For a man who has authored over 300 compositions, the French guitarist Arnito somehow still sounds entirely untethered on his latest release, "Musiques de mon monde, vol.4". When a musician hits their twenty-seventh album, you usually expect them to settle gracefully into a predictable chair. Arnito, alternatively, rips up the floorboards. The guitar-driven record acts as an intensely felt invitation to explore a map...

You may be the best couple in the world one minute and then be complete strangers the next. That is the rapid transformation in many partnerships today. Abby Carroll, in a song titled "Lovers To Strangers," appears saddened over the entire situation, as evidenced by the tone of her voice. The poetic tone of this piece of songwriting is touching and the music compliments the message...