Danny Watts is to acoustic strings what winter frost is to tree branches: an unexpected adornment, at odds with what you thought you knew, but too breathtaking to question. With "Angels In The Snow," the Downtown Patriots step into a snow globe of uncharted soundscapes, leaving behind the grungey scrape of amplifiers for something quieter, but no less expansive. It’s a curveball—a swerve from...

The color of a worn-out teddy bear, the kind that smells faintly of dried chamomile tea and forgotten childhood adventures—that's what “Ma,” the new single from Jeán et Joie, conjures up. It’s less a song, and more an unearthed memory, one that's been tucked away so deep it almost feels like someone else's. https://open.spotify.com/track/27VCVxylhkNKIGLePpYkjS?si=KXDtxEOAQ9uHvremPfb4zQ Jeán et Joie, the American folk artist, lays down vocals as smooth...