Hear and Now
The H-Town music scene, Third Coast hotbed of hip-hop and longtime outpost of outlaw country cool, is increasingly influential and, like the city itself, diverse. Meet the rising stars of the most fascinating tune town in America today.
Julie Soefer
Apr. 18, 2017

Editors’ Note: CityBook’s fourth annual musicians portfolio hits next week! This is how the tradition began, at White Oak Music Hall, back in 2017.
Shot on location at White Oak Music Hall in the Heights
Text by Evan W. Black and Daniel Renfrow, with Chris Becker
Styling Support by Molly Jodeit
Makeup by Jennifer Aronson
Women’s Hair by Travis Player and Brandy Perez for Tease Color & Style Bar
Men’s Hair by Destiny Sebreth for Estilo Salon and Spa
Photography Assistance by Dylan Aguilar
Listen to the artists featured in the May issue:
Born and raised in Angola, singer VIVALDA DULA, along with her classical guitarist husband Marcelo Robert, relocated from Luanda to Houston in 2012. In Houston, Dula recorded two albums of her percussion-heavy, Africa-inspired music, 2013’s Insanidade Mental and 2015’s Africa. A dynamic live act, with a griot’s gift for storytelling, Dula often sings her socially conscious lyrics in Kimbundu, a language banned from her country’s schools before the Angolan Civil War. Fittingly, Dula — who boasts an effervescent personality and impossibly glowing skin — just performed at the Global Issues Summit in Sugar Land. The new mom to an eight-month-old girl is currently recording an album with Grammy-winning producer Emilio D. Miller.