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...

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...