In “Royal Ruby”, Ray Gibbz channels lineage into sound, using music as a way to reconnect with ancestral memory. The San Diego-based artist roots the track in his African heritage, building a...
Washington, D.C. artist Geese Da Goon built this four-track EP specifically for the skating floor, and that purpose shows in every choice the project makes. Snap City isn't a metaphor here -...
Vela Jones is a virtual artist - a fictional persona built at the intersection of music, imagination, and technology, with all of the visuals and videos surrounding the project AI-generated rather than...
The finest folk songs have never promised easy answers. They have offered company. From the old ballads carried across oceans to the songs sung on front porches, picket lines, and kitchen floors,...
Born out of personal upheaval and long-standing friendships, Bitter Blue’s Levity carries the weight of real, lived moments, both unfiltered as well as unresolve. There’s no attempt to tidy things up here;...
A song about a 19th-century photographer doesn't immediately sound like the recipe for an emotionally resonant folk track. Yet that's exactly what Mark Moule achieves on “Eyes of Izzy.” While the song...
Written in the maternity ward shortly after the birth of her first child, Cicile’s “Je t’aime mon bébé” arrives with a story already woven into its foundation. More than a lullaby, the...
Few artists embrace musical cross-pollination as freely as William McLaughlin, better known as Billy G. Mac. His latest single, Summer Vibe, is an ambitious fusion of Latin pop, West Coast hip-hop, jazz,...
