This week, Features contributor Dillon Woodward speaks with pop violinist Lapis Stone AKA LapiOnTheBeat. They discuss the origins of the name LapiOnTheBeat, Lapi's genre-blending and genre-creating style, the new single You Got Me, life as a street performer, and Lapi's goals as an artist.

"This is something that is a fixture in culture. Street musicians - artists in general - we do provide something. Whether it's a service or a product, it is valuable." - LapiOnTheBeat

LapiOnTheBeat's mixtape The Populator will be released June 29th exclusively for download and streaming only on Bandcamp. 

Photo Credit: Anton D.

Produced by Marjorie Alford.

For a transcript of this interview, visit the blog.