COUNTRY/ FOLK

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…

When Dave Maurischat and Jesse Powers team up for “Woodstock,” they dust off a classic, reshape it, and send it back out into the world with a fresh sense of purpose. Spanning San Jose and Columbus, the collaboration feels organic despite the distance, built on a shared instinct for storytelling…

Fish And Scale, the musical alias of German artist Roland Wälzlein, has always leaned into introspection, but with “Tapestry,” he goes straight for the soul. Rooted in his own childhood experience of surviving heart surgery, the track becomes a memory being carefully unfolded. As someone who merges independent folk with…