Julia Kate, a 20-year-old sojourner in the land of melodies (a.k.a. a songwriting student at Berklee), just dropped "fake friends," and my initial reaction was… did a sentient Instagram filter write this? Not in a bad way. More in a "wait, is this the matrix?" way. https://open.spotify.com/album/5x6CaYde9gncmDI5KpIKkQ?si=2gYl_dQ4SFm3vAVffdX5Vg The song’s theme slaps you in the face, gently. It explores how, in our curated, perpetually-online existence, actual connection...

Ms Alisha B announces her return from the wilderness of chronic health diagnoses and profound life transitions with "What's Done Is Done". The London-based songwriter spent years out of the musical spotlight to navigate motherhood and personal recovery, transforming a deeply private journaling practice into an open vein of unvarnished soul. https://open.spotify.com/album/0qzzmYR0C8ZyVD84HPD53W?si=_GlTCiRjSWGEdVXHyBTgBA The track inhales heavily and exhales slowly. Resting firmly on a warm, cyclical mid-tempo...