An original piece of art has been made by Maria Deirisarri, who lives in Atlanta. With her most recent album, "In the Beginning," she skillfully takes listeners through an array of contexts while also talking about her creative process. Even though her young age might make it seem like she doesn't have much experience, Deirisarri's music is overflowing with timeless knowledge. Her record has a...

Dalma’s new single, “Dance of Life,” arrived in my mental airspace much like discovering a pressed flower between the pages of a dense philosophical treatise – an unexpected, organic whisper of the profound. This is a tune that ponders the relentless spooling of time, that very human yearning to either clutch moments tight until our knuckles are white, or perhaps, to gently nudge the...