Some records do not ask for your attention; they simply demand it by speaking the exact truth you have been avoiding. Debo Ray does exactly that with 'Echoes and Embers', a four-track EP that hits like a sudden realization after a long period of denial. The Grammy-nominated vocalist takes the heavy, often unspoken reality of mental health struggles and spins it into a project that feels...

It’s a rare and bewildering thrill to encounter something as organically bizarre and entirely transportive as Koradan’s newest album, "Around the World...Music". The Italian duo Alex Baccari and Marzia Di Cicco are dedicated acoustic alchemists. They build the very tools they play. Through their patented centerpiece, the "Koritas," they have physically fused materials harvested from five different continents into a single resonating chamber. You...