Ultan’s single, "The Tempest," erupts not so much into the room as it does through the floorboards, dragging with it the scent of wet wool and imminent confrontation. This Dublin solo musician, a cartographer of past agonies, presents an energetic rock piece that feels less like a song about history and more like a fragment of it, throbbing and urgent. The main riff careers...

Strumming the Strings of Reminiscence, Kendall Bowser Bares Her Heart on Her Latest EP, "Sober Truths". Melodic echoes of loss and longing have found a new voice in Kendall Bowser, a sensitive and introspective songwriter, who breathes life into the universal experience of yearning for "the one that got away" in her latest EP, "Sober Truths." With the lead single "Got Away," Bowser doesn't just expose...