A Masterclass in Musical Mourning Transforms Personal Loss into Universal Catharsis "Fare Thee Well" Larry Karpenko comes as a surprise, like a handmade letter tucked inside a library book: personal, frighteningly clear. This album is an elegy for Sharlene, a missionary, mother, and friend who died at age 43 of cancer. It does not just mourn; it breaks down loss with the care of an artist...

Milyam’s latest single "Intimacy" seeps out of the speakers like an expensive, custom fragrance slipping beneath a heavy velvet curtain. Drawing on a genuinely sophisticated aesthetic, she merges dark pop with the atmospheric crawl of deep house to chart entirely new territory for R&B. The low-end groove hits with tremendous physical weight. It throbs. It paces the room. Riding just above that heavy pulse...