Sometimes the most honest music comes from the spaces between certainty and doubt. Blake Kelly knows this territory well. The Charlotte-based artist has spent his time moving between basketball courts, college classrooms, and recording studios, collecting experiences that fuel his latest EP, Guidance. "Left or Right" serves as the centrepiece of this four-track collection, and it arrives with the kind of laid-back confidence that suggests Kelly...

Carson Ferris Tackles Toxic Relationships in Electro-Pop "Ghosts" Collaboration with Matthew Parker Carson Ferris, a rising pop star, drops the emotional electro-pop song "Ghosts," which is about how hard it is to let go of bad relationships and move on. The single is Ferris's most important work with producer Matthew Parker. It combines her emotional singing with computerised beats to make a song that is both...