Mark Rolfe has released "Compton Bay," an ethereal new instrumental single ahead of his upcoming album "The Isle of Wight." The Nottingham-based composer, academic, and Lorna songwriter handles entirely everything for this project through his DIY label Winnetka Records. You hear him acting as the solitary architect of this ambient universe tracking the guitar, cello, clarinet, piano, and percussion himself, all while handling his...

50mething, the 58-year-old British independent solo artist, confronts global horror with disarming brightness on his jarring new single, "Gaza (on and on and on)". Hailing from Ealing, Paul Jenner an ex-dancer and former garden builder operating from his DIY home studio crafts story-based music that speaks directly to structural injustice. Here, he takes the endless, agonizing cycle of war and deliberately sneaks it inside...