Between rhythm and spirituality, AfriCali finds its sweet spot. On Afrolight, the San Francisco-based collective brings Afrobeat and funk together in a celebration of musical heritage, cultural pride, and collective awakening. Released...
Most songs about longing start with a relationship. This one starts with an office window. The Oslo-based project Grey & Purple Songbook, working under the Grey & Purple Inc. label, wrote "Love...
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”...
"I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s.
It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion,
cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again." -...
