With “Dime Que Si”, Panamanian-born songwriter and self-taught producer ErickOscar offers an unfiltered emotional compass forged across thirty-four years of living in the United States. Working as his own arranger and acoustic guitarist, he approaches music with a stubborn, home-spun sincerity that refuses to disguise its seams. https://open.spotify.com/album/1q0S9PD8WBnFYmfRuodk4O?si=jJG_iCvJTzG7Txg86v_KiQ The title track, “Dime Que Sí”, lays that ethos bare: over a swaying Latin pop pulse and the...

Right, so, Manchester's own Robert McGinty is back. "Reflections," they call it. Twelve classical instrumentals. Twelve! Like the apostles, but...less preachy, more piano-y. It's supposed to be uplifting and joyful, this album, a sequel of sorts, tracking his growth since the debut. Did you know the collective noun for owls is a parliament? Completely unrelated, I know, but owls are wise, and there's a...