Some songs are protests. Others are warnings. But a rare few are something else entirely: they are stories that transport you to another place, another time, another possible future. Ted Stanley’s “Shoreline” is one of those songs. It’s a piece of music that feels less like a song and more like a modern myth, a folktale carried softly across a rising tide. It’s a story...

Ghana’s favourite alt-pop sensation is set to perform at The Great Escape festival in May, riding a wave of critical momentum. The Ghanaian-Filipino alternative pop artist is taking her genre-bending sound to international shores, having been confirmed as a performer at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton, UK, billed as “The Festival for New Music,” running from 13 to 16 May 2026. The announcement...