I’m Not Bothered About COVID Affecting My EP Release — Mike Akox A genre Bender multitalented international Ghanaian artiste is very hopeful his “Patience” EP will be wholly embraced despite delays and several weeks of rescheduling due to COVID-19. According to him, he was really “looking forward to a good plug for my EP here in Ghana but times and seasons proved otherwise. The COVID came...

Sam Ostler’s new single, “Lights,” then. It unfolds less like a sudden, intrusive glare and more like the slow, determined burn of a really good stage light finally finding its mark after a prolonged blackout. It’s pop, yes, vibrant and undeniably contemporary as advertised – clean lines, clear intentions. Yet, there’s a certain satisfying heft beneath the melodic uplift, a feeling that these notes...