American artist, guitarist, and songwriter Gf Morgan from New Hope, who has been in the music industry for four decades, has outdone himself with the release of an album, "Magenta," that combines the old enchantment of Celtic and Folk music with a modern sound. A bright spot in Morgan's career is his series of duets with the music greats, and most recently, his new album...

With the arrival of Archers New Rival and their single "Direction", I found myself tracing the jagged line of a crack in my ceiling, letting the melody dictate exactly how much that imperfection bothered me. The track initiates with a deception a clean, resonant melancholy that feels safe before suddenly mushrooming into a thick, distorted wall of heavy texture. It reminds me, oddly enough,...