When Atlantic Canada blues duo Aging Disgracefully released their EP "Vintage Love", it immediately became obvious that pop culture's youth obsession is misplacing its bets. Comprised of Karen on vocals alongside Mike on guitar and vocals, the pair actively refuses to fade quietly into the societal background. https://open.spotify.com/album/1AmIbw8t0C2GfgpOZZS2qd?si=szV3RJ_uTuOOgeRA2Oul7g The record opens hot. "Blues Get Better With Age" serves as a stomping, heavily distorted manifesto. Getting older...

Dub Colossus has re-entered our turbulent reality with the vibrant album "Dub Will Keep Us Together". Founded back in 2008 by the late Nick Page, aka Count Dubulah, this dynamic global fusion project continues to thrive on dissolving borders. Operating as a defiant counter-movement against wars, climate chaos, and corruption, the music feels intensely vital, beautifully blurring Amharic, Spanish, French, and English over sturdy...