Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

“I recently found footage of me as a two-year-old dancing in my childhood kitchen with my brother Jake while our parents played music around us. We loved it.” Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez recalls, of growing up in a family of musicians. “I was always singing and improvising with my family. It always felt like the path ahead of me.” Raised outside NYC, Raina’s parents encouraged imagination, creativity and community. “That paired with artist parents, made for a lot of creative energy all around,” she says. Her debut If They’re Mine(released in May) is a passionate, poetic and evocative showcase of her jazz/R&B style and stunningly soulful voice. “It’s honest, crafted, emotional, and feels good,” she says. And we agree. “If They’re Mine is in many ways a breakup album,” she explains. “Wit...