ErickOscar introduces his new Latin pop single, “Mi Gente y mi Tierra Panamá,” with the sort of earnest conviction that comes from thirty-four years of loving a homeland from across borders. A Panamanian native and longtime U.S. resident, the acoustic guitarist and self-directed producer builds his own instrumental and vocal arrangements from scratch, infusing an eclectic catalog with raw, personal substance. https://open.spotify.com/track/4ZybjpyiRhvpdkxs1vN4cc?si=e8f9d3a19e4b4246 The track begins with...

Resilience doesn’t sound like thunder – it crackles like dry leaves underfoot or hums over wires in the dead of night, waiting. In "Lightning In A Bottle," Eli Annina reaches out to this elusive voltage, siphoning its essence into three minutes and some change of atmospheric perfection. The Finnish-born, UK-based songwriter doesn't plead or break; she breathes, swims, and leaps, turning a migration into...