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Following the buzz of her reimagining of David Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans,” Kaylif pivots into a seven-track cycle with Call of the Yoni, which enters as a carefully staged rite. Drawing on Sufi philosophy, particularly Ibn Arabi, and weaving together oud, ney, rabab, chamber strings, and sparse electronics, she…

South African-born singer-songwriter meelu digs into something raw and radiant on “candlelight”, a single that feels less like a neat tribute and more like a real conversation with loss. Written in Mykonos with the sea in view and shaped by the death of her grandmother, the track carries a deeply…

Jonas Axmark steps into a new chapter with “Rio Grandes Strand,” a warm, rootsy single from his first full-length Swedish-language album. A seasoned musician with a long history playing alongside some of Sweden’s notable acts, Axmark merges power pop sensibilities with Americana ease, a touch of rock ’n’ roll grit,…

Jeff Hodges is chasing truth, and “If I Was A Road” feels like the result of that shift. Based in Turks & Caicos, the singer-songwriter leans into a more lived-in, reflective style here, where the song doesn’t feel manufactured so much as uncovered. It’s rooted in experience, built on metaphor,…

Gillian Rae Perry’s gilly’s garden is a living, breathing scrapbook. It’s messy, tender, and human. Moving between Los Angeles and Chicago over the past few years, Perry gathers fragments of grief, love, identity, and memory, planting them into a soundscape that blends contemporary classical textures with intimate singer-songwriter storytelling. As…

Tamer Sağcan is a Turkish composer, author, and legal professional whose work exists at the intersection of ancient mythology and cosmic sound. His music is the auditory extension of a larger creative universe — one built on the belief that all mythologies share a common root, and that sound can…

“Reminder” is an instrumental duet by Joel ‘Veena’ Eisenkramer and Jasdeep Singh that marries the rare 20-stringed Indian slide guitar with the thunderous jori drum. Rooted in the late-morning raga Jaunpuri and retooled for Joel Veena’s 2025 album CARDINAL, this five-minute jugalbandi reads as a musical conversation and a compact…

Remon Nakanishi, a contemporary and alternative artist, reimagines a community classic with “Kuroishi Yosare,” released March 20, 2026. This third single, after “Kawasaki,” is part of a five-month run on DOYASA! Records, produced by Agatha and engineered by Kohsuke Nakamura, and it pulls a traditional Bon Odori melody from Kuroishi…

Emma Forgette, an Ocala-born country singer, stakes a claim with the swaggering single, “Barfly Barbie,” released March 13, 2026 on Bad Jeu Jeu/CDX/The Orchard. Written by Christine Marie Cecrle and Charlie Allen and produced by Jeff Huskins, the three-minute, sixteen-second track was cut at Nashville’s BMG Studio A and races…

There’s something quietly powerful about an artist who knows exactly where they come from, and Devan wears his roots like a badge of honor on “Wyatt Earp.” Raised on farmland in March, Cambridgeshire, and shaped by generations before him, his music carries that lived-in authenticity you just can’t fake. Drawing…