz to promote Geese, Oklou and other indie darlings. Industry insiders reveal how widespread the practice is – even if no-one is sure it actually works Did you get more fomo than usual from last year’s Glastonbury? Did you see a ...

‘Are you ready to go down the rabbit hole?’: inside a Moby Dick production like nothing you’ve seen before‘Are you ready to go down the rabbit hole?’: inside a Moby Dick production like nothing you’ve seen before

Avant-garde theater legend Robert Wilson’s final work was a bold reimagining of Melville’s classic. His collaborators explain bringing it to the Brooklyn stage Not far into Herman Melville’s 1851 epic novel Moby-Dick, a shipowner describes the man who will take their whaler on a tragic quest. Captain Ahab, he says, ...

The New Orleans program doing house calls for postpartum mothers: ‘For many women, you fall off a cliff’The New Orleans program doing house calls for postpartum mothers: ‘For many women, you fall off a cliff’

Family Connects New Orleans provides crucial postpartum support to mothers through home-based nurse visits About three months ago, Amber Leduff, gave birth to her daughter, Autumn, at New Orleans’ Touro hospital. The room was hectic after the delivery, with nurses and doctors bustling in and out. In the chaos, Leduff, ...