Following Jimmy Valentine started life as a full-cast audiobook musical from composer Jeff Flaster, based on an O. Henry story and a Hudson River School painting. This is the 18-song cast album,...
OG8 formed because its members felt overlooked and underappreciated, and instead of turning bitter, these industry veterans vowed to make music that entertained and healed. On Recognize, released October 9th, the band...
Confidence can easily be mistaken for arrogance, especially when its history remains unseen. On “D.P.W.M (Don’t Play With Me),” London-based, Malawian artist YesaYa turns that tension into a hard-hitting UK rap statement,...
For centuries, the Silk Road connected people, ideas, and cultures across vast distances. But what if the journey wasn't only about reaching another place, but also about discovering something within yourself? On...
Allister Ainsworth and Jacob Connor, the Auckland duo behind Microbes, timed the release of "Dire Tribes" for October 7th, ahead of the New Zealand General Election. They began the song together in...
Most of what went into "I'm A Vine" came from Tara Van's community. The Toronto soul artist recorded the single, released October 9th, at Apartment Sea Sound, the east-end hub run by...
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;...
Independent artist 50mething (Paul Jenner) confronts a disturbing reality with the release of his hard-hitting new single “County Lines”.
Inspired by the acclaimed film of the same name, the track shines a light...
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,...
