Shawn Brown’s EP, "Into the Furious Light," doesn’t slip quietly into the stream of modern indie-folk releases; it instead cups its hands around your soul like you’re a candle in danger of flickering out. The Portland troubadour crafts songs that feel like fragments of conversations—maybe ones you walked in on too late or letters unsent to someone dear but no longer near. You’re never...

Chris Oledude brings a lifetime of civic agitation to a boiling point with his new single, “SAVE THE CHILDREN”. Serving as the seventh release from his debut album, “PREACHER MAN – VOL. 1”, the track acts as an uncompromising, teeth-bared condemnation of war's ugliest realities. https://open.spotify.com/album/6NfoPTElYpgQ3BT30K2BTa?si=uRv0N53sToCq0sFI0mjjYw At an age when many retreat into quiet comfort, this senior artist and activist keeps digging his heels into the...