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The Elusives, emerging from a creative partnership that stretches back to the mid-1990s,  seem to have found that sweet spot with their debut single, “Run Away Into the Night.” the band brings together multi-instrumentalist Paul Gilligan, vocalist and drummer Joe Brady, and vocalist Laura Hand, whose arrival in 2025 helped…

Hailing from V.N.Gaia, Portugal, Bash Co. is an artist who champions creative authenticity over the spotlight, dedicating themselves to deeply personal songwriting since 1999 while balancing a day job and a longstanding band career. Viewing music as a profound calling rather than a commercial pursuit, the self-described teacher and songwriter…

Prem Byrne brings a soulful, folk-pop sensibility to a difficult chapter of American history with “Here In America,” a reflective and quietly confrontational song about the enduring wounds of slavery and the ways society can choose to look away. Raised in India and now based in Woodacre, California, Byrne has…

“Divine Intervention,” the latest single from South London’s elusive 2nd Magpie Project, turns a past love into a slow-burning, shoegazing funeral march, where memory, grief and devotion seem to occupy the same space. It is an expansive and deeply wounded piece of alternative music, built for the hours when the…

There is something fitting about a song called “Free” beginning without words. For Dutch alternative outfit The Meir, the track first arrived as a musical idea between Lars Zebregs, Bo Bodewitz and Raf Jansen, before eventually finding the lyrics that gave its atmosphere a sense of direction. The result is…

With Scenes from a Well Worn Path (Side Two), Banbury singer-songwriter Music by Jeremy continues a sprawling 24-track musical journey through pain, grief, joy and fear, but there is nothing particularly weary about the way these songs confront life. If anything, the record feels energized by curiosity that keeps poking…

Trey Bruce’s “All Americans” is a reflective roots-driven song that takes a wide-angle look at everyday life in America while keeping its focus firmly on ordinary people. A songwriter with more than a decade of work behind the scenes, Bruce originally wrote the song 14 years ago, and its concerns…

With Quixote, his twenty-second album, John Michael Hersey turns the classic wandering knight into a roots-rock character study. Blending rock, pop, folk, blues, and country, Hersey follows a South Jersey dreamer who heads toward the big city hoping to conquer fortune and fame, only to discover that his battles are…

After three decades of making adventurous instrumental music, Cincinnati collective Ray’s Music Exchange returns to the stage with A Live Family Rayunion 2025, their first live album in 15 years. Recorded at the historic Woodward Theater, the six-track release captures the group’s genre-defying funk-jazz sound in a collaborative setting, bringing…

“Sing Me A Song,” the second single from Prism of Dispositions by Firefly Search Party, is a warm invitation to pause, listen, and share something of yourself. The album is built as a cohesive journey through memories, emotions, relationships, and changing perspectives, with each song acting like another fragment in…