With “Island Lantern Festival”, Tony Frissore manages to soundtrack a specific kind of mental vacation I didn’t realize I was overdue for taking. Ostensibly an instrumental nod to the Lunar New Year and the hopefulness of renewal, this piece operates less like a celebration and more like a gentle exhalation. https://open.spotify.com/album/3n43BcxSnavYKC0wt28GNu?si=E_50eQ_lQomyHT1RsD2Jrg It starts wet with the actual crash of ocean waves before slowly drifting inland. I...

Larry Karpenko's Latest Single "Heart Calls Love" Balances Madonna-inspired Energy with Fauré-influenced Sophistication. The upbeat love song "Heart Calls Love" is relevant for both young and old, from the casual meeting to the deep thought. This carefully made single does something that not many modern pop songs try to do: it makes you feel something without making the song too hard to listen to. Even though it...