Jonathan Armand is the true name of Gennaro, although he was given the stage name Gennaro when he was born on June 20, 1990, in Aix-en-Provence. Gennaro picked up his first guitar at the age of 16 years, having been lulled to sleep by the impact of the French chanson and worldwide music. Gennaro is a student at a lycée, and while he is there,...

Dylan Forshner's new EP, “Hopeless Optimism,” presents itself not so much as a collection of songs but as a series of candid diary entries set to intricately picked acoustic strings. This five-song journey from the Welland, Canada artist begins in a place of palpable internal wrestling, where the lyrics – and Forshner’s delivery – map out the grim territories of being overwhelmed, using substances...