Tag: Hopeful Music

Geoff Westen – ‘Music For My Friends’: High Energy, Hidden Depths

Geoff Westen’s album, “Music For My Friends”, thumps onto the scene like a dropped box of heavy disco balls – all shiny potential energy and the slight threat of chaos. It aims for that classic pop song euphoria, the kind designed to rattle car speakers and fuel late-night dance floors, an "aural assault" as Westen puts it. And it does pulse with energy, a...

Ava Valianti Captures The Bittersweet Of Fading Connections In “Distant”

Ava Valianti represents something increasingly rare in contemporary music: genuine precocity without artifice. This Massachusetts artist, who is only fifteen years old, handles general themes with a level of emotional depth that is shocking. She shows that youth can bring out the best in complicated human experiences, rather than hiding them. "Distant," her sixth single, functions as a sonic archaeology of friendship's dissolution. The track excavates layers...

Kapture Breaks Out With Her Debut Hip-Hop Single ‘New Beginnings’

The Debut of LA's Rising Star Kapture: Turning Fractured Bits Into Melodic Masterpieces. A new artist, Kapture (real name Gabrielle Lambro), has made a splash...