Last night, at one of Boston’s hippest urban streetwear retail stores, AWOL, one of L.A.’s rising stars held an album listening party for the city of Boston in promotion of his recent project Return of the Cool, which dropped just a few days ago on January 13th. Now Grant steps out of the studio and into the worlds of his fans as he comes to meet students from the area in this shop to explain in depth the meaning of each track off the compilation.

Aaradhna Patel, the Wellington, New Zealander queen of old soul Rhythm & Blues, is not just any individual, but a stunningly powerful and well-cultured artist. I had the incredible opportunity to interview this rising star to get a better look at the actual Brown Girl’s story behind the album and the music.