Author name: Mena Fouda

I’ve waxed poetic about my Spotify Discover Weekly playlists before—but let me do it one more time. Every Sunday, at the stroke of midnight, my Spotify undergoes a baptism. The 30 songs from 30 artists that I have never heard before make their way into the playlist. I never have a clue as to what

It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment I started listening to folk music, but it’s been present in my life for quite some time now. Likewise, it’s difficult to define what folk music even is. There are songs with unknown origins, that have been passed down through generations. They harken back to a time when