GISKE’s "The Sound of Birdsong" doesn’t so much begin as it seeps into the room, like the pale, perpetual twilight of a Norwegian summer night where sleep feels like a theoretical concept. This is a song for the space between the last page of a book and turning off the light; a four-minute float in that strange, conscious stillness when the world is quiet...

"Forevermore" by Kevin Goodwin is not just a love song; it's also a musical record of sadness. Goodwin's song has the colours of love's deeper memories. The darkest memories of love are used in Goodwin's song to show the longing for a lively past. He does this with such emotional clarity that the song sounds like you could touch it. Goodwin likes passionate musicians like The...