Diaz, a songwriter’s songwriter who has spent time in Harry Styles’ backing band, began working on Fatal Optimist after a post-breakup seclusion on an island, where she immersed herself in writing ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Each week, Monitor staff selects and interviews a local Athlete of the Week. Learn more about their accomplishments, their goals and what makes them unique. We’d like to thank our Community Partner ...

It's Friday, and the birth of A Showgirl is finally behind us. While we await news on what is likely to be a record week on the Billboard Hot 200 for Taylor Swift, we'll be spending our most finite ...

Bachelor Nation’s Madi Prewett and now-husband Grant Troutt were intentional with their relationship from the very beginning. “Grant and I were very attracted to each other, and that was a really hard ...

Eagan featured a youth-filled roster when McKenna Melville took over as head coach for her mom, Hall of Fame coach Kathy Gillen, in 2023. Eagan senior libero Madi Kraft poses for a photo at a ...

At first, Allen Park Cabrini senior Madi Smith did not think the offer from football coach R.J. Chidester was serious. Smith previously served as a team manager – filming games and practices and ...

Welcome to Seven in Seven, where we look at shows coming to the region over the next week. As always, whether your musical tastes are rock ’n’ roll, jazz, heavy metal, R&B, singer-songwriter or indie, ...

Madi is your Bakersfield Neighborhood Reporter! I was born and raised in Santa Fe, NM, and later moved to Las Cruces to attend New Mexico State University. There, I studied Journalism and Media ...

Nashville singer-songwriter Madi Diaz is known for her knack of storytelling through melodic folk and indie rock songs. The artist is a regular NPR Music favorite and has toured with artists like ...

Continuing the lush vulnerability of 2021’s History of a Feeling and 2024’s Weird Faith, Madi Diaz returns with the exceptional Fatal Optimist. It’s a delicate foray into what makes us human, walking ...

As our culture continues to seek answers for the brokenness of this world, and we have access to more information than ever through smartphones and other technology, people discover different world ...