ESTRADA Music Project’s new single, "We Are Not God," presents a fascinating study in contrasts, much like its creator, Dr. Alejandro Estrada. When not navigating the complex corridors of NHS Scotland urology, he’s here, a multi-instrumentalist weaving the intensity of that world into these evocative soundscapes. And "evocative" barely scratches the surface; this track certainly pinged some unexpected bells in this old mind. https://open.spotify.com/track/0pyP1Nd4wxDXx8lHJmkywK?si=ry3i0edRSYWg61cDpIWQ9A The song...

Some songs are like a time machine. You press play, and suddenly you’re somewhere else, some other time. Maybe it’s a smoky bar in the 1970s, a sweaty punk club in the 80s, or, in the case of “Oh Denise,” the new single from Ken Woods and The Old Blue Gang, a dusty dancehall on the outskirts of Austin, Texas, sometime in the not-too-distant past. The...