On "One Rhythm, One World", ErickOscar approaches our increasingly fractured planet with an acoustic guitar, open arms, and an audacious surplus of goodwill. Having spent decades leading church worship bands and penning over a thousand songs in relative quiet, the Panamá-born, U.S.-based songwriter constructs a musical sanctuary centered on radical togetherness. Cynicism is easy currency these days; unabashed optimism, by contrast, takes real nerve. https://open.spotify.com/album/5qnbdhkAA0QFGK4AtJnDtC?si=fMCYoisYQKGBg7ahSXgtiA The...

There’s a strange comfort in calling your personal disaster a fairytale, and Jeremy Ryan’s new single, “My Fairytale,” lives entirely in that conflicted space. This isn't the storybook of our youth; it's the grim, dog-eared version one finds in a dusty attic, its moral hopelessly smudged. https://open.spotify.com/track/0qn6YtxVNcUmPZhjwxoCIb?si=ac355c4e77274635 Ryan sings of a rainbow devoid of its colors, an idea that for a moment made me think of...