Tag: Claes songs

Oli Ng Offers a Sonic Exhale in “Steadfast”

With Oli Ng and his latest release, "Steadfast," I found myself suddenly transported away from my cluttered desk and into a passenger seat, watching telephone wires loop and dip against a setting sun. You know that specific physical sensation when you stop checking the speedometer because you trust the driver with your life? This track bottles that. It’s the sonic equivalent of finally unclenched...

Stevie Hawkins: “A Song For You,” A Raw Confession.

To listen to Stevie Hawkins’ take on "A Song For You" is to have a conversation with a ghost in a dimly lit room after the show has ended. Hawkins, long the rhythmic engine for the song's originator Leon Russell, steps from behind the drum kit to the microphone, and the space between these two roles compresses decades into four and a half minutes....

French Artist Claes Delivers Riveting Realism In Rap With “Oh” Sound

Merging Street Performer Roots with Intense Rap, Claes' Unique Style Resonates with Emotional Depth Born into the soulful world of street performers, French artist Claes...