A Multidimensional Artist Milo Kobayashi Rewriting the Hip-Hop Narrative. Milo Kobayashi's music is hard to put into a single category because it mixes styles and influences in a way that is both new and interesting. This rapper, singer, and artist was born in Osaka, Japan, and grew up in North Augusta, SC. His hip-hop music shows both of his cultures. Tracks pulse with the accuracy of a...

The moment the jaunty guitar kicks in on John Smyths’ new single, "Now I'm Wiser", you feel a familiar, comfortable warmth. It’s the sound of a good chair in a bar where the floor is sticky with spilled truths. And then the story starts, a classic yarn of a hard-living past yielding to a peaceful present. Smyths, a Dutch ex-metalhead singing country out of...