Folk rock duet Chucky Trading Co features CS Taber and Everett Young, two very gifted musicians whose individual styles and experiences are an excellent match. In 2021, they launched their first album, which had fifteen songs that explored universal human experiences like love and loss. Chucky Trading Co. stands out because of its ability to create emotionally resonant compositions, catchy tunes, and fascinating images. From the...

The first few notes of Megapenny Music’s single, "Across the Miles," feel less like an introduction and more like a resumption. There’s a quiet confidence here, a melody that seems to pick up a conversation left hanging four decades ago—a detail about the artist’s hiatus that you can’t help but feel in the song’s DNA. Delphine Savatte’s voice enters not with a bang, but...