Stephani Ezatoff confronts the inescapable reality of divine reckoning on her ferocious new single, "Run On." A Pittsburgh-based contemporary gospel artist and consecutive Unsigned Only Music Awards semi-finalist, Ezatoff casts aside polished sanctuary acoustics in favor of dirt-caked blues rock and raw Southern swagger. https://open.spotify.com/track/12BpgU0ZTnef1VnMODX4Xm?si=GhqO-tQzTm-lte-_UMEOog The song hits with a relentless, heavy-booted stomp. Anchored by an aggressive, looping blues riff that bites down hard, it generates...

Allyson Whitmell's "Crack in My Window" arrived in my inbox, and honestly, my first thought was, "Is this the soundtrack to a particularly poignant cat food commercial?" But then, of course – because life loves a good plot twist – it wasn't. https://open.spotify.com/album/7lNXzGxooWZNRYKxSusY3q?si=isdinrQoRwi-yVmYTMH4fA It is, in reality, Whitmell taking a swan dive into the murky waters of nostalgia, grief, and that weird feeling you get when...