There have been three transitional phases in the brief career of the awkwardly punctuated West Coast rapper, singer, drummer, and producer, Anderson .Paak.There were the soulful cuts that he made as Breezy Lovejoy, before hooking up with Dr. Dre and…

Founder and lead guitarist of Canadian synth-pop-rock band Metric, James Shaw views Philadelphia as his “coming of age city.”At 16 years old, Shaw gained admittance to Curtis Institute of Music, the city’s renowned conservatory that includes notable alumni, such as…