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Erin Cobby is the Senior Editor at shado magazine. She has been working as a journalist and editor for over four years and specialises on the intersection of politics and culture, especially when it comes to music.
Her work has been featured in numerous publications including Boiler Room, Wonderland, Port, Reuters and Rollacoaster.
https://www.erincobby.com/
Colombian singer-songwriter JSCA on the future of Latin American music in London
shado sits down with Alina la Histérica to find out more about how she is making Mariachi a feminist issue and reclaiming public space.
Young people have been dealt a terrible hand this past year. In what feels like a never-ending string of lockdowns and false promises stripping away social interactions and throwing futures into jeopardy, UK’s youth have been one of the groups who have been hit hardest by COVID-19. For 2020 and...
In My Blood it Runs is a coming of age documentary which follows the story of Dujuan and his family as they navigate the systemic racism which seeps into every area of their lives. With a focus on self-narration and collaboration with Indigenous communities in the Northern Territories, the film...
We’re endlessly excited by the work of Football Beyond Borders, the football-for-education charity which has rewritten the rule book for working with young people, putting youth front and centre in everything they do. As an organisation which is based on building in person relationships with young people, COVID-19 lockdowns presented...
AZ Mag is an online publication for LGBTQI+ people of colour. Founded in 2015, AZ mag was created so QTIBPOC would have a platform to showcase their talents, but also a space to address the issues that QTIBPOC face in their communities. Since its conception AZ Mag has initiated and...
Creative DNA x Fashion Scout have come together to create present WAUZINE – a digital showcase including three limited edition digital publications, featuring 11 emerging Kenyan designers, and bringing together cross-cultural collaborations between writers, illustrators and creative teams in both London and Nairobi. Immersed in a 12-month incubator programme between...
‘Multidisciplinary’ is a bit of a buzzword in the artistic sphere, but as a photographer, poet, filmmaker, mental health researcher, playwright and immersive artist, it’s the best way to describe the powerhouse that is Kay Adekunle Rufai and his latest project Black Future. Kay has spent the past three years...
“My music is basically just a diary that rhymes and sounds good”: Rapper Artan opens up about his new EP ‘Scattered Thoughts’, why mental health isn’t commonly discussed in the UK rap scene and the area code wars that are stopping North London musicians from flourishing. There’s a lyric in...
In conversation with Sarah Gavron and Anu Henriques
If Coronavirus doesn’t kill my workers, then starvation will.” These words, from a Bangladeshi factory owner, demonstrate the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the country’s garment workers. It is estimated over $3BN (US) worth of stock orders were cancelled by Western retailers as a result of COVID-19, meaning that manufacturers...
