At just two and a half minutes, “Welcome the Winter Sun,” by Hilary de Vries, makes a virtue of brevity. Built around the bright, resonant tones of the Scottish clarsach, this gentle...
In July, Big Teezer released "Ungrateful," a single that blends Afrobeat, pop, and trap and comes from an upcoming EP. The artist, originally from Salayea, Liberia, and now based in Nicosia, Cyprus,...
The core of "All The Good Things" came to Carson Barker all at once. He describes the song as a plea to people who are struggling with the current times not to...
Music can preserve history in ways that go beyond dates and documented events. Through melody, atmosphere, and storytelling, it can bring distant moments into a more immediate emotional frame. “Fateful Ski Trip”...
Repetition in electronic music can be deceptively simple. A recurring beat or synth pattern might seem predictable at first, but subtle changes in texture, rhythm, and tone can transform a familiar loop...
The title of Keisuke Yoshizawa's debut EP is an equation. Raised in Tokyo's old downtown, the composer and keyboardist grew up with a quiet melancholy and a restless madness side by side,...
At some point, Carl Kammeyer realized how much certain people had carried him through life. These were the ones who believed in him before he believed in himself and stayed by his...
In a world increasingly driven by the impulse to replace rather than repair, holding on to something for its history and imperfections can feel almost radical. Toronto-based singer-songwriter Tara Van explores this...
