With “Island Lantern Festival”, Tony Frissore manages to soundtrack a specific kind of mental vacation I didn’t realize I was overdue for taking. Ostensibly an instrumental nod to the Lunar New Year and the hopefulness of renewal, this piece operates less like a celebration and more like a gentle exhalation. https://open.spotify.com/album/3n43BcxSnavYKC0wt28GNu?si=E_50eQ_lQomyHT1RsD2Jrg It starts wet with the actual crash of ocean waves before slowly drifting inland. I...

Cindy B, the East London prodigy, who has been painting the music industry with her vibrant palette of influences, has returned to the scene with her pulsating summer anthem "Like The Water". Being a mere twenty years old doesn't hold back this gifted singer-songwriter, whose music presents a sonic tapestry woven with threads borrowed from Aaliyah's sultry R&B, Bowie's eccentric rock, Taylor Swift's narrative lyrics,...