There is something almost sacred about five o'clock on a Friday afternoon. For the factory worker whose hands have carried the week's weight, the waitress who's smiled through another double shift, or...
Kory Montgomery had his first taste of the road at fifteen, when his band landed an opening slot for B.B. King. Since then, he has opened for Earth, Wind & Fire and...
Peter Hutchison has been writing songs for decades, and Healers 2 is his tenth full-length release. It revives the acoustic-based ensemble he first assembled in the 1990s, and it follows The Healers'...
Würzburg artist Elias Dream centers a quiet kind of guilt in "The Love I Hide," released on August 14th. The song follows a man lying awake beside someone who truly loves him...
You spot them across the room. For a second, everything feels familiar; then reality catches up. The person you once knew so well suddenly feels like a stranger, and all those supposedly...
Country music has always understood that the family story is never entirely private. A mother’s sacrifice, a father’s words, a child growing up, a person facing addiction, a survivor reclaiming her identity—these...
Promises are easy to make when life is kind. What happens when circumstances turn difficult, and love has to become something more than words? “Forever by Your Side” by Elias Dream explores...
Romantic songs often sell us the idea that love will eventually prevail. Real life is less obliging. “Cuando despiertes con él” by Joe Nilson finds its emotional tension in that gap, following...
Telling someone to stay strong is easy. Finding a meaningful way to stand beside them when life becomes frightening is harder. “Still Fighting” by ErickOscar is rooted in that difference, transforming a...
The problem with looking for closure is that it can become another way of holding on. “Less In Love” by Dead Dreamz sits in that uncomfortable space between what has already happened...
At twelve, Alexis Lace walked down Victoria Street in London for the first time with a family member she is now estranged from. They only walked the street together because their time...
What does it mean to be a global citizen when there is so much suffering in the world? That is the question LTMAA took into "Pain of Us," released on September 7th....
One moment the person you love is there, and suddenly they are not. That is the premise of "Goodbye, My Love," the story of a man who loses the woman he loves...
Scotland – Scottish producer, musician and drummer Brannen returns with “Keep Dancing With Me,” a melodic and emotive house track centred on living in the moment and holding onto the fleeting experiences...
