Earl Patrick pivots sharply away from his usual indie-folk and guitar-driven comfort zones for his newest release, the wildly inventive album "Conditioned By Machines". The Portland, Oregon-based composer, singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist has spent over two decades building a dense, eight-album catalog. Here, however, he entirely flips the script. Feeling that classical flute music too often prioritizes gesture over pure melody, he set out...

Simply by seeing the way in which he composes a song, it is possible to deduce that he is one of the greatest rappers to have ever lived. To be more specific, who are we talking about? That's correct; "Fold" is the title of the latest track that was released by British rapper D'vonti. While singing about his doubts about his music career, the new song...