Andy Smith confronts the massive, suffocating scale of global displacement on his gripping new single, "No Way Home." Originally from Bristol and now based in South Australia, the multi-award-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist usually exercises complete control over his piano, bass, drums, and guitar. Yet, this alternative rock track chronicles a terrifying moment of total powerlessness. It draws from a real-life travel nightmare, capturing Smith...

Edinburgh songwriter James King delivers a haunting solo debut "Firefly" that transforms trauma into raw, cathartic art It is very pleasant to hear an artist ready to bleed onto the recording in this day and age of over-production and automated music. This is exactly what James King's first solo record, "Firefly," does: it lets fans into the soul of an artist who is not afraid to...