Monthly Archives: October, 2020

Recovery does not owe anyone a neat ending. Yet we often want pain to produce a lesson before we let it leave the room. Latifa Reeves' single 'River' resists that bargain. Its concern is survival after trauma, addiction, heartbreak and loss, but its promise stops short of wiping the record clean. The past remains. What changes is its claim on the future. “I was born in a...

An empty space in the calendar can feel less like freedom than another task waiting for instructions. Even pleasure becomes an appointment we promise to keep once everything else settles. AMMARI’s “Honey Rivers” challenges that bargain between happiness and control. The London-based singer-songwriter, originally from Russia, released her debut single. Its indie pop and soft rock direction accompanies an invitation to loosen our grip, rather than...