Capitol Jay's signature natural harmonies carry the listener through a wide range of feelings in one song. You're going to really dig this artist's new single "Ocean Blues," which deals with topics like overcoming adversity and finding one's own inner power. Capitol Jay's "Ocean Blues" suggests a blend of melodic elegance and poetic substance in the work, where the music expresses a sense of peace and...

I spent a solid hour this morning watching dust motes suspended in a single shaft of sunlight, my entire nervous system held absolutely captive by Magdi Aboul-Kheir and his devastatingly immersive new album, "Slow Heat". The Germany-based journalist and classically trained pianist usually writes across a massive spectrum of genres, pivoting wildly from trance to late romanticism. Today, he has dropped an ambient, contemporary...