Notable people often have an interesting name and it is no different in the case of Emily. Her unique moniker, Mira Sthira, is a combination of a soft and deep emotional voice with quirky tunes. Her music which borrows from the likes of Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Grimes, and Aurora, is a mixture of realness and computer-generated instrumentation. The name 'Sthira,' meaning 'ocean strength,' is perfectly...

Sam Lewis’s "Juan Garcia" isn’t a song that arrives with a fanfare; it feels more like a figure glimpsed in the twilight, carrying an invisible weight, and you instinctively lean in. Lewis, an artist who often paints with warmer, feel-good Americana hues, here offers something starker, a ballad stripped to its bones, letting his soul-stirring vocals do the heavy lifting – and heavens, do...